Paper Info
Title
WeChat traffic profile and impact on mobile networks
Abstract
WeChat is a social networking application developed by Tencent and has attracted more than 600 million users in China and other countries. To better understand the traffic characteristics of WeChat and potential impact on mobile networks, we proposed an analysis methodology and set up an experiment network. Extensive experiments on typical WeChat services with different smartphone terminals are conducted in an experimental 3G mobile network system. The traffic profile of typical WeChat service in mobile network environment is analyzed. It is observed that the traffic pattern of WeChat is related with the type of smartphone operating system, application running status and the specific service type. Some special characteristics of WeChat traffic pattern do have negative impact on mobile networks. Potential issues introduced by WeChat traffic to mobile networks are identified and possible optimization measures are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ICCChina.2014.7008297
Communications in China
Keywords
Field
DocType
3g mobile communication,mobile computing,optimisation,smart phones,social networking (online),telecommunication traffic,3g mobile network system,wechat services,wechat traffic pattern,wechat traffic profile,optimization measures,smartphone operating system,smartphone terminal,social networking,switches,big data,mobile communication,throughput
Mobile computing,Mobile search,Social network,Airfield traffic pattern,Computer science,Computer network,Cellular network,Throughput,Big data,Mobile telephony
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.40
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shunliang Zhang1333.33
Yi Wu220.40
Xuejun Cai310010.99