JPIP proxy server with prefetching strategies based on user-navigation model and semantic map

The efficient transmission of large resolution images and, in particular, the interactive transmission of images in a client-server scenario, is an important aspect for many applications. Among the current image compression standards, JPEG2000 excels for its interactive transmission capabilities. In...

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Authors: Monteagudo Pereira, José Lino, Aulí Llinàs, Francesc|||0000-0002-3208-9957, Serra-Sagristà, Joan|||0000-0003-4729-9292
Format: article
Publication Date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:129674
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/129674
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1109/TMM.2013.2264655
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Interactive image transmission
JPEG2000
JPIP
Prefetching strategies
User-navigation model
Semantic map
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Summary:The efficient transmission of large resolution images and, in particular, the interactive transmission of images in a client-server scenario, is an important aspect for many applications. Among the current image compression standards, JPEG2000 excels for its interactive transmission capabilities. In general, three mechanisms are employed to optimize the transmission of images when using the JPEG2000 Interactive Protocol (JPIP): 1) packet re-sequencing at the server; 2) prefetching at the client; and 3) proxy servers along the network infrastructure. To avoid the congestion of the network, prefetching mechanisms are not commonly employed when many clients within a local area network (LAN) browse images from a remote server. Aimed to maximize the responsiveness of all the clients within a LAN, this work proposes the use of prefetching strategies at the proxy server -rather than at the clients. The main insight behind the proposed prefetching strategies is a user-navigation model and a semantic map that predict the future requests of the clients. Experimental results indicate that the introduction of these strategies into a JPIP proxy server enhances the browsing experience of the end-users notably.