Addressing TCP issues with HTTP/3 and QUIC

HTTP/3 – Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 3

This is the latest revision of the HTTP protocol and is widely used for communication between web browsers and servers. It is based on Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC), a transport protocol developed by Google. QUIC is designed to provide a secure and efficient transport layer protocol over the internet.

Upsides of HTTP/3 and QUIC

QUIC, being based on UDP, doesn’t suffer from throughput limitations due to latency or packet loss seen with TCP-based protocols such as HTTP/2. This is its primary benefit as it relates to edge computing – you no longer need to do a bunch of calculations and mitigations to accommodate these factors.

However, there are many other benefits to implementing these newer protocols.

Connection setup latency

In HTTP/2, establishing a connection requires a series of round trips between the client and server, leading to increased latency...