Web Traffic Acceleration over Cellular Networks by using a Compressing Proxy Server

Abstract: Many Web clients today are connected to the Internet via low speed computer links such as cellular connections. In order to efficiently use the cellular connection for Web access, the connection must be accelerated using a Performance Enhancing Proxy (PEP) as a gateway to the Web. In this paper we investigate the challenges created by the use of PEP. In order to mitigate the performance bottlenecks, we enhanced the PEP by adding to it a “pre-getting ” ability. We tested the enhanced PEP over GSM and HSCSD cellular networks, as well as using a cellular network software simulator. Our experiments with enhanced PEP achieved the following results: 1) Average improvement of about 60 % over the HSCSD network throughput can be achieved, 2) The Web page structure has a significant impact on the resulting performance. In conclusion, using an enhanced PEP can make the experience of browsing the Web over cellular networks much faster and less frustrating.

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