23-02-2013, 12:46 PM
Android and Multi-Hop Cellular Networks and Android Platform Evaluation
ABSTRACT
As an open-source platform for mobile applications, Android provides an ideal platform for the implementation and evaluation of wireless research protocols on end-user mobile devices. We would like to profile and better understand the energy characteristics of communication in a 3G network using the software APIs of Android. Depending on the energy consumption characteristics of using a 3G cellular network vis-a-vis a conventional WiFi network, we would like to evaluate the utility of using one network over the other based on the application requirements. For applications that transmit a small number of keep-alive messages to stay connected, an always on 3G network might be more efficient; while for bandwidth intensive applications such as video streaming, a WiFi network may be more appropriate. We plan to explore whether this transition from one network to the other can be seamlessly achieved on a mobile platform using sophisticated algorithms.