It is well-known that a content distribution network can reduce the client-perceived response time of
a web site by bringing the content closer to the clients. The reduction in client-perceived response time is strongly dependent on the average round-trip time experienced by the clients. In this paper we quantify the reduction in round-trip time that can be experienced by placing surrogate servers in a network.
By: Dakshi Agrawal, James R. Giles, Dinesh Verma
Published in: RC22467 in 2002
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