This paper highlights the vision of CASPER project towards user-centric network and service
management in future mobile networks. Putting the end-users of the network at the epicenter …

This paper presents the design of the CASPER 1 middleware architecture that enables the
implementation of real-time QoE-driven service management. More in detail, we thoroughly …

A quarter of the world population will be using smartphones to access the Internet in the
near future. In this context, understanding the Quality of Experience (QoE) of popular apps in …

In the frame of the CASPER project, we envision the performance evaluation of the new user-
centric network and service management for future mobile networks. This paper extends our …

Quality of Experience (QoE) is important from both a user perspective, since it assesses the
quality a user actually experiences, and a network perspective, since it is important for a …

Two practical approaches are possible for QoE monitoring: service performance
measurements using statistical samples; and network management system (NMS) using …

Mobile devices such as smartphones are taking over traditional devices for Internet access
in today's scenario, and the near future forecast is overwhelming: by 2016, a quarter of the …

Monitoring the Quality of Experience (QoE) undergone by cellular network customers has
become paramount for cellular ISPs, who need to ensure high quality levels to limit customer …

Next-Generation Networks (NGNs), comprising for example, 4G and B4G mobile systems,
will support Quality of Service (QoS) over a heterogeneous wired and wireless IP-based …

The explosive increasing amount of multimedia content to be offered in the Internet and the
heterogeneity of the underlying networking technologies demand the provision of new QoS …