A WiFi‐aware method for mobile data offloading with deadline constraints

• Published in: Concurrency and computation Vol. 33; no. 7; p. 1
• Main Authors: Tang, Wenda, Wu, Chaobing, Qi, Lianyong, Zhang, Xuyun, Xu, Xiaolong, Dou, Wanchun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 10.04.2021
• Subjects: bandwidth aggregation; Cellular communication; Completion time; deadline constraints; Deadlines; Delay; Electronic devices; mobile data offloading; Networks; Service life assessment; WiFi‐aware techniques

Summary With an increasing number of public WiFi hotspots have been constructed in metropolitan areas, citizens can leverage these WiFi hotspots to surf the Internet with their smart devices almost everywhere. Compared to cellular networks, most people prefer using WiFi because this can not only sav...