On the feasibility of bandwidth estimation in 1x EVDO networks

Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Mobile Internet Through Cellular Networks, MICNET'09, Co-located with the Mobile Computing and Networking Conference, MobiCom'09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 31-36

  Koutsonikolas, Dimitrios ^a   Hu, Y Charlie ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C.2.1 computer communication networks : network architecture and design wireless communication; Measurement

Indexed keywords

1XEV-DO; 3G NETWORKS; 802.11 WIRELESS NETWORKS; 802.11 WLANS; BANDWIDTH ESTIMATION; C.2.1 [COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS]: NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR NETWORK; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; PROBE-BASED; WIRED INTERNET; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ARTS COMPUTING; BANDWIDTH; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; INTERNET; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; PROBES; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 70449686560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1614255.1614263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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