C2M: Mobile data offloading to mesh networks

• Published in: 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference pp. 4877 - 4883
• Main Authors: Apostolaras, Apostolos, Iosifidis, George, Chounos, Kostas, Korakis, Thanasis, Tassiulas, Leandros
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2014
• Subjects: Base stations; Data Offloading; Energy consumption; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Internet; Mesh networks; Mobile communication; Network Economics; Wireless communication

As the unprecedented growth of mobile data traffic places significant strain on cellular networks, alternative plans for exploiting already existing and under-utilized wireless infrastructure, become quite attractive. In this paper, we study cellular-to-mesh (C2M) data offloading for LTE-A cellular...