NDLI: Hybrid TCP-UDP transport for Web traffic

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Cidon, I. Rom, R. Gupta, A. Schuba, C.
Copyright Year	1998
Description	Author affiliation: Sun Microsyst. Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA (Cidon, I.)
Abstract	Most of the web traffic today uses the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), with Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) as the underlying transport protocol. Unfortunately, TCP is poorly suited for the short conversations that comprise a significant component of web traffic. The overhead of setting up and tearing down TCP state amortizes poorly for these small connections. Moreover, emerging modern web server systems employ HTTP redirection for server load-balancing and content distribution; such schemes require setting up (and tearing down) multiple TCP connections for servicing a single client request. We have designed and analyzed a hybrid scheme to address these issues. The scheme uses either TCP, or the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) as the underlying transport protocol for carrying web traffic. UDP is used for short transfers (including HTTP redirection), while TCP is used for all other transfers. In this manner, we avoid the extra TCP overhead for short connections, but still benefit from the reliable delivery and congestion control that TCP provides. We ran trace-based simulations to quantify the effects of various network parameters (i.e., packet loss rates) on the performance of the hybrid scheme. We observed performance gains exceeding 20-25% with HTTP/1.1-style persistent connections, and over 40-50% without persistent connections. These gains can be improved with further performance optimizations that we describe.
Starting Page	177
Ending Page	184
File Size	670731
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780352580
ISSN	10972641
DOI	10.1109/PCCC.1999.749436
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1999-02-12
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Transport protocols Web server Delay Sun Laboratories Internet Read only memory Radio access networks Performance gain Optimization
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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