Prefetching the means for document transfer: A new approach for reducing Web latency

Computer Networks

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-455

  Cohen, Edith ^a   Kaplan, Haim ^b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DNS; HTTP; Perceived latency; Prefetching; TCP; Web

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DATA TRANSFER; HTTP; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SERVERS; WEB BROWSERS;

WEB LATENCY;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0037099910     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1286(02)00184-6     Document Type: Article

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