Employing QUIC Protocol to Optimize Uber's App Performance

Mobile, EngineeringEmploying QUIC Protocol to Optimize Uber’s App PerformanceMay 14, 2019 / Global Uber operates on a global scale across more than 600 cities, with our apps relying entirely on wireless connectivity from over 4,500 mobile carriers. To deliver the real-time performance expected from Uber’s users, our mobile apps require low-latency and highly reliable network communication. Unfortu

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“Finally, cellular network performance varies significantly across carriers, regions, and time. In Figure 2, below, we plot the median latencies of HTTPS traffic in Uber’s rider app across hexagons of 2 kilometers for two major mobile carriers in Delhi, India. As can be seen in the figure, the n

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Uber、モバイルアプリの通信をHTTP/2からQUICに変更して表示速度改善。TCPとUDPの違いによるQUICのメリットは大きい。

[braitom]

UberがQUICを採用した経緯などについて。どのような課題がありQUIC採用を検討したのか、どのように組み込んだか、パフォーマンス測定をどのように行ったか、どのような効果があったかなどが書かれている。