The Internet has evolved during the last decade, reaching a larger number of users and
encompassing several new technologies. New classes of hosts such as mobile devices are …

In this paper we evaluate the effectiveness of Random Early Detection (RED) over traffic
types categorized as non-adaptive, fragile and robust, according to their responses to …

To serve users quickly, Web service providers build infrastructure closer to clients and use
multi-stage transport connections. Although these changes reduce client-perceived round …

This book provides a comprehensive yet easy coverage of ad hoc and sensor networks and
fills the gap of existing literature in this growing field. It emphasizes that there is a major …

The packet losses imposed by IP networks can cause long and erratic recovery delays,
since senders must often use conservative loss detection and retransmission mechanisms …

We present a new implementation of TCP that is better suited to today's Internet than TCP
Reno or Tahoe. Our implementation of TCP, which we call TCP Santa Cruz, is designed to …

This paper presents observations of traffic to and from a particular World-Wide Web server
over the course a year and a half. This paper presents a longitudinal look at various network …

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Improving the performance of data transfers in the Internet (such as Web transfers) requires
a detailed understanding of when and how delays are introduced. Unfortunately, the …

Packet losses increase latency for Web users. Fast recovery is a key mechanism for TCP to
recover from packet losses. In this paper, we explore some of the weaknesses of the …