Characterizing smart phone traffic: A mobile carrier´s perspective

In this paper we study the smart phone traffic and analyze its characterization from a mobile network operator´s perspective. We collected and base out study on packet-level traces captured in a tier-1 cellular network serving a populated region in China. Our results, largely consistent with existing studies from end users´ perspectives, show that web browsing contributes more than half of the traffic. Our detailed analysis, however, reveals some unique user browsing behaviors that have not been shown in other studies.