Receive Buffer Dynamics and OS Scheduling

Author: White, Jerome S.

Year: 2008

Degree: Master's thesis

Advisor: Hickey, Jason J.

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Computer Science

DOI: 10.7907/ZTYH-6B13

Abstract

We perform an empirical study of the effects receive-side resource sharing has on a TCP transaction. Our variable of focus is the buffer used to deliver packets to the application. Specifically, our interest lies with how its size affects throughput amidst background load.

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