Design of intelligent network components to support multimedia on mobile thin clients
Pieter Simoens · Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) · 2008
The thin client computing paradigm shifts computation and storage from the user device to the network. Applications are not executed on the user device but on remote servers. Through a remote display protocol, user input (e.g. keystrokes) is relayed to the remote application and graphical updates are delivered to the client for presentation on the device display. Only basic functionality is required at the client-side, resulting in “thin” devices that are lightweight and energy efficient. Consequently, the thin client concept is very appealing to mobile users.