A Simplified Method for Extended Duration Measurements of Mobile Broadband Performance

Umoh, Vincent B.; Ukommi, U.; Ekpe, Unwana M.

doi:10.1109/nigercon54645.2022.9803065

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“…The framework for this simplified infrastructure was first proposed in [23]. Details of the materials used, configuration, testing and subsequent operation of the testbed has been reported in [24].…”

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A comparative study of user experienced mobile broadband performance

Umoh¹,

Ukommi²,

Ekpe³

2022

Nig. J. Tech.

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Even though the proliferation of handheld mobile communication devices has deepened Internet and broadband penetration in Nigeria, users of such services may not have detailed quantitative performance comparison between the services provided by different network operators. The study here reported is therefore an attempt to bridge the information gap. A measurement testbed based on the Raspberry Pi platform was developed to autonomously measure the mobile broadband performance of third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) broadband networks of the four major mobile network operators in the country. Under static access conditions, the system was set up to measure the upload throughput, download throughput and latency from a user-centric perspective. The measurements were taken by simultaneously sampling the networks of four mobile broadband service providers (9Mobile, Airtel, Globacom and MTN) over a period of three weeks in the city of Uyo, Nigeria. The results obtained revealed that Airtel achieved the highest peak download rate for 3G throughput, and this was only 1.41 Mbps higher than the least performing MNO. Also, it was found that MTN’s download rate peaked at 35.06 Mbps, and this was over 300% of the rate achieved by the fourth rated network in terms of the 4G download throughput metric. The measurement results also revealed that peak usage periods, defined as the hours between 7pm and 11pm, witnessed higher variability in throughput rates than other periods.

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A comparative study of user experienced mobile broadband performance

Umoh¹,

Ukommi²,

Ekpe³

2022

Nig. J. Tech.

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Mobile Broadband Adoption, Performance Measurements and Methodology: A Review

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Mobile broadband (MBB) penetration has deepened globally over the last twenty years. This is largely due to the adoption of smart devices, improved mobile communications network coverage, and the perpetual drive to develop ever faster mobile and wireless communication technologies. However, information on the quality of service (QoS) delivered by MBB operators to the end users remains an issue of concern. This has driven independent researchers and mobile communication industry regulators to develop methodologies for independent and unbiased evaluation of the QoS offered by MBB networks. This paper provides a detailed review of MBB adoption and penetration across several regions of the world. It also includes the existing methodologies for evaluating the performance of MBB systems as experienced by the end user. Specifically, methodologies such as the drive and walk tests, crowd-sourced mobile device-based methods and the software applications they employ, and the dedicated measurement testbeds are reviewed. Based on this, the challenges of adopting each of the methods are discussed in order to make a case for the development of more robust, partially autonomous and scalable MBB measurement platforms for the future.

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A Simplified Method for Extended Duration Measurements of Mobile Broadband Performance

Cited by 2 publications

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A comparative study of user experienced mobile broadband performance

A comparative study of user experienced mobile broadband performance

Mobile Broadband Adoption, Performance Measurements and Methodology: A Review

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