3G to Wi-Fi offloading on Android

Author

Bakhit, Khaled ; Chalouhi, Chantal ; Francis, Sabine ; Mourad, Sara ; Elhajj, Imad H. ; Kayssi, Ayman ; Chehab, Ali

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., American Univ. of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

fYear

2014

Firstpage

247

Lastpage

252

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a 3G to Wi-Fi offloading Android-based application. Due to growing demand for a high-speed mobile data connection around the clock, 3G networks begin to face high congestion levels rendering the mobile service providers unable to meet customer expectations. Despite the existence of various solutions, offloading to Wi-Fi proves to be an optimal one as it takes advantage of the resources that Wi-Fi offers in terms of availability and bandwidth. The proposed application measures the download speed of an online page on both Wi-Fi and 3G networks simultaneously. After comparing the results, the device gets switched to the best network. This enables operators to manage their networks more adequately and to improve users experience.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; computer network management; mobile computing; rendering (computer graphics); smart phones; telecommunication congestion control; wireless LAN; 3G networks; 3G offloading Android-based application; Wi-Fi networks; Wi-Fi offloading Android-based application; customer expectations; high congestion levels; high-speed mobile data connection; mobile service rendering; network management; online page; Facebook; Google; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Mobile communication; Servers; Smart phones; Switches; 3G; Android; Wi-Fi; offloading; telecommunication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), 2014 IEEE/ACS 11th International Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICCSA.2014.7073205

Filename

7073205