Dandelion-Encoded Harmony Search Heuristics for Opportunistic Traffic Offloading in Synthetically Modeled Mobile Networks
Author/s
Perfecto, Cristina; Bilbao, Miren Nekane; Del Ser, Javier; Ferro, Armando; Salcedo-Sanz, SanchoDate
2016Keywords
Traffic offloading
Dandelion code
Harmony search
Abstract
The high data volumes being managed by and transferred through mobile networks in the last few years are the main rationale for the upsurge of research aimed at finding efficient technical means to offload exceeding traffic to alternative communication infrastructures with higher transmission bandwidths. This idea is solidly buttressed by the proliferation of short-range wireless communication technologies (e.g. mobile devices with multiple radio interfaces), which can be conceived as available opportunistic hotspots to which the operator can reroute exceeding network traffic depending on the contractual clauses of the owner at hand. Furthermore, by offloading to such hotspots a higher effective coverage can be attained by those operators providing both mobile and fixed telecommunication services. In this context, the operator must decide if data generated by its users will be sent over conventional 4G+/4G/3G communication links, or if they will instead be offloaded to nearby opportunistic ...
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