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Survey of End-to-End Mobile Network Measurement Testbeds
U. Goel, M. Wittie, K. Claffy, and A. Le, "Survey of End-to-End Mobile Network Measurement Testbeds", IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 105--123, Jan 2016.

Previously published as a technical report in 2014.

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Survey of End-to-End Mobile Network Measurement Testbeds

Utkarsh Goel3
Mike Wittie3
Kimberly Claffy1
Andrew Le2
1

CAIDA, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego

2

Mintybit

3

Montana State University

Mobile (cellular) networks enable innovation, but can also stifle it and lead to user frustration when network performance falls below expectations. As mobile networks become the predominant method of Internet access, developer, research, network operator, and regulatory communities have taken an increased interest in measuring end-to-end mobile network performance to, among other goals, minimize negative impact on application responsiveness. In this survey, we examine current approaches to end-to-end mobile network performance measurement, diagnosis, and application prototyping. We compare available tools and their shortcomings with respect to the needs of developers, researchers, network operators, and regulators. We intend for this survey to provide a comprehensive view of currently active efforts and some auspicious directions for future work in mobile network measurement and mobile application performance evaluation.

Keywords: measurement methodology, mobile, software/tools
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