University of Saskatchewan Department of Computater Science The DISCUS Working Paper Series in Distributed Systems Performance ================================================================== Number Author(s) Title 99-2 K. W. Froese Cache Management for Mobile File Service R. B. Bunt [appears in: The Computer Journal, Vol.42, No.6, 1999, pp. 442-454] 99-1 R. B. Bunt Achieving Load Balance and Effective Caching D. L. Eager in Clustered Web Servers [Appears in: Proceedings G. M. Oster of the Fourth International Web Caching Workshop, C. L. Williamson San Diego, California, April 1999, pp 159-169] 98-2 D. P. Konkin Exploiting Software Interfaces For Performance G. M. Oster Measurement R. B. Bunt 98-1 K. W. Froese Scheduling Write Backs for Weakly-Connected Mobile R. B. Bunt Clients 97-4 T. Harrison Mobile Multicast (MoM) Protocol: Multicast Support C. Willamson for Mobile Hosts R. Bunt W. Mackrell 97-3 V. Chikarmane Multicast Support for Mobile Hosts Using Mobile IP: C. Williamson Design Issues and Proposed Architecture R. Bunt W. Mackrell 97-1 G. Oster Using Shim Technology to Monitor DCE Runtime R. Bunt Performance 96-15 W. Mackrell A Discussion of Internet Research Focusing on Mobility and Next Generation Protocol Development 96-12 R. van Melle Diagnosing a TCP/ATM Performance Problem: C. Williamson A Case Study T. Harrison 96-11 R. van Melle Network Traffic Measurement of MBONE Over ATM C. Williamson T. Harrison 96-9 K. W. Froese Issues In File Cache Management for Mobile Computing R. Bunt 96-8 T. Harrison Predicting the Performance Impacts of Multicast C. Williamson Network Workloads 96-7 V. K. Josyula Measurements of TCP Performance over Wireless R. Bunt Connections J. Harms 96-6 Y. Sun Measurements of DCE RPC Performance in an OS/2 R. Bunt Environment G. Oster 96-5 V. Chikarmane Implementing Mobile IP Routing in 4.3 BSD Unix: C. Williamson A Case Study R. Bunt 96-4 T. Harrison A Performance Study of Multicast Routing Algorithms C. Williamson for ATM Networks 96-3 M. F. Arlitt Web Server Workload Characterization: The Search for C. Williamson Invariants (Extended Version) 96-2 L. P. Breker A Simulation Study of Usage-Based Pricing Strategies C. Williamson for Packet-Switched Networks 95-12 T. Harrison A Performance Study of Multicast Routing in Simple C.L.Williamson Mesh-Based Networks 95-11 R.J. Gurski TCP over ATM: Simulation Model and Performance Results C.L. Williamson 95-10 T. Harrison A Performance Analysis of Multicast Routing in C.L. Williamson Simple Mesh-Based Networks 95-9 C. Williamson Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Using Loss-Load Curves 95-8 M. Arlitt A Synthetic Workload Model for Internet Mosaic Traffic C. Williamson 95-7 Y. Chen A Model for Self-Similar Ethernet LAN Traffic: C. Williamson Design, Implementation, and Performance Implications 95-6 M. Arlitt Traffic Modeling in the ATM-TN Telesim Project: Y. Chen Design, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation R. Gurski C. Williamson 95-5 N. Prithviraj A Virtual Loss-Load Congestion Control C. Williamson Strategy for High Speed Networks 95-4 S. Gupta A Performance Study of Adaptive Video Coding C. Williamson Algorithms for High Speed Networks 95-3 C.R.M. Sundaram Future Applicability of Bus-Based D.L. Eager Shared Memory Multiprocessors 95-2 K.W. Froese The Effect of Client Caching on File Server R.B. Bunt Workloads 95-1 V. Chikarmane Mobile IP-based Multicast as a Service R.B. Bunt for Mobile Hosts C. Williamson 94-7 S. Subramaniam Affinity Scheduling of Unbalanced Workloads D.L. Eager 94-6 S. Ramany The Interaction between Virtual Channel Flow D.L. Eager Control and Adaptive Routing in Wormhole Networks 94-5 K. Chen Write Caching in Distributed File Systems R.B. Bunt D.L. Eager 94-4 Y. Cao The Loading Region: A Framework for the Performance C. Williamson Evaluation of Admission Control Policies for High Speed Networks 94-3 C. Williamson Characterizing the Dynamics of the Loss-Load Curve Congestion Control Algorithm 94-2 S. Gupta An Experimental Study of Video Traffic C. Williamson on an Ethernet Local Area Network 94-1 N. Prithviraj A Simulation Study of Token Generation Policies C. Williamson for a Leaky Bucket Traffic Shaper 93-4 K.L. Reid The Effect of Traffic Models on the Performance R.B. Bunt of Space Priority Queueing in ATM Switches 93-3 N. Basil Network Traffic Measurement of the X Window C. Williamson System 93-2 A. Syed An Experimental Evaluation of Video Coding C. Williamson Algorithms for ATM-based Networks 93-1 K.L. Reid An Analysis of Space Priority Queueing in R.B. Bunt ATM Switches 92-5 H. Liu Traffic Shaping for Congestion Control in High R.B. Bunt Speed ATM Networks C. Williamson 92-4 D.L. Willick Disk Cache Replacement Policies for Network D.L. Eager Fileservers R.B. Bunt 92-3 S.K. Purohit An Evaluation of Priority Load Sharing D.L. Eager R.B. Bunt 92-2 C. Williamson Optimizing File Transfer Response Time Using the Loss-Load Curve Congestion Control Mechanism 92-1 N. Gulati Local Area Network Traffic Locality: C. Williamson Characterization and Application R.B. Bunt 91-2* R. Bodnarchuk The Design and Validation of a Workload Model for a R.B. Bunt Distributed System File Server K.L. Reid (appears in 1991 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference) 91-1* S.H. Ling Characterizing Client-Server Workload on an Ethernet R.B. Bunt (appears in 1991 CMG Conference) D.L. Eager * not available by ftp -------------------------------------------------------------- Hard-copy copies of any of these reports may be obtained from: The DISCUS Librarian Department of Computational Science University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W0 Canada Fax: (306) 966-4884 E-mail: discus-librarian@cs.usask.ca