2014 Proceeding- Program Chairs:
- Jeffrey Pang,
- Kun Tan
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 4th Workshop on All Things Cellular: Operations, Applications and Challenges. Previously known as CellNet, this workshop is a premier venue for research in cellular network systems, and continues to bring together network operators and researchers to discuss emerging problems, challenges, and potential solutions in this domain.
Cellular network systems are growing in importance as we are living in an increasingly connected mobile world. Mobile applications and services have rapidly enriched our lives, particularly because much of the mobile eco-system is vibrant and conducive to open innovation. An important part of this ecosystem is the underlying connectivity provided by cellular networks. While innovations in mobile services and applications have thrived, innovations in the underlying cellular systems have been more limited. This is partially caused by the closed and monolithic nature of these networks, where the core design and operational challenges are not very accessible to the research community. But a large number of stakeholders -- from app developers to smartphone manufacturers to machine-to-machine services -- are increasingly dependent on cellular networks. We hope that this workshop facilitates more innovation in this space.
The call for papers attracted 24 submissions from 12 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the United States. The program committee accepted 9 papers that cover a variety of topics, including cellular network protocols, software defined networking, network function virtualization, and cellular network measurements. In addition, the program includes a panel on Building a Cellular Networking Research Program, and a keynote speech by Professor Lin Zhong from Rice University. We hope that these proceedings will serve as a valuable reference for cellular networking researchers and practitioners.
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Networking with massive MU-MIMO base stations
Information theory has shown tremendous benefits in net- work capacity and energy efficiency by using a large number of antennas on base stations to implement MU-MIMO tech- nologies. We have recently prototyped two generations of MU-MIMO many-antenna ...
How green is multipath TCP for mobile devices?
Multipath TCP is a new transport protocol that enables systems to exploit available paths through multiple network interfaces. MPTCP is particularly useful for mobile devices, which frequently have multiple wireless interfaces. However, these devices ...
Increasing cellular capacity using ISM band side-channels: a first study
The rise of ISM band radios, notably for WiFi, with near-default inclusion in smartphones, has been phenomenal. The use of ISM band radios is largely controlled by end-users for data access, either directly connecting to a WiFi access point or wireless ...
SON conflict resolution using reinforcement learning with state aggregation
In future generation networks one of the main focuses is on automating the network optimization. This is done through so called Self Organizing Network (SON) functions. A SON instance is a realization of a SON function that governs one or several cells. ...
SMORE: software-defined networking mobile offloading architecture
We present our Software-defined network Mobile Offloading aRchitecturE (SMORE). SMORE realizes traffic offloading in mobile networks without requiring any changes to the functionality of existing mobile network nodes. At the same time, it is fully aware ...
Dynamic tunnel switching for SDN-based cellular core networks
Future cellular networks are faced with the challenge of coping with significant traffic growth without increasing operating costs. Network virtualization and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are emerging solutions for fine-grained control and ...
Applying NFV and SDN to LTE mobile core gateways, the functions placement problem
With the rapid growth of user data, service innovation, and the persistent necessity to reduce costs, today's mobile operators are faced with severe challenges. In networking, two new concepts have emerged aiming at cost reduction, increase of network ...
Building a cellular networking research program
While innovations in mobile services and applications have thrived, innovations in the underlying cellular systems have been more limited. This is partially caused by the closed and monolithic nature of these networks, where the core design and ...
Towards understanding TCP performance on LTE/EPC mobile networks
- Binh Nguyen,
- Arijit Banerjee,
- Vijay Gopalakrishnan,
- Sneha Kasera,
- Seungjoon Lee,
- Aman Shaikh,
- Jacobus Van der Merwe
The popularity of smartphones and smartphone applications means that data is the dominant traffic type in current mobile networks. In this paper we present our work on a systematic investigation into facets of the LTE/EPC architecture that impact the ...
Performance of LTE in a high-velocity environment: a measurement study
The performance of LTE at high velocities (larger than $100$ km/h) is badly understood. Operators have largely deployed LTE in urban environments where velocities are low and the benefits of LTE core features, for instance MIMO, are well demonstrated. ...
Cacheability of YouTube videos in cellular networks
Video traffic now represents a growing proportion of the traffic on cellular networks, causing capacity problems for operators and increased delays for users. Studies have shown that deploying caches at the network level reduces the delay for the end-...
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Acceptance Rates
| Year | Submitted | Accepted | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATC '16 | 11 | 7 | 64% |
| AllThingsCellular '15 | 16 | 8 | 50% |
| AllThingsCellular '14 | 24 | 9 | 38% |
| Overall | 51 | 24 | 47% |