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
