Intelligent Bandwidth Consumption Scheduler Considering WiFi/Femtocell Connectivity and Users' Preferences with Dynamic Pricing

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K16051
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Information network
• Research Institution: Kogakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Gu Bo 工学院大学, 情報学部(情報工学部), 准教授 (10637028)
• Research Collaborator: ZHOU Zhenyu
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: offloading / peak time / pricing

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focuses on the design and implementation of an intelligent bandwidth consumption scheduler considering WiFi/femtocell connectivity and users’ preference with dynamic pricing, aiming at mitigating the peak-time congestion. Following the task profile consists of actuation time, operation length, maximum budget for cellular usage, delay tolerance etc., the scheduler makes decisions on either shifting the delay-tolerant traffic to off-peak time or offloading the traffic to WiFi/femtocell networks dynamically, which on the other hand empowers users with the choice of saving on their monthly bills. We built up a proof-of-concept android system and conducted experiment to verify the efficiency of our proposed scheduler. Results show that the peak-time congestion could be efficiently alleviated.

Free Research Field

通信・ネットワーク工学