Techniques for Surviving Mobile Data Explosion

Content: PREFACE xiii    ABOUT THE AUTHORS xix     I INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 1     1 TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING MOBILE DATA 3     1.1 Introduction / 3     1.2 Computer Communication Networks / 5     1.3 IP Networks / 9     1.4 Cellular Data Networks / 12     1.5 Mobile Applications / 14     2 MOBILE DATA ECOSYSTEM 17     2.1 Introduction / 17     2.2 Mobile Data Ecosystem / 17     2.3 Mobile Data Growth / 22     2.4 Where is the Bottleneck? / 23     2.5 Impact of Mobile Data Growth on the Ecosystem / 25     3 AN OVERVIEW OF TECHNIQUES FOR BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION 29     3.1 Introduction / 29     3.2 Network Model / 30     3.3 Object Caching / 32     3.4 Object Compression / 34     3.5 Packet Compression / 35     3.6 Flow Sharing / 37     3.7 Content Transformation / 40     3.8 Just-in-Time Transmission / 41     3.9 Rate Control / 42     3.10 Service Differentiation / 43     4 AN OVERVIEW OF TECHNIQUES FOR COST REDUCTION 45     4.1 Introduction / 45     4.2 Infrastructure Sharing / 47     4.3 Virtualization / 48     4.4 Consolidation / 49     4.5 IT Usage in Networks / 52     II TECHNIQUES FOR MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS 55     5 BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION AND COST REDUCTION IN THE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK 57     5.1 Introduction / 57     5.2 Upgrading the RAN / 58     5.3 Leveraging Additional Bandwidth / 65     5.4 Bandwidth Management / 68     5.5 Nontechnical Approaches / 72     6 BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION AND COST REDUCTION IN BACKHAUL AND CORE NETWORKS 75     6.1 Overview of Backhaul and Core Networks / 75     6.2 Technology Upgrade / 79     6.3 Traffic Offload / 80     6.4 Compression / 80     6.5 Transformation / 81     6.6 Caching / 83     6.7 Consolidation in Core Networks / 87     6.8 Network Function Virtualization / 88     6.9 Cost Reduction of the Supporting Infrastructure / 90     7 CONSUMER-ORIENTED DATA MONETIZATION SERVICES 91     7.1 Mobile Network Operator Differentiators for Consumer Services / 92     7.2 Single Sign-on Service / 93     7.3 Privacy Service / 98     7.4 Content Customization Services / 101     7.5 Location-Based Services / 103     7.6 Phone-Based Commerce / 106     7.7 Other Services / 107     8 ENTERPRISE-ORIENTED DATA MONETIZATION SERVICES 109     8.1 Model for Mobile Network Operator Services to the Enterprise / 110     8.2 Mobile Network Operator Differentiators for Enterprise Services / 111     8.3 Caching and Content Distribution / 114     8.4 Mobile Transformation / 115     8.5 Fog Computing / 116     8.6 Location-Based Services / 118     8.7 Secure Hypervisor Services / 120     9 APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER-ORIENTED DATA MONETIZATION SERVICES 123     9.1 Mobile Network Operator Differentiators for Application Service Providers / 124     9.2 Caching and Content Distribution / 126     9.3 Fog Computing / 127     9.4 Information Aggregation / 129     9.5 Information Augmentation / 130     9.6 Historical Information-Based Planning / 131     III TECHNIQUES FOR ENTERPRISES AND APPLICATION DEVELOPERS 135     10 AN INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE APPLICATIONS 137     10.1 Anatomy of Mobile Applications / 138     10.2 Types of Mobile Applications / 139     10.3 Developing for Multiple Platforms / 141     10.4 Operating System Version Management / 143     10.5 Limited Resources / 144     10.6 General Application Development Considerations / 145     11 POWER EFFICIENCY FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS 147     11.1 Model for Power Consumption / 148     11.2 Duty Cycling / 150     11.3 Power Mode Management / 151     11.4 Communication and Computation Clustering / 151     11.5 Efficient Resource Usage / 153     11.6 Best Practices for Application Power Efficiency / 154     12 BANDWIDTH EFFICIENCY FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS 159     12.1 Preloading / 160     12.2 Communication Clustering / 160     12.3 Context-Aware Communication / 161     12.4 Disconnected Operation / 162     12.5 Caching / 163     12.6 Compression / 163     12.7 Control Traffic Implications / 164     12.8 Best Practices for Bandwidth Efficiency / 165     13 MOBILE DATA ISSUES FOR THE ENTERPRISE 171     13.1 Mobile-Related Issues for the Enterprise / 172     13.2 Security Issues / 173     13.3 Backward Compatibility / 180     13.4 Infrastructure Issues / 182     14 RELATED TOPICS 185     14.1 Machine-to-Machine Communications / 185     14.2 Internet of Things / 186     14.3 Participatory Sensing / 187     14.4 Mobile Transformation of Business / 188     14.5 Software-Defined Networks / 189     14.6 Mobile First Philosophy / 190     14.7 Network Analytics / 191     14.8 Conclusions / 192     REFERENCES 193     INDEX 199