A smartphone-based platform to test the performance of wireless mobile networks and preliminary findings

Xinli Geng; Hao Xu; Xiaowei Qin

doi:10.1117/12.2261949

7 October 2016 A smartphone-based platform to test the performance of wireless mobile networks and preliminary findings

Xinli Geng, Hao Xu, Xiaowei Qin

Proceedings Volume 9902, Fourth International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications; 99020F (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2261949
Event: Fourth International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications, 2016, Beijing, China

Abstract

During the last several years, the amount of wireless network traffic data increased fast and relative technologies evolved rapidly. In order to improve the performance and Quality of Experience (QoE) of wireless network services, the analysis of field network data and existing delivery mechanisms comes to be a promising research topic. In order to achieve this goal, a smartphone based platform named Monitor and Diagnosis of Mobile Applications (MDMA) was developed to collect field data. Based on this tool, the web browsing service of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network was tested. The top 200 popular websites in China were selected and loaded on smartphone for thousands times automatically. Communication packets between the smartphone and the cell station were captured for various scenarios (e.g. residential area, urban roads, bus station etc.) in the selected city. A cross-layer database was constructed to support the off-line analysis. Based on the results of client-side experiments and analysis, the usability of proposed portable tool was verified. The preliminary findings and results for existing web browsing service were also presented.

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Xinli Geng, Hao Xu, and Xiaowei Qin "A smartphone-based platform to test the performance of wireless mobile networks and preliminary findings", Proc. SPIE 9902, Fourth International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications, 99020F (7 October 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2261949

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