User-provided networking for QoE provisioning in mobile networks

With the accelerating pace of development in mobile networks, mobile network operators and service providers are facing new challenges, especially in terms of quality of experience provisioning. To address these challenges, we present a new network paradigm by taking advantage of an emerging type of user-provided network. In particular, the proposed scheme allows end users to play a crucial role in both QoE evaluation and network improvement. Some points for possible challenges and future research are given. Also, a case study with the proposed resource scheduling algorithm is conducted to illustrate the win-win situation created by the proposed network paradigm.