@techreport{ford-http-multi-server-00, number = {draft-ford-http-multi-server-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ford-http-multi-server/00/}, author = {Mark J. Handley and Alan Ford}, title = {{HTTP Extensions for Simultaneous Download from Multiple Mirrors}}, pagetotal = 12, year = 2009, month = jul, day = 6, abstract = {This document describes an extension to HTTP by which servers can automatically inform clients of mirrors of resources. Clients can then simultaneously request segments of the resource from different servers, enhancing both network and server utilisation, download speeds, and thus user experience.}, }