Upstream bandwidth optimization of thin client protocols through latency-aware adaptive user event buffering

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 666-690

  Simoens, P ^a   Vankeirsbilck, B ^a   Deboosere, L ^a   Ali, F Azmat ^a   De Turck, F ^a   Dhoedt, B ^a   Demeester, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bandwidth optimization; thin client; user event transmission

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FRAMEWORK; APPLICATION LOGIC; BANDWIDTH AVAILABILITY; BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION; BANDWIDTH EFFICIENT; BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION; BANDWIDTH SAVINGS; BUFFERING STRATEGY; LATENCY-AWARE; LOCAL PROCESSING; NETWORK BANDWIDTH; OFF-LOADING; PACKETIZATION; POWER CONSUMPTION; PROTOCOL LAYERS; REMOTE SERVERS; RESPONSE DELAYS; ROUND-TRIP TIME; THIN CLIENT; THIN CLIENTS; THIN-CLIENT COMPUTING; USER EVENT TRANSMISSION; USER INPUT; WIRELESS DEVICES; WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACE CARD;

BANDWIDTH; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); OPTIMIZATION; SERVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955394573     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1188     Document Type: Article

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