Title
Is LTE-Advanced really advanced?
Abstract
LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) theoretically can provide better network performance than 4G LTE. Mobile carriers around the globe are eager to deploy LTE-A to attract more subscribers. However, is it really making difference to the user experience compared to the existing LTE service? To investigate this question, we collected the network performance log from 111 user smartphones on 3G, LTE, and LTE-A. For in-depth analysis, we also asked for privacy information, such as data plan, subscribed network, monthly payment details, and etc. By analyzing the collected log, we observed that (i) LTE-A was faster than LTE only for download bandwidth by 14.1%, yet the users pay on average 13.6% more for LTE-A; (ii) the mVoIP traffic was blocked by all carriers when the users exceed their mVoIP quota; (iii) the subscribed data plan showed no discrimination in network performance.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2016
IEEE IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
4G,LTE,LTE-A,network measurement,Bonafide
Field
DocType
ISSN
User experience design,Telecommunications,Computer science,Server,Computer network,Download,Bandwidth (signal processing),Payment,Mobile telephony,LTE Advanced,Network performance
Conference
1542-1201
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
7
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jonghwan Hyun1265.93
Youngjoon Won2567.19
Eunji Kim300.34
Yoo Jae Hyoung47419.35
James Won-Ki Hong5713122.26