Mobile data offloading

Mobile data offloading is the use of complementary network technologies for delivering data originally targeted for cellular networks. Offloading reduces the amount of data being carried on the cellular bands, freeing bandwidth for other users. It is also used in situations where local cell reception may be poor, allowing the user to connect via wired services with better connectivity.

Rules triggering the mobile offloading action can be set by either an end-user (mobile subscriber) or an operator.[1] The code operating on the rules resides in an end-user device, in a server, or is divided between the two. End users do data offloading for data service cost control and the availability of higher bandwidth. The main complementary network technologies used for mobile data offloading are Wi-Fi, femtocell and Integrated Mobile Broadcast. It is predicted[by whom?] that mobile data offloading will become a new industry segment due to the surge of mobile data traffic.[2][timeframe?]

  1. ^ Yu, Haoran; Cheung, Man Hon; Iosifidis, George; Gao, Lin; Tassiulas, Leandros; Huang, Jianwei (2017). "Mobile Data Offloading for Green Wireless Networks". IEEE Wireless Communications. 24 (4): 31–37. doi:10.1109/MWC.2017.1600323. S2CID 4440054.
  2. ^ Perez Sarah (February 11, 2010). "Mobile data traffic surge: 40 exabytes by 2014". Read Write web blog. Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.