DocumentCode :
57282
Title :
The impact of application signaling traffic on public land mobile networks
Author :
Yongmin Choi ; Cha-hyun Yoon ; Young-Sik Kim ; Seo Weon Heo ; Silvester, John A.
Volume :
52
Issue :
1
fYear :
2014
fDate :
Jan-14
Firstpage :
166
Lastpage :
172
Abstract :
As mobile Internet applications supporting real-time communications services are pervasively used, traffic patterns in mobile networks have changed significantly. New mobile Internet applications differ from traditional applications such as web browser and FTP in that they need always-on connectivity and generate a large amount of signaling traffic. The traffic patterns of these new mobile applications lead to frequent change of radio resource control states between connected and idle in the user equipment, consuming device battery power and causing excessive signaling overhead. The growth in signaling has resulted in a traffic surge that has attracted the attention of mobile network operators. In this article, we first explore traffic composition in a 3G network and show that chatty applications such as instant messenger and social network services contribute to the frequent change of radio states. We then describe the mechanism behind the surge in signaling traffic and describe the disastrous outcome when an application server failure and recovery occurs. Lastly, we discuss some remedies to reduce the application signaling traffic and network load in 3G and LTE networks. These remedies include development of network-aware smart applications that consider the mobile network characteristics and introduction of push notification services. We also present related future work and our research directions.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; Internet; Long Term Evolution; mobile computing; telecommunication signalling; telecommunication traffic; 3G network; FTP; LTE networks; Web browser; always-on connectivity; application server failure; application server recovery; application signaling traffic; chatty applications; device battery power; instant messenger; mobile Internet applications; mobile network operators; network-aware smart applications; public land mobile networks; push notification services; radio resource control states; radio states; real-time communications services; signaling overhead; social network services; traffic composition; traffic patterns; traffic surge; user equipment; IP networks; Land mobile radio; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Multiaccess communication; Servers; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication network management; Telecommunication services;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0163-6804
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2014.6710079
Filename :
6710079
Link To Document :
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