eRemote: A Remote File Downloader for Low-Speed Network

Abstract

Abstract: Downloading is generally copy data from one computer to another computer over the internet. A download manager is a software or hardware tool that is used to manage downloading files on computer devices from the internet. When it comes to downloading large-sized files, many mechanisms have been invented so far to accomplish the downloading task. A hardware-level device equipped with Raspberry Pi zero module, that can be remotely controlled through an android mobile application capable of downloading large scale files to local storage from any network at any time frame. Thus, a remote file download manager named eRemote has been developed to download files as an offline downloader. This device has been tested in a different network including wired and wireless networks, has shown efficacious results. This paper presents the design and implementation details of the remote downloader and offers a comparative study on existing downloaders.