Title :
Measure of user behaviour before and during disaster congestion
Author :
Baklan, Poyraz ; Yamori, Kyoko ; Tanaka, Yuichi
Author_Institution :
Global Inf. & Telecommun. Inst., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Network congestion during large scale disasters seems inevitable. Sudden influx of traffic caused by users calling their loved ones, coupled with the possibility that many base stations and routers in the area are damaged by the disaster; leads to resource shortage which causes congestion, which in turn causes many users becoming disgruntled and their quality of experience dropping. If a study can be made on predicting user behaviour, based on usual user habits and way of acting immediately after a disaster, then the network provider can regulate traffic accordingly or take precautions in areas within disaster zones.
Keywords :
Internet; consumer behaviour; disasters; mobile communication; quality of experience; telecommunication traffic; base stations; disaster congestion; network congestion; network provider; quality of experience; resource shortage; routers; telecommunication traffic; user behaviour; user habits; Base stations; Companies; Mobile communication; Smart phones; Social network services; Web services; Congestion control; Quality of experience; Quality of service; Social network; User behaviour;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pyeongchang
Print_ISBN :
978-89-968650-2-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICACT.2014.6778936