Benchmarking HTTP/2 vs. HTTP/3
January 1, 2021Microsoft Computer Science, 2020鈥�21
Liaison(s): Mohit Suley, Arunothia Marappan (Fall), Amiya Gupta (Spring)
Advisor(s): Geoff Kuenning
Students(s): Nat Efrat-Henrici (PM-F), Jacob Boerma (PM-S), Ke Jin, Nette Mashewske, Loise Velazquez
Web browsers fetch information using the popular HTTP/2 protocol, which is limited by the TCP/IP transport protocol. A new version, HTTP/3, uses the QUIC protocol, which introduces new approaches that promise measurable performance improvements. However, theoretical benefits don鈥檛 always translate to the real world. We measured the protocols鈥� actual behavior, especially with regard to how mobile users experience the Internet. We built a testing framework and then quantified the performance of the two standards.