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Understanding usage and activity in cellular networks by investigating HTTP requests
RISE, Swedish ICT, SICS, Decisions, Networks and Analytics lab.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7866-143x
RISE, Swedish ICT, SICS, Decisions, Networks and Analytics lab.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3932-4144
RISE, Swedish ICT, SICS.
2015 (English)In: 2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2015, 11, p. 570-575, article id 7158036Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The number of mobile devices is estimated to now exceed the world’s population, using more and more cloud services, and hence generating more and more traffic. Smartphones generate 95% of the total global handset traffic, and while approximately half of this traffic is sent to cellular networks, other handsets such as tablets are also using increasingly the cellular networks. This paper provides a closer look at the traffic generated on cellular networks by exploring billions of HTTP requests sent by millions of users to a nation-wide cellular network during 41 days. We confirm that - as in many other contexts - 20% of the users are responsible for more than 80% of the requests and provide a deeper analysis of the cellular network usage. Furthermore, we characterise the activity of users on their mobile device and which cloud services they use. For instance, almost 30% of the users use the cellular network frequently, mainly using search services and social networks, but 20% of their requests are sent to advertisement and tracking systems.

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2015, 11. p. 570-575, article id 7158036
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Computer and Information Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-24485DOI: 10.1109/CCNC.2015.7158036Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84943145896ISBN: 978-1-4799-6390-4 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-24485DiVA, id: diva2:1043569
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12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2015), January 9-12, 2015, Las Vegas, US
Available from: 2016-10-31 Created: 2016-10-31 Last updated: 2023-05-09Bibliographically approved

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