Internet Traffic Patterns

Term Paper # 100758

Computer and Technology > Internet
Computer and Technology > Technology

A discussion on web traffic patterns as they relate to emerging technologies.

2,732 words () | 11 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses web traffic patterns and how the existing internet infrastructure is inadequate for the sheer amount of data and file types now moving across the web and over the Internet. It looks at how new and emerging technologies such as wireless use of the Internet to transfer media files and voice over internet protocols (VoIP) are consuming ever more bandwidth and how this affects the overall quality of service (QoS) of many of the most basic aspects of Internet usage.

Outline:
Abstract
Overview
Internet Protocols & Data
VOIP & Similar Communication Media
Quality of Service Issues
Future Internet Trends

From the Paper:

"Quality of service or QoS allows networks to provide higher levels of service in terms of quality and efficiency by improving data flows across the network. Some of the traditional strategies to improve QoS have been to merely increase the priority levels of some data over that of others (Voice, 2005). This only works so far before it results traffic degradation system wide as all traffic becomes prioritized in order to compensate. While many companies and service providers traditionally just increased bandwidth in order to correct for QoS issues, this too is just a short-term solution to the exponentially increasing internet traffic that is resulting from the mass movement of multi-media files and data streams across the internet (IP, 2003)."

Sample of Sources Used:

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