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A thin client is a small network computer which is used as a remote screen visualizing the output of software applications running on a central server. To provide a seamless service to thin client users the network connection between the client and the server must be dimensioned properly. In this paper we therefore characterize the traffic generated by different types of thin client users when working with popular office applications like Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. We analyze the traffic patterns measured in our testbed environment and thus provide a basis for subsequent research studies as well as for administrators to estimate the amount and the characteristics of user generated traffic.
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Emmert, B., Binzenhöfer, A., Schlosser, D., Weiß, M. (2007). Source Traffic Characterization for Thin Client Based Office Applications. In: Pras, A., van Sinderen, M. (eds) Dependable and Adaptable Networks and Services. EUNICE 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4606. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73530-4_11
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