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Automatic and on-demand Mobile Network Operator (MNO) selection mechanism demonstration


Tsiaras, Christos; Liniger, Samuel; Stiller, Burkhard (2014). Automatic and on-demand Mobile Network Operator (MNO) selection mechanism demonstration. In: Management in a Software Defined World, Krakow, Poland, 5 May 2014 - 9 May 2014, 1-2.

Abstract

The use of smartphones has been increasing in the last few years. Many open standards and accessible Application Programming Interfaces (API) make it easier for developers to achieve their ideas and many communities, such as xda developers, or stackoverflow provide good questions and answers concerning mobile application development. Questions on how to search for available MNOs and how to switch a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) programmatically on Android devices already arose in 2010. Until the work concluded here, an answer of those questions have not been published. The main reason is that there are no methods provided in the public Android API that allows for performing such tasks. In this work here two mechanisms allowing for (a) an automatic and ondemand MNO selection and (b) an MNO look-up mechanism have been developed for the Android platform. The efficiency of these mechanisms has been evaluated with respect to power and time consumption.

Abstract

The use of smartphones has been increasing in the last few years. Many open standards and accessible Application Programming Interfaces (API) make it easier for developers to achieve their ideas and many communities, such as xda developers, or stackoverflow provide good questions and answers concerning mobile application development. Questions on how to search for available MNOs and how to switch a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) programmatically on Android devices already arose in 2010. Until the work concluded here, an answer of those questions have not been published. The main reason is that there are no methods provided in the public Android API that allows for performing such tasks. In this work here two mechanisms allowing for (a) an automatic and ondemand MNO selection and (b) an MNO look-up mechanism have been developed for the Android platform. The efficiency of these mechanisms has been evaluated with respect to power and time consumption.

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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper), refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Informatics
Dewey Decimal Classification:000 Computer science, knowledge & systems
Language:English
Event End Date:9 May 2014
Deposited On:05 Jan 2015 13:36
Last Modified:10 Oct 2018 07:06
Publisher:IEEE
OA Status:Closed
Free access at:Official URL. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.2014.6838270
Official URL:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6838270&isnumber=6838210
Other Identification Number:merlin-id:10384

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