High-Speed Thin Client Technology for Mobile Environment: Mobile RVEC

Thin client systems on smart devices have been attracting interest from mobile workers because they do not need to contain any important business data, leading to improved security and business efficiency. In order to use a virtual desktop smoothly in various mobile environments with fluctuating bandwidth and packet loss ratio, it is essential for smart devices to have a stable mechanism for transferring images over an unstable network and smooth touchscreen operation. To meet these requirements, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. has developed new technologies called Mobile RVEC. They consist of an adaptive image transfer mechanism that considers variations in network bandwidth on a real-time basis, a data transfer protocol for unstable networks, and a touchscreen-based user interface for mobile thin clients. These technologies promise to open up new applications such as interactive product demonstrations at customer premises on mobile thin clients.