TY - GEN
T1 - Characterizing data usage patterns in a large cellular network
AU - Jin, Yu
AU - Duffield, Nick
AU - Gerber, Alexandre
AU - Haffner, Patrick
AU - Hsu, Wen Ling
AU - Jacobson, Guy
AU - Sen, Subhabrata
AU - Venkataraman, Shobha
AU - Zhang, Zhi Li
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Using heterogeneous data sources collected from one of the largest 3G cellular networks in the US over three months, in this paper we investigate the usage patterns of mobile data users. We observe that data usage across mobile users are highly uneven. Most of the users access data services occasionally, while a small number of heavy users contribute to a majority of data usage in the network. We apply statistical tools, such as Markov model and tri-nonnegative matrix factorization, to characterize data users. We find that the intensive usage from heavy users can be attributed to a small number of applications, mostly video/audio streaming, data-intensive mobile apps, and popular social media sites. Our analysis provides a fine-grained categorization of data users based on their usage patterns and sheds light on the potential impact of different users on the cellular data network.
AB - Using heterogeneous data sources collected from one of the largest 3G cellular networks in the US over three months, in this paper we investigate the usage patterns of mobile data users. We observe that data usage across mobile users are highly uneven. Most of the users access data services occasionally, while a small number of heavy users contribute to a majority of data usage in the network. We apply statistical tools, such as Markov model and tri-nonnegative matrix factorization, to characterize data users. We find that the intensive usage from heavy users can be attributed to a small number of applications, mostly video/audio streaming, data-intensive mobile apps, and popular social media sites. Our analysis provides a fine-grained categorization of data users based on their usage patterns and sheds light on the potential impact of different users on the cellular data network.
KW - cellular networks
KW - heavy users
KW - usage characterization
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U2 - 10.1145/2342468.2342471
DO - 10.1145/2342468.2342471
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866485903
SN - 9781450314756
T3 - CellNet'12 - Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Cellular Networks: Operations, Challenges, and Future Design
SP - 7
EP - 12
BT - CellNet'12 - Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Cellular Networks
T2 - 2012 ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Cellular Networks: Operations, Challenges, and Future Design, CellNet 2012
Y2 - 13 August 2012 through 13 August 2012
ER -