Endpoint study of Internet paths and Web pages transfers

Abstract

This paper presents the findings of a pilot study to provide information about the characteristics of current networks and data transfers. The main aim of the study was to infer the properties of a large number of network paths. In addition, the study produced statistics relating to the average size of a typical Web page and both under the restriction of a single‐point connection. The study was performed in two steps: trace collection followed by TCP per‐flow analysis. The trace collection used the functionality of a random link generator, combined with an automatic HTTP retrieval tool. The TCP analysis was applied to the collected traces and it involved an offline TCP per‐flow method developed in previous research.

Citation

Ghita, B.V., Furnell, S.M., Lines, B.M. and Ifeachor, E.C. (2003), "Endpoint study of Internet paths and Web pages transfers", Campus-Wide Information Systems, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650740310484232