Here is an essential reference for anyone interested in the most recent research and development activities on web content delivery. Coverage focuses on four main areas: content delivery networks, dynamic web contents, multimedia content delivery, and wireless/mobile Internet access. Compiled from recognized leaders in the field, as well as up-and-coming researchers, the articles collected in this volume not only review the current state of web content delivery, but also lay the foundations for future web applications.

Provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research and global development activities on web content delivery Lays the foundations for future web applications Focuses on recent advances that are driven by emerging content types and system architectures Focuses in particular on content delivery in four main areas: web, dynamic, streaming media and wireless

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The concept of content delivery has become increasingly more important due to rapidly growing demands for efficient distribution and fast access of information from the Internet. The content can be diverse, ranging from HTML documents, images, multimedia streams, database tables to dynamically generated contents. Moreover, to facilitate ubiquitous information access, the varied network architectures and hardware devices can include broadband wired/fixed networks, bandwidth constrained wireless/mobile networks, powerful workstations/PCs, PDAs and cellular phones. The need to deliver quality information--given the nature of the content, network connections and client devices--introduces various challenges for content delivery technologies. Web Content Delivery offers the most comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art research, providing insightful and thought-provoking possibilities for the future of web applications. Written by leading international researchers, the book focuses on web content delivery, dynamic web content, streaming media delivery and ubiquitous web access, addressing specific topics such as: Web Workload Characterization: Ten Years Later Replica Placement and Request Routing The Time-to-Live Based Consistency Mechanism Content Location in Peer-to-Peer Systems: Exploiting Locality Techniques for Efficiently Serving and Caching Dynamic Web Content Utility Computing for Internet Applications Proxy Caching for Database-Backed Web Sites Generating Internet Streaming Media Objects and Workloads Streaming Media Caching Policy-Based Resource Sharing in Streaming Overlay Networks Caching and Distribution Issues for Streaming Content Distribution Networks Peer-to-Peer Assisted Streaming Proxy Distributed Architectures for Web Content Adaptation and Delivery Wireless Web Performance Issues Web Content Delivery Using Thin-Client Computing Optimizing Content Delivery in Wireless Networks Multimedia Adaptation and Browsing on Small Displays Web Content Delivery is an essential reference for both academic researchers and industrial practitioners dealing with web content delivery.

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Web Content Delivery.- Web Workload Characterization: Ten Years Later.- Replica Placement and Request Routing.- The Time-to-Live Based Consistency Mechanism:.- Content Location in Peer-to-Peer Systems: Exploiting Locality.- Dynamic Web Content.- Techniques for Efficiently Serving and Caching Dynamic Web Content.- Utility Computing for Internet Applications.- Proxy Caching for Database-Backed Web Sites.- Streaming Media Delivery.- Generating Internet Streaming Media Objects and Workloads.- Streaming Media Caching.- Policy-Based Resource Sharing in Streaming Overlay Networks.- Caching and Distribution Issues for Streaming Content Distribution Networks.- Peer-to-Peer Assisted Streaming Proxy.- Ubiquitous Web Access.- Distributed Architectures for Web Content Adaptation and Delivery.- Wireless Web Performance Issues.- Web Content Delivery Using Thin-Client Computing.- Optimizing Content Delivery in Wireless Networks.- Multimedia Adaptation and Browsing on Small Displays.