| dc.description.abstract | There is a strong need for objective data about stability and
performance of Mobile Broadband (MBB) networks, and
for tools to rigorously and scientifically assess their performance. In particular, it is important to measure and understand the quality as experienced by the end user. Such information is very valuable for many parties including operators, regulators and policy makers, consumers and society at large, businesses whose services depend on MBB
networks, researchers and innovators. In this paper, we introduce the MONROE measurement platform aimed to address this need. MONROE is an open, European-scale,
and flexible platform with multi-homing capabilities to run
experiments on operational 3G/4G Mobile Broadband networks. The MONROE platform enables accurate, realistic
and meaningful monitoring and assessment of the performance of MBB networks. MONROE also provides WiFi
connectivity mimicking multi-homing in smartphones with
both MBB and WiFi interfaces, to allow experimenting on
different access technologies as well as to explore new ways
of combining them to increase performance and robustness. | |
