document: Web browsing performance of wireless thin-client computing Web applications are becoming increasingly popular for mobile wireless systems . However , wireless networks can have high packet loss rates , which can degrade web browsing performance on wireless systems . An alternative approach is wireless thin-client computing , in which the web browser runs on a remote thin server with a more reliable wired connection to the Internet . A mobile client then maintains a connection to the thin server to receive display updates over the lossy wireless network . To assess the viability of this thin-client approach , we compare the web browsing performance of thin clients against fat clients that run the web browser locally in lossy wireless networks . Our results show that thin clients can operate quite effectively over lossy networks . Compared to fat clients running web browsers locally , our results show surprisingly that thin clients can be faster and more resilient on web applications over lossy wireless LANs despite having to send more data over the network . We characterize and analyze different design choices in various thin-client systems and explain why these approaches can yield superior web browsing performance in lossy wireless networks .
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