A study of MVNO data paths and performance

P Schmitt, M Vigil, E Belding - … , PAM 2016, Heraklion, Greece, March 31 …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Characterization of mobile data traffic performance is difficult given the inherent
complexity and opacity of mobile networks, yet it is increasingly important as emerging …

A first look at performance in mobile virtual network operators

F Zarinni, A Chakraborty, V Sekar, SR Das… - Proceedings of the 2014 …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Recent industry trends suggest a new phenomenon in the mobile market: mobile virtual
network operators or MVNOs that operate on top of existing cellular infrastructures. While …

Understanding the ecosystem and addressing the fundamental concerns of commercial MVNO

Y Li, J Zheng, Z Li, Y Liu, F Qian, S Bai… - … /ACM Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent years have witnessed the rapid growth of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs),
which operate on top of existing cellular infrastructures of base carriers, while offering …

An in-depth study of commercial MVNO: Measurement and optimization

A Xiao, Y Liu, Y Li, F Qian, Z Li, S Bai, Y Liu… - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Recent years have witnessed the rapid growth of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs),
which operate on top of the existing cellular infrastructures of base carriers while offering …

Beyond the radio: Illuminating the higher layers of mobile networks

N Vallina-Rodriguez, S Sundaresan… - Proceedings of the 13th …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Cellular network performance is often viewed as primarily dominated by the radio
technology. However, reality proves more complex: mobile operators deploy and configure …

Latency evaluation of a virtualized MME

J Prados-Garzon, JJ Ramos-Munoz… - 2016 Wireless Days …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Virtualization is one of the key technologies for developing the future mobile
networks. In this paper we propose an LTE virtualized Mobility Management Entity queue …

Accurate available bandwidth estimation robust against traffic differentiation in operational MVNO networks

T Oshiba - 2018 IEEE Symposium on Computers and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We uncover the reality of traffic differentiation in mobile virtual network operator (MVNO)
networks and shed new light on its negative impact on the accuracy of available bandwidth …

An open dataset of operational mobile networks

A Safari Khatouni, M Trevisan, D Giordano… - Proceedings of the 18th …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Mobile networks have become ubiquitous and the primary means to access the Internet, and
the traffic they generate has rapidly increased over the last years. The technology and …

The cloud that runs the mobile internet: A measurement study of mobile cloud services

F Michclinakis, H Doroud… - … -IEEE Conference on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile applications outsource their cloud infrastructure deployment and content delivery to
cloud computing services and content delivery networks. Studying how these services …

Characterizing and Modeling Session-Level Mobile Traffic Demands from Large-Scale Measurements

AF Zanella, A Bazco-Nogueras, C Ziemlicki… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We analyze 4G and 5G transport-layer sessions generated by a wide range of mobile
services at over 282,000 base stations (BSs) of an operational mobile network, and carry out …