High Performance Browser Networking

Foreword
Preface

Part 1: Networking 101
1. Primer on Latency and Bandwidth
-Speed Is a Feature
-The Many Components of Latency
-Speed of Light and Propagation Latency
-Last-Mile Latency
-Bandwidth in Core Networks
-Bandwidth at the Network Edge
-Delivering Higher Bandwidth and Lower Latencies

2. Building Blocks of TCP
-Three-Way Handshake
-Congestion Avoidance and Control
-Bandwidth-Delay Product
-Head-of-Line Blocking
-Optimizing for TCP

3. Building Blocks of UDP
-Null Protocol Services
-UDP and Network Address Translators
-Optimizing for UDP

4. Transport Layer Security (TLS)
-Encryption, Authentication, and Integrity
-TLS Handshake
-TLS Session Resumption
-Chain of Trust and Certificate Authorities
-Certificate Revocation
-TLS Record Protocol
-Optimizing for TLS
-Performance Checklist
-Testing and Verification

Part 2: Performance of Wireless Networks
5. Introduction to Wireless Networks
-Ubiquitous Connectivity
-Types of Wireless Networks
-Performance Fundamentals of Wireless Networks
-Measuring Real-World Wireless Performance

6. WiFi
-From Ethernet to a Wireless LAN
-WiFi Standards and Features
-Measuring and Optimizing WiFi Performance
-Optimizing for WiFi Networks

7. Mobile Networks
-Brief History of the G's
-Device Features and Capabilities
-Radio Resource Controller (RRC)
-End-to-End Carrier Architecture
-Packet Flow in a Mobile Network
-Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets)
-Real-World 3G, 4G, and WiFi Performance

8. Optimizing for Mobile Networks
-Preserve Battery Power
-Eliminate Periodic and Inefficient Data Transfers
-Anticipate Network Latency Overhead
-Design for Variable Network Interface Availability
-Burst Your Data and Return to Idle
-Offload to WiFi Networks
-Apply Protocol and Application Best Practices

Part 3: HTTP
9. Brief History of HTTP
-HTTP 0.9: The One-Line Protocol
-HTTP 1.0: Rapid Growth and Informational RFC
-HTTP 1.1: Internet Standard
-HTTP 2.0: Improving Transport Performance

10. Primer on Web Performance
-Hypertext, Web Pages, and Web Applications
-Anatomy of a Modern Web Application
-Performance Pillars: Computing, Rendering, Networking
-Synthetic and Real-User Performance Measurement
-Browser Optimization

11. HTTP 1.X
-Benefits of Keepalive Connections
-HTTP Pipelining
-Using Multiple TCP Connections
-Domain Sharding
-Measuring and Controlling Protocol Overhead
-Concatenation and Spriting
-Resource Inlining

12. HTTP 2.0
-History and Relationship to SPDY
-The Road to HTTP 2.0
-Design and Technical Goals
-Brief Introduction to Binary Framing

13. Optimizing Application Delivery
-Evergreen Performance Best Practices
-Optimizing for HTTP 1.x
-Optimizing for HTTP 2.0

Part 4: Browser APIs and Protocols
14. Primer on Browser Networking
-Connection Management and Optimization
-Network Security and Sandboxing
-Resource and Client State Caching
-Application APIs and Protocols

15. XMLHttpRequest
-Brief History of XHR
-Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
-Downloading Data with XHR
-Uploading Data with XHR
-Monitoring Download and Upload Progress
-Streaming Data with XHR
-Real-Time Notifications and Delivery
-XHR Use Cases and Performance

16. Server-Sent Events (SSE)
-EventSource API
-Event Stream Protocol
-SSE Use Cases and Performance

17. WebSocket
-WebSocket API
-WebSocket Protocol
-WebSocket Use Cases and Performance
-Performance Checklist

18. WebRTC
-Standards and Development of WebRTC
-Audio and Video Engines
-Real-Time Network Transports
-Establishing a Peer-to-Peer Connection
-Delivering Media and Application Data
-DataChannel
-WebRTC Use Cases and Performance
-Performance Checklist

Index