Cell vs. WiFi: On the performance of metro area mobile connections

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 301-314

  Sommers, Joel ^a   Barford, Paul ^b  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

cellular; WiFi

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TECHNOLOGY; ACCESS TYPES; CELLULAR; MOBILE CONNECTION; MOBILE INTERNET; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; SERVICE PROVIDER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME OF DAY; WI FI NETWORKS;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; THROUGHPUT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WI-FI;

EID: 84870878188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2398776.2398808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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