Comparison of WebSocket and HTTP protocol performance
Abstract
The aim of the author of this article is analyze the performance of WebSocket and HTTP protocol and their comparison. For this purpose, was used equipment working in a local network consisting of server, two client computers, switch and self-created research web application. Using a test application was measured time of data transfer between clients and server as well server and clients. The tests included transmission 100-character texts in specified number of copies considering speed of hardware (laptops) and software (web browsers). Additionally, was investigated the impact of overhead and TLS encryption to performance. The obtained results have illustrated in the form of charts, discussed and appropriate conclusions drawn.
Keywords:
websocket protocol; http protocol; protocols performance comparisonReferences
World Wide Web, w: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web, 13.01.2021.
Google Scholar
Hypertext Transfer Protocol, w: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol, [13.01.2021].
Google Scholar
WebSockets – A Conceptual Deep-Dive, w: Ably Realtime, https://www.ably.io/concepts/websockets, [13.01.2021].
Google Scholar
Ajax (programming), w: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming), [13.01.2021].
Google Scholar
WebSocket Simplified, w: Coding Simplified With Shad, https://iamshadmirza.hashnode.dev/websocket-simplified-cjxjzcu0m002i3hs1eewt2p80, [13.01.2021].
Google Scholar
WebSocket, w: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket, [13.01.2021].
Google Scholar
RFC 6455 – The WebSocket Protocol, w: IETF Tools, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455, [13.01.2021].
Google Scholar
Real-time web, w Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_web, 13.01.2021.
Google Scholar
W. Słodziak, Z. Nowak: Performance Analysis of Web Systems Based on XMLHttpRequest, Server-Sent Events and WebSocket. Springer International Publishing, 2016.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28561-0_6
Google Scholar
Benchmark 5-milion Websockets, w: Oat++, https://oatpp.io/benchmark/websocket/5-million/, [13.01.2021].
Google Scholar
Authors
Marcin BadurowiczPoland
Statistics
Abstract views: 1828PDF downloads: 1144
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
