Title
On Measuring Cloud-Based Push Services
Abstract
The push services provide an incredibly efficient and reliable way of sending information to mobile device users. However, very little is known about how push service providers implement their services. This understanding is valuable as a guideline for building well-performing mobile applications. In this paper, the authors propose a methodology to assess push services and conduct the first systematic study on evaluating and comparing 4 popular push services (i.e., GCM, Gexin, JPush, and ZYPush). They dissect the protocols used by these services and discuss the implications. Moreover, they measure and compare their performances, including server distribution, message delay, heartbeat frequency, data compression and traffic consumption. The experimental results show that GCM outperforms others and JPush is one of the best providers in China. The authors' methodology and results are useful as both benchmark and guideline for mobile applications development.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.4018/IJWSR.2016010104
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WEB SERVICES RESEARCH
Keywords
Field
DocType
Heartbeat Packet, Measurement, Mobile Internet, Push Service, Smartphone
Data science,Heartbeat,Mobile internet,Message delay,Computer science,Computer security,GCM transcription factors,Service provider,Mobile device,Data compression,Database,Cloud computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
1
1545-7362
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
5
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wei Chen18612.45
Shiwen Zhou230.72
Yajuan Tang310.35
Le Yu414412.35