Internet Packet Size Distributions: Some Observations

Rishi Sinha, Christos Papadopoulos, and John Heidemann
USC/Information Sciences Institute

Abstract

This technical report captures the web page \urlhttp://netweb.usc.edu/ rsinha/pkt-sizes/, summarizing our observations about packet sizes on the Internet in October 2005. Other than reformatting, the technical content has not been changed.

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Reference

Sinha07a

Rishi Sinha, Christos Papadopoulos, and John Heidemann. Internet Packet Size Distributions: Some Observations. Technical Report ISI-TR-2007-643, USC/Information Sciences Institute, May, 2007. Orignally released October 2005 as web page \urlhttp://netweb.usc.edu/ rsinha/pkt-sizes/. <http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/PAPERS/Sinha07a.html>.

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