Mobile data Wi-Fi offloading

Author

Sraga, Martin ; Momcilovic, Norman ; Tekovic, Alberto

Author_Institution

Univ. Coll. Algebra, Zagreb, Croatia

fYear

2014

fDate

26-30 May 2014

Firstpage

1648

Lastpage

1649

Abstract

The predicted exponential growth of mobile data traffic demands suitable solutions for coping with the high amount of data. Increasing number of Wi-Fi enabled smartphones and Wi-Fi access becoming more widely available is opening the possibility of offloading a large chunk of data traffic from 3G/ 4G mobile networks to Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11. However, the quality of experience must be preserved no matter which network layer is currently engaged. Therefore, the scope of this paper was to determine the usability of the free of charge Wi-Fi available networks and to compare it with the legacy 3G4G networks.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; quality of experience; smart phones; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; 3G-4G mobile networks; Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11; Wi-Fi access; Wi-Fi enabled smartphones; charge free Wi-Fi available networks; mobile data Wi-Fi offloading; mobile data traffic; network layer; predicted exponential growth; quality of experience; Cities and towns; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Internet; Mobile communication; Quality of service; Smart phones; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2014 37th International Convention on

Conference_Location

Opatija

Print_ISBN

978-953-233-081-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIPRO.2014.6859830

Filename

6859830