Smartphone-based crowdsourcing for estimating the bottleneck capacity in wireless networks
Enrico Gregori, Alessandro Improta, Luciano Lenzini, Valerio Luconi, Nilo Redini, Alessio Vecchio · Journal of Network and Computer Applications · 2016
Crowdsourcing enables the fine-grained characterization and performance evaluation of today׳s large-scale networks using the power of the masses and distributed intelligence. This paper presents SmartProbe, a system that assesses the bottleneck capacity of Internet paths using smartphones, from a mobile crowdsourcing perspective. With SmartProbe measurement activities are more bandwidth efficient compared to similar systems, and a larger number of users can be supported. An application based on SmartProbe is also presented: georeferenced measurements are mapped and used to compare the performance of mobile broadband operators in wide areas. Results from one year of operation are included.