Performance of Video-Chat Applications under Congestion
Ömer Boyacı, Andrea Forte, Henning G. Schulzrinne · 2009
We study the performance of four popular IM clients focusing our attention on video-chat. In particular, we analyze how Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Eyebeam and X-Lite react to changes in available bandwidth, presence of HTTP and bit-torrent traffic and random packet losses.