Improving Web Browsing on Wireless PDAs Using Thin-Client Computing (2004) [3 citations — 1 self]
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author = {Albert M. Lai and Jason Nieh and Bhagyashree Bohra and Vijayarka Nandikonda and Vijayarka N and Abhishek P. Surana and Suchita Varshneya},
title = {Improving Web Browsing on Wireless PDAs Using Thin-Client Computing},
year = {2004}
}
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Abstract:
Web applications are becoming increasingly popular for mobile wireless PDAs. However, web browsing on these systems can be quite slow. An alternative approach is handheld thin-client computing, in which the web browser and associated application logic run on a server, which then sends simple screen updates to the PDA for display. To assess the viability of this thin-client approach, we compare the web browsing performance of thin clients against fat clients that run the web browser locally on a PDA. Our results show that thin clients can provide better web browsing performance compared to fat clients, both in terms of speed and ability to correctly display web content. Surprisingly, thin clients are faster even when having to send more data over the network. We characterize and analyze different design choices in various thin-client systems and explain why these approaches can yield superior web browsing performance on mobile wireless PDAs.
