TY - GEN
T1 - Will Wi-Fi replace cellular technology?
AU - Mo, Jeonghoon
AU - Kim, Sunsik
AU - Kim, Hansol
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/7/26
Y1 - 2017/7/26
N2 - As both cellular and WiFi technologies improve, more mobile traffic is carried over them. For cellular carriers, WiFi complements their network service by offloading ever increasing mobile traffic. However, at the same time, there is a danger of WiFi to compete with cellular services by interrupting its business model, as it can be a cheaper alternative to mobile Internet service. In this paper, we use a mathematical model to study the condition under which WiFi can be a threat. We also discuss important factors that can affect the competition between the WiFi and cellular technologies.
AB - As both cellular and WiFi technologies improve, more mobile traffic is carried over them. For cellular carriers, WiFi complements their network service by offloading ever increasing mobile traffic. However, at the same time, there is a danger of WiFi to compete with cellular services by interrupting its business model, as it can be a cheaper alternative to mobile Internet service. In this paper, we use a mathematical model to study the condition under which WiFi can be a threat. We also discuss important factors that can affect the competition between the WiFi and cellular technologies.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICUFN.2017.7993956
DO - 10.1109/ICUFN.2017.7993956
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85028049393
T3 - International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks, ICUFN
SP - 1031
EP - 1033
BT - ICUFN 2017 - 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks, ICUFN 2017
Y2 - 4 July 2017 through 7 July 2017
ER -