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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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Queueing Networks and Markov Chains
Queueing Networks and Markov Chains
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
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Performance Evaluation
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ABS: Adaptive buffer sizing for heterogeneous networks
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
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The issue of router buffer sizing is still open and significant. Previous work either considers open-loop traffic or only analyzes persistent TCP flows. This paper differs in two ways. First, it considers the more realistic case of non-persistent TCP flows with heavy-tailed size distribution. Second, instead of only looking at link metrics, we focus on the impact of buffer sizing on TCP performance. Specifically, our goal is to find the buffer size that maximizes the average per-flow TCP throughput. Through a combination of testbed experiments, simulation, and analysis, we reach the following conclusions. The output/input capacity ratio at a network link largely determines the required buffer size. If that ratio is larger than one, the loss rate drops exponentially with the buffer size and the optimal buffer size is close to zero. Otherwise, if the output/input capacity ratio is lower than one, the loss rate follows a power-law reduction with the buffer size and significant buffering is needed, especially with flows that are mostly in congestion-avoidance. Smaller transfers, which are mostly in slow-start, require significantly smaller buffers. We conclude by revisiting the ongoing debate on "small versus large" buffers from a new perspective.