Opportunities for Using the Protocol HTTP/2 to Reduce Lag When Loading Web Applications

Pavel Petrov and Stefka Petrova ()
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Stefka Petrova: University of Economics - Varna

Izvestia Journal of the Union of Scientists - Varna. Economic Sciences Series, 2016, issue 2, 155-165

Abstract: This article examines the evolution of the protocol HTTP - from version 0.9 through 1.0, and 1.1 to version 2. The factors affecting latency and lag when loading web pages are discussed in details. The research concludes that nowadays network bandwidth plays an increasingly small role about the lag. The results of empirical research how much the lag is reduced when using HTTP/2 while loading an average by volume and by content web page are presented. In the tests are used different versions of the protocol HTTP - HTTP/1.0, HTTP/1.1, HTTPS/1.1 and HTTPS/2. An experimental software is created and an external program to simulate network latency is used.

Keywords: HTTP; HTTP/1.0; HTTP/1.1; HTTP/2; Hypertext Transfer Protocol; web applications; latency; lag; web server; web client; Apache; Google Chrome; Mozilla Firefox (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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