Playing network games is fast becoming a significant application on the Internet. Most
research related to traffic behavior due to users playing network games has relied on data …

We study the traffic generated by sessions of a popular multi-player network game. Our
analysis indicates that empirical game traffic can be characterized well by certain analytical …

Most of the recent computer game releases support multiplayer options over Internet
connections. The amount of Internet traffic generated by computer games can be expected …

Recent online games exert increasing impact on network traffic. While considerable
research efforts have been placed on the study of game network traffic, most studies …

This paper describes the results of the first comprehensive analysis of a range of popular on-
line, multiplayer, game servers. The results show that the traffic behavior of these servers is …

This paper describes the results of a 500 million packet trace of a popular on-line, multi-
player, game server. The results show that the traffic behavior of this heavily loaded game …

When provisioning network resources, ISPs have to tackle with the difficulties imposed by
the traffic characteristics and demands of the users. Multi-player online games (MPOG) are …

The end-to-end delay (also referred to as latency) experienced by gaming users has a
significant impact on the quality of online games. In this paper we concentrate on the delay …

As online games become significant contributors to Internet traffic, practitioners must look to
measure and understand game traffic in order to provision for it. Despite gaming's significant …

Enterprises that develop online games have to deploy supporting infrastructures, including
hardware and bandwidth resources, in order to provide a good service to users. First Person …