HTTP modification to reduce client latency
Abdolreza Abhari, Adam Serbinski · Conference proceedings - Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2008
In this paper, we have developed an additional enhancement to the HTTP protocol. This modification eliminates the need for the client to wait for the delivery of the HTML file before being able to request the embedded objects. In our solution, the server delivers the embedded objects of a Web page to the client without being explicitly requested. In essence, the requests for the embedded objects are generated by the server instead of by the client. We introduced, in the form of a module for Apache HTTP server, a mechanism for preloading Web page from server to client. The client Web browser is able to receive this modified response through the use of a custom built proxy.