Research Article

Analyzing the Effect of TCP and Server Population on Massively Multiplayer Games

Table 6

Summary of the tests: average RTT of all the MMORPG flows; packet loss rate in the downlink.

CBR throughput (downlink)Average RTT MMORPGAverage packet loss rate CBR

7 Mbps39.35 ms0.05%
8 Mbps48.16 ms0.34%
8.5 Mbps38.58 ms4.61%
9 Mbps76.78 ms11.67%