01325nas a2200145   4500008004100000245007900041210006900120260001900189300001300208520076800221100002100989700002001010700002401030856012501054       2003                        eng d00aEfficient Reduction of Web Latency through Predictive Prefetching on a WAN0 aEfficient Reduction of Web Latency through Predictive Prefetchin  c17 - 19 August  a 25 - 363 aThis paper studies Predictive Prefetching on a Web system that provides
two levels of caching before information reaches the clients. We analyze
prefetching on a Wide Area Network with the above mentioned characteristics.
First, we provide a structured overview of predictive prefetching and show its
wide applicability to various computer systems. The WAN that we refer to is
the GRNET academic network in Greece. We rely on log files collected at the
network’s Transparent cache (primary caching point), located at GRNET’s edge
connection to the Internet. We present the parameters that are most important
for prefetching on GRNET’s architecture and provide preliminary results of an
experimental study, quantifying the benefits of prefetching on the WAN.1 aBouras, Christos1 aKonidaris, Agis1 aKostoulas, Dionisis  uhttps://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/efficient-reduction-web-latency-through-predictive-prefetching-wan