Speeding Up Mobile Browsers without Infrastructure Support

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dc.contributor.advisorZhong, Lin
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWallach, Dan S.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNg, T. S. Eugene
dc.creatorWang, Zhen
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-05T23:44:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-05T23:44:28Z
dc.date.available2012-09-05T23:44:26Z
dc.date.available2012-09-05T23:44:28Z
dc.date.created2012-05
dc.date.issued2012-09-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2012
dc.date.updated2012-09-05T23:44:28Z
dc.description.abstractMobile browsers are known to be slow. We characterize the performance of mobile browsers and find out that resource loading is the bottleneck. Leveraging an unprecedented set of web usage data collected from 24 iPhone users continuously over one year, we examine the three fundamental, orthogonal approaches to improve resource loading without infrastructure support: caching, prefetching, and speculative loading, which is first proposed and studied in this work. Speculative loading predicts and speculatively loads the subresources needed to open a webpage once its URL is given. We show that while caching and prefetching are highly limited for mobile browsing, speculative loading can be significantly more effective. Empirically, we show that client-only solutions can improve the browser speed by 1.4 seconds on average. We also report the design, realization, and evaluation of speculative loading in a WebKit-based browser called Tempo. On average, Tempo can reduce browser delay by 1 second (~20%).
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dc.identifier.citationWang, Zhen. "Speeding Up Mobile Browsers without Infrastructure Support." (2012) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64602">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64602</a>.
dc.identifier.slug123456789/ETD-2012-05-38
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/64602
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.
dc.subjectMobile
dc.subjectBrowser
dc.subjectPerformance
dc.titleSpeeding Up Mobile Browsers without Infrastructure Support
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineering
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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