@inbook{d881eb2096bd412cb8fad6f985f9e7b2,
title = "Towards an automated client-side framework for evaluating HTTP/TCP performance",
abstract = "Many different existing technologies and techniques have been developed to accelerate Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with the aim of improving the end-user's web browsing experience. However, there is no standard methodology for evaluating HTTP performance or for the evaluation of a given HTTP acceleration technology in a multi-user scenario. In this paper we present a framework HTTP-AE (HTTP Automated Evaluation) for measuring the end-user's web browsing quality of experience. We describe how HTTP-AE can be used to automate the evaluation of HTTP performance and for the evaluation of HTTP acceleration technologies in multi-user environments. We present three case studies in which we evaluate three different HTTP acceleration technologies for satellite systems using HTTP-AE. In our first two case studies we show that typical browser HTTP acceleration techniques operate sub-optimally on satellite systems. In our third case study we show that in multi-user scenarios, HTTP acceleration technologies, which break the end-to-end semantics of HTTP, can distribute network resources unfairly to the end-users.",
keywords = "High latency, HTTP acceleration, HTTP performance evaluation, Satellite systems, TCP performance, TCP slow start, Testing Framework",
author = "Paul Davern and Noor Nashid and Ahmed Zahran and Sreenan, \{Cormac J.\}",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781617823091",
series = "Proceedings of the 2011 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SPECTS 2011",
pages = "205--212",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2011 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SPECTS 2011",
note = "2011 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SPECTS 2011 ; Conference date: 27-06-2011 Through 30-06-2011",
}