[e2e] TCP performance vs Path MTU

[Jeff Chase]

Oleg Vishnepolsky wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have measurements that show dependency of TCP performance (for bulk data transfers, as an example) on MTU ?
> Thanks... Oleg Vishnepolsky

We've done some measurements for a LAN with no drops.  The goal of that
study was to quantify sources of end-system overhead for networks up to
2.5 Gb/s.  You can find it in the upcoming special issue of IEEE
Communications, or at:

http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/publications/end-system.ps
http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/publications/end-system.pdf

Jeff