Today's cellular systems operate under diverse resource constraints: limited frequency
spectrum, network processing capability, and handset battery life. We consider a novel and …

The popularity of smartphones, cloud computing, and the app store model have led to
cellular networks being used in a completely different way than what they were designed for …

3G cellular data networks have recently witnessed explosive growth. In this work, we focus
on UMTS, one of the most popular 3G mobile communication technologies. Our work is the …

Mobile phones in the 3G/4G era enable us to stay connected not only to the voice network,
but also to online services like social networks. In this paper, we study the energy and …

Cellular networks employ a specific radio resource management policy distinguishing them
from wired and Wi-Fi networks. A lack of awareness of this important mechanism potentially …

Understanding the temporal traffic load profile of cellular networks is extremely valuable to
many network operation tasks in large mobile networks. Such knowledge is useful for …

The explosive growth of mobile data traffic poses severe pressure on cellular providers to
better manage their finite spectrum. Proposed solutions such as congestion-pricing exist, but …

5G, as a monumental shift in cellular communication technology, holds tremendous potential
for spurring innovations across many vertical industries, with its promised multi-Gbps speed …

Present day smartphones like iPhone and Andriod based phones have lead to explosive
growth in traffic over cellular networks. The growth has occurred both in volume and diversity …

Using data from 43 users across two platforms, we present a detailed look at smartphone
traffic. We find that browsing contributes over half of the traffic, while each of email, media …