Network measurement of the VMTP request-response protocol in the V distributed system
David R. Cheriton, Carey L. Williamson · 1987
Communication systems are undergoing a change in use from stream to request-response or transaction communication. In addition, communication systems are becoming increasingly based on high-speed, low delay, low error rate channels. These changes call for a new generation of networks, network interfaces, and transport protocol design. The performance characteristics of request-response protocols on these high-performance networks should guide the design of this new generation, yet relatively little data of this nature is available.