Exploring the performance benefits of end-to-end path switching Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:745322, abstract = {This work explores the feasibility of improving the performance of end-to-end data transfers between different sites through path switching. Our study is focused on both the logic that controls path switching decisions and the configurations required to achieve sufficient path diversity. Specifically, we investigate two common approaches offering path diversity multi-homing and overlay networks - and investigate their characteristics in the context of a representative wide-area testbed. We explore the end-to-end delay and loss characteristics of different paths and find that substantial improvements can potentially be achieved by path switching, especially in lowering end-to-end losses. Based on this assessment, we develop a simple path-switching mechanism capable of realizing those performance improvements. Our experimental study demonstrates that substantial performance improvements are indeed achievable using this approach.}, author = {Tao, Shu and Xu, Kuai and Xu, Ying and Fei, Teng and Gao, Lixin and Guerin, R. and Kurose, J. and Towsley, D. and Zhang, Zhi-Li}, citeulike-article-id = {745322}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1348120}, journal = {Network Protocols, 2004. ICNP 2004. Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on}, keywords = {alternate, detour, internet, path}, pages = {304--315}, posted-at = {2006-07-07 10:46:19}, priority = {0}, title = {Exploring the performance benefits of end-to-end path switching}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1348120}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:745322 L3 - citeulike-article-id:745322 N2 - This work explores the feasibility of improving the performance of end-to-end data transfers between different sites through path switching. Our study is focused on both the logic that controls path switching decisions and the configurations required to achieve sufficient path diversity. Specifically, we investigate two common approaches offering path diversity multi-homing and overlay networks - and investigate their characteristics in the context of a representative wide-area testbed. We explore the end-to-end delay and loss characteristics of different paths and find that substantial improvements can potentially be achieved by path switching, especially in lowering end-to-end losses. Based on this assessment, we develop a simple path-switching mechanism capable of realizing those performance improvements. Our experimental study demonstrates that substantial performance improvements are indeed achievable using this approach. JF - Network Protocols, 2004. ICNP 2004. Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on EP - 315 TI - Exploring the performance benefits of end-to-end path switching SP - 304 KW - alternate KW - detour KW - internet KW - path AU - Tao, Shu AU - Xu, Kuai AU - Xu, Ying AU - Fei, Teng AU - Gao, Lixin AU - Guerin, R AU - Kurose, J AU - Towsley, D AU - Zhang, Zhi-Li PY - 2004/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1348120 ER -