Internet stream size distributions

We present and discuss stream size and lifetime distributions for web and non-web TCP traffic on a campus OC12 link at UC San Diego. The distributions are stable over long periods, and show that on this link only 3% of the streams last longer than one minute, and that only about 0.5% of them are bigger than 100 kBytes. Although there are large streams (elephants) on this link, the bulk of its traffic is composed of many small streams (mice).

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: SIGMETRICS
• Authors: Nevil Brownlee, Kimberly C. Claffy
• Keywords: Campus Oc12 Link, Hardware, Non-web Tcp Traffic, SIGMETRICS 2002, UC San Diego