Evaluation of performance enhancing proxies in internet over satellite

Performance enhancing proxies (PEPs) are widely used to improve the performance of TCP over high delay‐bandwidth product links and links with high error probability. In this paper we analyse the performance of using TCP connection splitting in combination with web caching via traces obtained from a commercial satellite system. We examine the resulting performance gain under different scenarios, including the effect of caching, congestion, random loss and file sizes. We show, via analysing our measurements, that the performance gain from using splitting is highly sensitive to random losses and the number of simultaneous connections, and that such sensitivity is alleviated by caching. On the other hand, the use of a splitting proxy enhances the value of web caching in that cache hits result in much more significant performance improvement over cache misses when TCP splitting is used. We also compare the performance of using different versions of HTTP in such a system. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Universal Rendering Sequences for Transparent Vertex Caching of Progressive Meshes

We present methods to generate rendering sequences for triangle meshes which preserve mesh locality as much as possible. This is useful for maximizing vertex reuse when rendering the mesh using a FIFO vertex buffer, such as those available in modern 3D graphics hardware. The sequences are universal in the sense that they perform well for all sizes of vertex buffers, and generalize to progressive meshes. This has been verified experimentally.     

Electrochemical mass transfer between an impinging jet and a rotating disk in a confined system

This paper presents the mass transfer results from an impinging liquid jet to a rotating disk. The mass transfer coefficients were measured using the electrochemical limiting diffusion current technique (ELDCT). Rotational Reynolds number (Re_r) in the range of 3.4 × 10⁴–1.2 × 10⁵, jet Reynolds number (Re_j) 1.7 × 10⁴–5.3 × 10⁴ and non-dimensional jet-to-disk spacing (H/d) 2–8 were taken into consideration as parameters. It was found that the jet impingement resulted in a substantial enhancement in the mass transfer compared to the case of the rotating disk without jet.     

Measuring consistency in TTL-based caches

We propose a general modeling framework to evaluate the performance of cache consistency algorithms. In addition to the usual hit rate, we introduce the hit^* rate as a consistency measure, which captures the fraction of non-stale downloads from the cache. We apply these ideas to the analysis of the fixed TTL consistency algorithm in the presence of network delays. The hit and hit^* rates are evaluated when requests and updates are modeled by renewal processes. Classical results on the renewal function lead to various bounds.     

改善磁盘阵列性能的方法

磁盘阵列是解决计算机Ｉ／Ｏ瓶颈问题的有效方法之一，通过对现有磁盘阵列结构的研究，提出了４种改善磁盘阵列性能的方法，即良分利用磁盘带宽，平衡多盘的负载，减少奇偶检验数据存取时间和磁盘阵列Ｃａｃｈｅ技术等，分析结果表明：在事务处理应用领域，利用Ｃａｃｈｅ来把小写转化为大写可大大改善目前一般情况下，以一道数据大小来作为磁盘的基本存取大小是合适的选择，磁盘阵列负载平衡设计不足是指正常模式下系统请求在多盘间     

凸轮机构基圆半径的确定方法及其分析

基圆半径的确定方法，除了用图解法和试算法外，还可用解析法和图解分析法求解。４种方法各有优缺点，设计时要根据具体情况选择。     

某型杀伤枪榴弹引信弹道炸原因分析及再设计思考

通过对某型杀伤枪榴弹引信所发生的三次弹道炸的原因进行分析，提出用延期索替代延期药盘，并对有关机构进行再设计的对策。     

蝶阀加工及装配工艺的研究

传统工艺加工阀体、活门时，对机床的性能要求较高，一般为数控镗床。介绍了一种采用普通镗床加工阀体、活门的工艺方法及蝶阀在厂内装配的工艺方法。     

对电视安全播出的几点思考

从电视节目安全播出的角度出发，探讨如何采取切实有效的措施，确保电视节目的安全优质播出，力争使电视台的安全播出上一个新台阶，主要从播控系统的安全可靠性以及管理措施等方面进行阐述。     

浅析绞车盘式刹车与自动送钻系统

阐述了2种典型盘式刹车和2种典型的绞车结构形式;分析了国产绞车、盘式刹车的现状和存在的问题;提出了绞车和自动送钻改进意见和科研攻关重点,对今后钻机更新时绞车和盘式刹车结构改进、提高国产钻机的性能和质量,具有一定的启发和指导作用。