Authors | M. Rajiullah, A. S. Khatouni, C. Midoglu, Ö. Alay, A. Brunstrom and C. Griwodz |
Title | Mobile Network Performance during the COVID-19 Outbreak from a Testbed Perspective |
Afilliation | Communication Systems |
Project(s) | Department of Mobile Systems and Analytics, MONROE: Measuring Mobile Broadband Networks in Europe |
Status | Published |
Publication Type | Proceedings, refereed |
Year of Publication | 2020 |
Conference Name | Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization |
Pagination | 110–117 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Place Published | New York, NY, USA |
ISBN Number | 9781450380829 |
Keywords | COVID-19, mobile network performance, RTT, signal coverage, Throughput, web QoE |
Abstract | COVID-19 has changed our lives and continues to have a drastic impact. It forces us to impose restrictive social distancing measures and leads us to rely more on the Internet. Mobile networks become one of the major means to access the Internet for most of us. We investigate the performance of 9 mobile networks in Europe around the time when restrictions were imposed, considering web QoE, throughput, RTT, and signal coverage. Our results show countries' mobile networks are impacted by COVID-19 (as high as 46 % increase in page load time) at different times based on the outbreak timelines in these countries. Moreover, we find that operators responded properly and the network performance is back to the pre-COVID-19 times. |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1145/3411276.3412194 |
DOI | 10.1145/3411276.3412194 |
Citation Key | 10.1145/3411276.3412194 |