[e2e] TCP Traffic Measurement Studies

[Vijay Erramilli]

Hi Clark,

This is exactly what I meant. I deliberately avoided "client" and a "server" 
but am looking for generic studies which look at the problem from a
'requests' and 'responses' or a 'initiator - responder' point of view.

Thanks for all the replies,

Vijay
 
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Clark Gaylord wrote:

> Vijay can correct me, of course, but I think the question is more like
> what's the ratio of server-to-client to client-to-server traffic, e.g.,
> in a typical bulk data xfer you have 1500ish bytes going one way and 64
> bytes going the other way (modulo windowing).
> 
> --ckg
> 
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:46:24 +0000 (GMT), "Lloyd Wood"
> <l.wood at eim.surrey.ac.uk> said:
> > On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Detlef Bosau wrote:
> > 
> > > Vijay Erramilli wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to get a sense of what typical ratios of forward/reverse
> > > > byte traffic is in TCP.  This will of course vary depending on the
> > >
> > > Is there a reason why this should be different from two simplex
> > > connections, at least as long as there is no asymmetric bandwidth / load
> > > somehwere in the network?
> > 
> > shared media - traditional Ethernet (now rare),
> --
> Clark Gaylord
> Blacksburg, VA USA
> gaylord at dirtcheapemail.com
>