Title :
An experiment in latency reduction
Author :
Touch, Joseph D. ; Farber, David J.
Author_Institution :
USC/Inf. Sci. Inst., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
Communication latency can be reduced by increasing bandwidth via a sender-based anticipation technique called Parallel Communication. The authors apply this method to anonymous FTP. Their analysis of log files indicates that latency can be reduced to 2 round-trip times, as small as 0.6 round-trip time/file, for a 7x increase in bandwidth. This technique applies to up to 95% of the FTP traffic. This method is expected to be especially useful in reducing latency in automated FTP access. Such as in the World-WideWorld-Wide Web
Keywords :
information theory; parallel processing; protocols; telecommunication traffic; FTP traffic; World-WideWorld-Wide Web; automated FTP access; bandwidth; communication latency; latency reduction; log files; parallel communication; protocols; round-trip times; sender-based anticipation techniqu; sender-based anticipation technique; Algorithm design and analysis; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Contracts; Delay; Internet; Logic; Optical propagation; Spine; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM '94. Networking for Global Communications., 13th Proceedings IEEE
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5570-4
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.1994.337619
