wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (05/04/88)
I am looking for any leads to recent research on the question of how to improve the performance of a communications protocol to make it more acceptable for use over a "slow" network link. By "slow", I am thinking (roughly speaking) of 9600 bits/sec or slower for interactive work. If the application involves transfer of large amounts of data, then some people might consider faster links (e.g., 56K bits/sec) to be "slow". I'm open to the possibility of improving protocol performance at any or all levels. I haven't tried to narrow myself down very much yet. I'm aware, for instance, of the work of various high-speed modem manu- facturers in implementing data compression and/or certain protocols in their modems (e.g., Telebit's UUCP packet protocol implementation). But I haven't had much luck in finding other material. Any pointers to current or recent research in this area would be grate- fully appreciated. -- Rich Wales // UCLA CS Dept // wales@CS.UCLA.EDU // +1 (213) 825-5683 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, California 90024-1596 // USA ...!(ucbvax,rutgers)!ucla-cs!wales ...!uunet!cs.ucla.edu!wales "Mr. LaForge, when I left this ship it was in one piece!"