Network Coding-based Content Distribution in Cellular Access Networks

in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016 (2016, May)

Mobile cloud applications have become extremely popular in the last years. Location-based services, navigation, online gaming and social networking are a representative set of “always on” cloud ... [more ▼]

Mobile cloud applications have become extremely popular in the last years. Location-based services, navigation, online gaming and social networking are a representative set of “always on” cloud applications in which the same or partially overlapping content is delivered to multiple users. Network coding is a well matching solution to improve content delivery. In this paper we propose the vNC-CELL technique, which uses network coding to combine information flows carrying the same or overlapping content that has to be delivered to co-located users. vNC-CELL executes coding functionalities in a mobile cloud through virtualization as these operations are computationally intensive if performed locally at the base station. Performance evaluation obtained from NS-3 simulations confirms vNC-CELL ability to improve network throughput and reduce download times for the users. [less ▲]

Energy-Efficient Computation Offloading for Wearable Devices and Smartphones in Mobile Cloud Computing

in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, USA, 2015 (2015, December)

Wearable devices are becoming increasingly popu- lar and are expected to become essential in our everyday life. De- spite continuous improvement of hardware, the lifetime of mobile devices and their ... [more ▼]

Wearable devices are becoming increasingly popu- lar and are expected to become essential in our everyday life. De- spite continuous improvement of hardware, the lifetime of mobile devices and their capabilities still remain a concern. Small size of batteries of smart watches, glasses, helmets and gloves limits the amount of computing, storage and communication resources. Mobile cloud computing can augment the capabilities of wearable devices by helping to execute some of the computing tasks in the cloud. Such computational offloading helps to preserve battery power at the cost of more intensive communications with the cloud. In this paper, we present a model and comprehensive analysis for computational offloading between wearable devices and clouds in realistic setups. [less ▲]

Network-Assisted Offloading for Mobile Cloud Applications

in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, 2015 (2015)

Data traffic from mobile devices experiences unprecedented growth that current cellular network capacities cannot sustain. Traffic offloading to other type of networks such as WiFi emerged as a valid ... [more ▼]

Data traffic from mobile devices experiences unprecedented growth that current cellular network capacities cannot sustain. Traffic offloading to other type of networks such as WiFi emerged as a valid solution to relieve the load in cellular networks. In this paper, we propose novel solution, which unlike other existing methodologies uses information provided by the cellular network to optimize traffic offloading. The provided information includes channel usage statistics, user mobility patterns, information about available resources and other parameters. The offloading decisions aim at optimizing the balance between user and application requirements with availability of network resources. We validated the effectiveness of the proposed solution through simulations with NS-3 network simulator. The results show the capability of the solution in relieving cellular load while guaranteeing user QoS. [less ▲]

NC-CELL: Network Coding-based Content Distribution in Cellular Networks for Cloud Applications

in IEEE Global Communications Conference, Austin, TX, USA, 2014 (2014)

The popularity of cloud applications surged in the last years. Billions of mobile devices remain always connected. Location services, online games, social networking and navigation are a just few examples ... [more ▼]

The popularity of cloud applications surged in the last years. Billions of mobile devices remain always connected. Location services, online games, social networking and navigation are a just few examples of “always on” cloud applications in which the same or partially overlapping content is delivered to multiple users. In this paper, we propose a technique, called NCCELL, which uses network coding to foster content distribution in mobile cellular networks. Specifically, NC-CELL implements a software module at mobile base stations (or eNodeBs) which cans in transit traffic and looks for opportunities to code packets destined to different mobile users together. The proposed approach can significantly improve cell throughput and is particularly relevant for delay tolerant content distribution. [less ▲]

Drawing ER diagrams with TikZ

in Ars TeXnica (2013), 15

The paper will illustrate some techniques to represent Entity-Relationship (ER) diagrams with TikZ. In particular, it will focus on the standard internal library \library{er}, on the external package TikZ ... [more ▼]

The paper will illustrate some techniques to represent Entity-Relationship (ER) diagrams with TikZ. In particular, it will focus on the standard internal library \library{er}, on the external package TikZ-er2, on the external tool Graphviz and on the object-oriented approach provided by the er-oo library. [less ▲]