Title :
A smartphone agent for qoe evaluation and user classification over mobile networks
Author :
Verdolini, Alessandro ; Petrangeli, Stefano
Author_Institution :
TelecomItalia Labs. (TILab), Turin, Italy
Abstract :
The continuous growth of mobile users and bandwidth-consuming applications and the shortage of radio resources put a serious challenge on how to efficiently exploit existing networks and contemporary improve Quality of Experience. One of the most relevant problem for network operators is thus to find an explicit relationship between QoS and QoE, for the purpose of maximizing the latter while saving precious resources. In order to accomplish this challenging task, we present TeleAbarth, an innovative Android application entirely developed at TelecomItalia Laboratories, able to contemporary collect network measurements and end-users quality feedback regarding the use of smartphone applications. We deployed TeleAbarth in a field experimentation in order to study the relationship between QoS and QoE for video streaming applications, in terms of downstream bandwidth and video loading time. On the basis of the results obtained, we propose a technique to classify user behavior through his or her reliability, sensibility and fairness.
Keywords :
mobile computing; quality of experience; quality of service; smart phones; video streaming; QoE evaluation; QoS; TeleAbarth; TelecomItalia Laboratories; bandwidth-consuming applications; contemporary collect network measurements; downstream bandwidth; end-users quality feedback; innovative Android application; mobile networks; network operators; radio resources; smart phone agent; user behavior classification; video loading time; video streaming applications; Loading; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Quality of service; Reliability; Streaming media; Throughput; Android; Mobile Network; QoE; User Classification; Video Streaming;
Conference_Titel :
Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX), 2013 Fifth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Klagenfurt am Wo??rthersee
DOI :
10.1109/QoMEX.2013.6603242