On the impact of concurrent downloads

ABSTRACT

Concurrent downloads accelerate information access speed for individual web users. The speed-up comes from multiple connections launched for one subject download, which leads to unfairness at user level. In this paper, we study the impact of concurrent downloads on the network. Particularly, we investigate the fairness between users who employ different downloading concurrency. We also discuss how concurrent downloads affect the transient behavior of the network.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.5 Local and Wide-Area Networks
          Subjects: High-speed (e.g., FDDI, fiber channel, ATM)

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.5 Local and Wide-Area Networks
          Subjects: Internet (e.g., TCP/IP)

  G. Mathematics of Computing
  G.3 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
      Subjects: Queueing theory

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Performance