Mobile networks possess information about the users as well as the network. Such information is useful for making the network end-to-end visible and intelligent. Big data analytics can efficiently analyze user and network information, unearth meaningful insights with the help of machine learning tools. Utilizing big data analytics and machine learning, this work contributes in three ways. First, we utilize the call detail records (CDR) data to detect anomalies in the network. For authentication and verification of anomalies, we use k-means clustering, an unsupervised machine learning algorithm. Through effective detection of anomalies, we can proceed to suitable design for resource distribution as well as fault detection and avoidance. Second, we prepare anomaly-free data by removing anomalous activities and train a neural network model. By passing anomaly and anomaly-free data through this model, we observe the effect of anomalous activities in training of the model and also observe mean square error of anomaly and anomaly free data. Lastly, we use an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model to predict future traffic for a user. Through simple visualization, we show that anomaly free data better generalizes the learning models and performs better on prediction task.

With the development towards the next generation cellular networks, i.e., 5G, the focus has shifted towards meeting the higher data rate requirements, potential of micro cells and millimeter wave spectrum. The goals for next generation networks are very high data rates, low latency and handling of big data. The achievement of these goals definitely require newer architecture designs, upgraded technologies with possible backward support, better security algorithms and intelligent decision making capability. In this survey, we identify the opportunities which can be provided by 5G networks and discuss the underlying challenges towards implementation and realization of the goals of 5G. This survey also provides a discussion on the recent developments made towards standardization, the architectures which may be potential candidates for deployment and the energy concerns in 5G networks. Finally, the paper presents a big data perspective and the potential of machine learning for optimization and decision making in 5G networks.

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Recently Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) have got much attention in the field of computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, and educational technologies. An ITS is a technologically intelligent system that provides an adaptive learning paradigm for an individual learner only, while CSCL is also a technology-driven learning paradigm that supports groups of learners in pertaining knowledge by collaboration. In a multidisciplinary research field-the Learning Sciences, both individual and collaborative learning have their own significance. This research aims to extend ITS for collaborative constructivist view of learning using CSCL. Integrating both design architecture of CSCL and ITS, this research model propose a new conceptual framework underpinning "Intelligent Tutoring Supported Collaborative Learning (ITSCL)". ITSCL extend ITS by supporting multiple learners interacting system. ITSCL support three different types of interaction levels. The first level of interaction supports individual learning by learner-tutor interaction. The second and third level of interaction support collaborative learning, by learner-learner interaction and tutor-group of collaborative learners' interactions, respectively. To evaluate ITSCL, a prototype model was implemented to conduct few experiments. The statistical results extrapolate the learning gains, measured from Paired T-Test and frequency analysis, contend a significant learning gain and improvement in the learning process with enhanced learning performance.

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Diffie-Hellman key agreement protocol is the first and most famous protocol, but it has many flaws and drawbacks. Therefore, this paper proposes a new two-pass authenticated key agreement protocol (AK) and extent its capabilities to support key confirmation as a three-pass authenticated key agreement with key confirmation protocol (AKC). The present protocols are based on Diffie-Heliman problem and it is worldng over elliptic curve group in the setting of asymmetric techniques. I INTRODUCTIONKey agreement refers to one form of key establishment protocols in which two or more users execute a protocol to securely share a session key. The most famous protocol for key agreement was proposed by Diffie and Hellman which is based on concept of public-key cryptography [1]. There are two versions ofthe Diffie-Hellman protocol namely static and ephemeral. In the first one, the entities exchange static public keys, and in the second, the entities exchange ephemeral public keys. Therefore, the static protocol has a major drawback, is that the entities S and B compute the same session key for each run of the protocol. Also the ephemeral Diffie-Hellman protocol is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack.In order to counter these weaknesses, a new authenticated key agreement protocol is introduced in this paper. The important feature of the proposed protocol is the established session key is formed as combination of static and ephemeral private keys of two entities A and B. The discussion shows the present protocol meets all security and efficiency attributes. II DESIRABLE SECURITY AND EFFICIENCY AITRIBUTES OF AK AND AKC PROTOCLSDesirable security attributes of AK and AKC protocols are as follows [2, 3, 5].

The information contained within Call Details records (CDRs) of mobile networks can be used to study the operational efficacy of cellular networks and behavioural pattern of mobile subscribers. In this study, we extract actionable insights from the CDR data and show that there exists a strong spatiotemporal predictability in real network traffic patterns. This knowledge can be leveraged by the mobile operators for effective network planning such as resource management and optimization. Motivated by this, we perform the spatiotemporal analysis of CDR data publicly available from Telecom Italia. Thus, on the basis of spatiotemporal insights, we propose a framework for mobile traffic classification. Experimental results show that the proposed model based on machine learning technique is able to accurately model and classify the network traffic patterns. Furthermore, we demonstrate the application of such insights for resource optimisation.

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