Classification of TCP connection termination behaviors for mobile Web

Many emerging smart applications and services employ Web technology, and users nowadays surf the Web from any device via any kind of access network. Typically, high page latencies trigger users to abort ongoing transfers, resulting in the abrupt terminations of the TCP connections. This paper presen...

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Main Authors: Shaikh, J., Fiedler, M., Arlos, P., Minhas, T., Collange, D.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Androids
Browsers
Humanoid robots
Internet
Mobile communication
Monitoring
Servers
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Summary:Many emerging smart applications and services employ Web technology, and users nowadays surf the Web from any device via any kind of access network. Typically, high page latencies trigger users to abort ongoing transfers, resulting in the abrupt terminations of the TCP connections. This paper presents a systematic study of the termination process of the TCP connections and identifies the reasons behind the observed sequences of termination flags. Monitoring and classification of the termination behavior of the TCP connections can provide indications about the user-perceived performance of Web transfers. From the results, it is observed that the TCP termination behavior is heavily-dependent on the client-side application. Therefore, a set of criteria is required to identify the abortions made by the user.
ISSN:2166-0077
2166-0077
DOI:10.1109/GLOCOMW.2011.6162351