Improving the Performance of the world Wide Web over Wireless Networks

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dc.contributor.authorFleming, Todd B.en
dc.contributor.committeechairMidkiff, Scott F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDavis, Nathaniel J. IVen
dc.contributor.committeememberGray, Festus Gailen
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:38:00Zen
dc.date.adate1996-11-04en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:38:00Zen
dc.date.issued1996-11-04en
dc.date.rdate1996-11-04en
dc.date.sdate1998-07-13en
dc.description.abstractThe World Wide Web (WWW) has become the largest source of Internet traffic, but it was not designed for wireless networks. Documents with large inline images take a long time to fetch over low-bandwidth wireless networks. Radio signal dropouts cause file transfers to abort; users have to restart file transfers from the beginning. Dropouts also prevent access to documents that have not yet been visited by the user. All of these problems create user frustration and limit the utility of the WWW and wireless networks. In this work, a new Wireless World Wide Web (WWWW) proxy server and protocol were developed that address these problems. A client based on NCSA Mosaic connects to the proxy server using the new protocol, Multiple Hypertext Stream Protocol (MHSP). The proxy prefetches documents to the client, including inline images. The proxy also reduces the resolution of large bitmaps to improve performance over slow links. MHSP provides the ability to resume file transfers when the link has been broken then reestablished. The WWWW system was tested and evaluated by running script-controlled clients on different emulated network environments. This new system decreased document load time an average of 32 to 37 percent, depending on network configuration.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-0521318109613220en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-0521318109613220/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33087en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartetd.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectwireless networksen
dc.subjectWWWen
dc.subjectMHSPen
dc.subjectproxyen
dc.subjectthreadsen
dc.subjectprotocolsen
dc.titleImproving the Performance of the world Wide Web over Wireless Networksen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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