Evaluating the impact of transport mechanisms on web performance for effective web access

A I C Mohideen; M Rajiullah; R Secchi; G Fairhurst; A Brunstrom; F Weinrank

doi:10.1016/j.jnca.2019.04.006

Evaluating the impact of transport mechanisms on web performance for effective web access

A I C Mohideen, M Rajiullah, R Secchi^* (Corresponding Author), G Fairhurst, A Brunstrom, F Weinrank

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This paper explores the design trade-offs required for an Internet transport protocol to effectively support web access. It identifies a set of distinct transport mechanisms and explores their use with a focus on multistreaming. The mechanisms are studied using a practical methodology that utilise the range of transport features provided by TCP and SCTP. The results demonstrate the relative benefit of key transport mechanisms and analyse how these impact web access performance. Our conclusions help identify the root causes of performance impairments and suggest appropriate choices guiding the design of a web transport protocol. Performing this analysis at the level of component transport mechanisms enables the results to be utilised in the design of new transport protocols, such as IETF QUIC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-34
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Volume	137
Early online date	10 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2019.04.006
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2019

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SCTP
Transport mechanisms
Web performance

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