Mobile access bandwidth in practice: Measurement, analysis, and implications

X Yang, H Lin, Z Li, F Qian, X Li, Z He, X Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Recent advances in mobile technologies such as 5G and WiFi 6E do not seem to deliver the
promised mobile access bandwidth. To effectively characterize mobile access bandwidth in …

An empirical study of bandwidth predictability in mobile computing

J Yao, SS Kanhere, M Hassan - … of the third ACM international workshop …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
While bandwidth predictability has been well studied in static environments, it remains
largely unexplored in the context of mobile computing. To gain a deeper understanding of …

Why it takes so long to connect to a WiFi access point

C Pei, Z Wang, Y Zhao, Z Wang, Y Meng… - … -IEEE Conference on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today's WiFi networks deliver a large fraction of traffic. However, the performance and
quality of WiFi networks are still far from satisfactory. Among many popular quality metrics …

Characterizing and improving wifi latency in large-scale operational networks

K Sui, M Zhou, D Liu, M Ma, D Pei, Y Zhao, Z Li… - Proceedings of the 14th …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
WiFi latency is a key factor impacting the user experience of modern mobile applications, but
it has not been well studied at large scale. In this paper, we design and deploy WiFiSeer, a …

Cell vs. WiFi: On the performance of metro area mobile connections

J Sommers, P Barford - Proceedings of the 2012 internet measurement …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
Cellular and 802.11 WiFi are compelling options for mobile Internet connectivity. The goal of
our work is to understand the performance afforded by each of these technologies in diverse …

The mammoth internet: Are we ready?

Y Al Mtawa, A Haque, B Bitar - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The internet has made massive progress since the 1990s. The amount of traffic that crosses
the Internet now is 22 million times more than what was generated in 1992. Although the …

A walk on the client side: Monitoring enterprise wifi networks using smartphone channel scans

J Shi, L Meng, A Striegel, C Qiao… - … INFOCOM 2016-the …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During the one minute it takes to read this abstract, two billion smartphones worldwide will
perform billions of Wifi channel scans recording the signal strength of nearby Wifi Access …

Lightweight mobile bandwidth availability measurement

F Michelinakis, N Bui, G Fioravantti… - 2015 IFIP …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile data traffic is increasing rapidly and wireless spectrum is becoming a more and more
scarce resource. This makes it highly important to operate the mobile network efficiently. In …

MONROE: Measuring mobile broadband networks in Europe

Ö Alay, A Lutu, R García, M Peón-Quirós… - Building the Future …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Mobile broadband (MBB) networks (eg, 3G/4G) underpin numerous vital operations of the
society and are arguably becoming the most important piece of the communications …

MCNet: Crowdsourcing wireless performance measurements through the eyes of mobile devices

S Rosen, S Lee, J Lee, P Congdon… - IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Measurement of network performance in complex WiFi networks, such as in corporations
and universities, is an important but challenging task, as wireless performance in networks …