Measurement Studies of End-to-End Congestion Control in the Internet

This page surveys measurement studies that shed light on the state of end-to-end congestion control in the Internet. It first motivates the topic, then moves on to the measurements themselves.

Future predictions

TCP-friendly congestion control

Internet traffic and weather

Bandwidth used by different traffic types

Multimedia traffic characterization

Network Measurements at Specific Sites

Older Measurements

Measurement Studies of Reordering in the Internet

Mice and elephants

Traffic measurements using global routing data

Congestion and Topology

Tools and infrastructures for measurement and analysis


Ramón Cáceres and Sally Floyd Last modified in January 2008.