Consumption of Smartphone Application Traffic Markings

Mobile Network Carriers are experiencing data traffic at such high levels that congestion is becoming an increasing problem. High levels of malicious traffic generated from smartphones could potentially bring down the carriers network. As such, mobile carriers are exploring new methods to reduce this congestion. This research focuses on simplifying the problem of identifying which mobile device applications are generating the problematic traffic and integrating this information with the carrier’s existing network-level QoS solutions. This will be done by developing the server-level solution required to consume markings produced at the device level regarding which applications are best shed to mitigate network overloads. As part of the University of Victoria’s Entrepreneurial Engineering Masters Program, I will work closely with experts from Wesley Clover and the Alacrity Foundation with the intention of providing research that at the end of the day can be deployed to address this emerging carrier-level mobile device concern.

Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Darcie

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate