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Radio webs — Support architecture for mobile web access

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Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services (IDMS 1997)

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Abstract

The speed of Internet access over GSM can be improved by optimizing the performance of TCP/IP connections over the air link, and by using smart proxies for HTTP transfers or other high-level protocols. The goal is to improve the performance as perceived by the user, which implies the minimization of the end-to-end latency. This document describes the setup of GSM data connections and points to a number of possibilities to improve its basic performance. It then takes a more detailed look into WWW access and discusses how a double HTTP proxy can improve the web access over a (very) slow link. This double proxy is made of two parts: a small and simple HTTP proxy on the mobile station and a more complex proxy serving several users from a specific Internet Cellular Access Gateway. The users on the mobile station can configure their usual WWW browser to use the proxy on their computer — the mobile proxy — for accessing Web pages and everything will work as before, except that the overall performance should be considerably better.

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Abbreviations

BSC:

Base Station Controller

BTS:

Base Transceiver Station

DAN:

Direct-IP Access Node

GPRS:

General Packet Radio Service

HDLC:

High-level Data Link Control

HSCSD:

High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data service

HTML:

Hypertext Markup Language

HTTP:

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

IP:

Internet Protocol

ISP:

Internet Service Provider

IWF:

Inter Working Function

LCP:

Link Control Protocol

MS:

Mobile Station

MSA:

Mobile Support Agent

MSC:

Mobile Switching Center

PCD:

Portable Computing Device

PPP:

Point-to-Point Protocol

PSTN:

Public Switched Telephone Network

RFC:

Request For Comments

RLP:

Radio Link Protocol

SLIP:

Serial Line Internet Protocol

TAF:

Terminal Adaptation Function

TCP:

Transmission Control Protocol

WSP:

Wireless Sockets Protocol

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  1. Ericsson Eurolab Deutschland GmbH, Ericsson Allee 1, 52134, Herzogenrath

    Reiner Ludwig, Norbert Niebert & Raphaël Quinet

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Ludwig, R., Niebert, N., Quinet, R. (1997). Radio webs — Support architecture for mobile web access. In: Steinmetz, R., Wolf, L.C. (eds) Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services. IDMS 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1309. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0000358

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