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TCP is a well-known protocol used by many web applications. However, to address the shortcomings of TCP including connection setup time and congestion response time, Google developed QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connection). QUIC, a UDP based protocol which is similar to TCP + HTTP/2 + TLS has several advantages over modern TCP including highly reduced connection initiation time, improved congestion control and better connection migration. This paper explores how performance of TCP and QUIC is affected under different network and control parameters like bandwidth, added delay, packet loss, spikes and number of flows.
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Saurabh, Prakash, S., Singh, P.K., Nandi, S.K., Nandi, S. (2019). Is QUIC Quicker Than TCP?. In: Barolli, L., Takizawa, M., Xhafa, F., Enokido, T. (eds) Web, Artificial Intelligence and Network Applications. WAINA 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 927. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15035-8_12
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