期刊
IEEE ACCESS
卷 6, 期 -, 页码 5101-5111出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2799546
关键词
Mobile data offloading; small cell networks; WiFi networks; opportunistic mobile networks; heterogeneous networks
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61602272, 61671088, 61271182]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China [2017CFB594]
- China Scholarship Council Four Year Doctoral Fellowship
- Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Grants
Recently, due to the increasing popularity of enjoying various multimedia services on mobile devices (e.g., smartphones, ipads, and electronic tablets), the generated mobile data traffic has been explosively growing and has become a serve burden on mobile network operators. To address such a serious challenge in mobile networks, an effective approach is to manage data traffic by using complementary technologies (e.g., small cell network, WiFi network, and so on) to achieve mobile data offloading. In this paper, we discuss the recent advances in the techniques of mobile data offloading. Particularly, based on the initiator diversity of data offloading, we classify the existing mobile data offloading technologies into four categories, i.e., data offloading through small cell networks, data offloading through WiFi networks, data offloading through opportunistic mobile networks, and data offloading through heterogeneous networks. Besides, we show a detailed taxonomy of the related mobile data offloading technologies by discussing the pros and cons for various offloading technologies for different problems in mobile networks. Finally, we outline some opening research issues and challenges, which can provide guidelines for future research work.
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