Conclusions and Future Research
n Defined transcoding algorithms that take user preferences
and device characteristics into account, iterate to achieve
desired bandwidth reduction
n Incorporate algorithms into WWW proxy (Rabbit)
n Set up experiments with different client devices (real or
emulated): PCs, WinCE PDAs, Palms
n Future work:
Evaluate “quality” of transcoded WWW pages (otherwise trivial:
drop images completely)
Proxy: cache management (support heterogeneous client
population) and performance issues (transcoding is not cheap)
WWW document: how to “transcode” whole document, not just
individual images