Title :
Modeling of HTTP traffic
Author :
Casilari, Eduardo ; Gonzblez, F.J. ; Sandoval, Francisco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Technol., Malaga Univ., Spain
fDate :
6/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this letter, the authors show that the behavior of Web users strongly affects the dynamics of TCP connections in the Internet. Analyzing actual and systematically generated HTTP traces, it is proved that the time between the downloads of two pages is critical to determine the re-utilization of connections. On the other hand, the use of the 1.1 version of the HTTP standard does not significantly affect the traffic generated by HTTP 1.0 browsers. In this sense, the heavy-tailed nature of the size of HTTP connections can be considered an invariant property.
Keywords :
Internet; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; HTTP 1.0 browsers; HTTP 1.1 version; HTTP connections; HTTP traces; HTTP traffic; Internet; TCP connections; WWW; Web users; World Wide Web; re-utilization; Delay; IP networks; Internet; Navigation; Protocols; TCPIP; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Web pages; Web server;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4234.929610
