Slides for the IETF community in India conference, Connections 2018 by IIESoc, with presentation video at https://youtu.be/k4wWitkc2io This features data-driven stories on 4G networks in emerging Asia, people movement, livelihoods, and optimizing (micro)mobility businesses. The talk is tailored for data networking nerds, you have been warned :)

1. L AT E N C Y M A P S F O R
A S I A’ S M O B I L E N E T W O R K S
D ATA S T O R I E S F O R N E T W O R K I N G N E R D S
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Siddharth Mathur, Founder & CEO, Fastah, @s8mathur

2. W H O A M I
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3. W H O A M I
• Siddharth Mathur
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4. W H O A M I
• Siddharth Mathur
• 2000: Unix sockets in C @ U. of Delhi
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5. W H O A M I
• Siddharth Mathur
• 2000: Unix sockets in C @ U. of Delhi
• 2003: Signal Processing @ U. of Arizona
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6. W H O A M I
• Siddharth Mathur
• 2000: Unix sockets in C @ U. of Delhi
• 2003: Signal Processing @ U. of Arizona
• 2005: Nellymoser @ Boston - RTSP deployments on US
EVDO and Asia networks (3GPP-R6 26.234)
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7. W H O A M I
• Siddharth Mathur
• 2000: Unix sockets in C @ U. of Delhi
• 2003: Signal Processing @ U. of Arizona
• 2005: Nellymoser @ Boston - RTSP deployments on US
EVDO and Asia networks (3GPP-R6 26.234)
• 2008: Nokia @ Boston - WebKit.org browsers +
implement W3C specs aka HTML5 + web performance
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8. W H O A M I
• Siddharth Mathur
• 2000: Unix sockets in C @ U. of Delhi
• 2003: Signal Processing @ U. of Arizona
• 2005: Nellymoser @ Boston - RTSP deployments on US
EVDO and Asia networks (3GPP-R6 26.234)
• 2008: Nokia @ Boston - WebKit.org browsers +
implement W3C specs aka HTML5 + web performance
• 2013: Moved to Nokia India - emerging Asia services
Fastah by Blackbuck Computing Inc.

9. W H O A M I
• Siddharth Mathur
• 2000: Unix sockets in C @ U. of Delhi
• 2003: Signal Processing @ U. of Arizona
• 2005: Nellymoser @ Boston - RTSP deployments on US
EVDO and Asia networks (3GPP-R6 26.234)
• 2008: Nokia @ Boston - WebKit.org browsers +
implement W3C specs aka HTML5 + web performance
• 2013: Moved to Nokia India - emerging Asia services
• 2014: Founded Fastah
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10. T H E I N T E R N E T I S N O W M O B I L E & L O C A L
Cisco investor briefing by Yvette Kanouff at MWC 2018

11. T H E I N T E R N E T I S N O W M O B I L E & L O C A L
Cisco investor briefing by Yvette Kanouff at MWC 2018

12. “Mobile-first” requires
smarter networking APIs
T H E I N T E R N E T I S N O W M O B I L E & L O C A L
Cisco investor briefing by Yvette Kanouff at MWC 2018

13. “Mobile-first” requires
smarter networking APIs
T H E I N T E R N E T I S N O W M O B I L E & L O C A L
Cisco investor briefing by Yvette Kanouff at MWC 2018

14. “Mobile-first” requires
smarter networking APIs
Large cities are the
“social context”
of the new internet
T H E I N T E R N E T I S N O W M O B I L E & L O C A L
Cisco investor briefing by Yvette Kanouff at MWC 2018

15. {Somewhere in Bangalore}

16. T H E R E G I O N S W E M A P
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17. T H E R E G I O N S W E M A P
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• SE and S Asia: one-third of the world’s population

18. T H E R E G I O N S W E M A P
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• SE and S Asia: one-third of the world’s population
• Livelihoods depend on commercial 4G networks

19. T H E R E G I O N S W E M A P
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• SE and S Asia: one-third of the world’s population
• Livelihoods depend on commercial 4G networks
• Critical urban infrastructure depends on commercial 4G networks

20. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
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21. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
• Technical parameters
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22. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
• Technical parameters
• Latency
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24. {Latency is high => Every packet is delayed}

25. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
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26. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
• Technical parameters
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27. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
• Technical parameters
• Latency
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28. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
• Technical parameters
• Latency
• Packet loss
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30. {Congestion => Packets can often walk off a cliff}

31. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
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32. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
• Consumer experience
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33. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
• Consumer experience
• Easy: Is my Amazon app fast?
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34. W H AT C O N S T I T U T E S N E T W O R K Q O E
• Consumer experience
• Easy: Is my Amazon app fast?
• Hard: Find me the nearest Uber!
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35. B U I L D I N G A P R A C T I C A L Q O S
M A P P I N G S Y S T E M @ FA S TA H
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36. B U I L D I N G A P R A C T I C A L Q O S
M A P P I N G S Y S T E M @ FA S TA H
• Goal: Application-perceived network QoS
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37. B U I L D I N G A P R A C T I C A L Q O S
M A P P I N G S Y S T E M @ FA S TA H
• Goal: Application-perceived network QoS
• Developers first: latency to nearest public cloud
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38. B U I L D I N G A P R A C T I C A L Q O S
M A P P I N G S Y S T E M @ FA S TA H
• Goal: Application-perceived network QoS
• Developers first: latency to nearest public cloud
• Can I deploy their code or data to that PoP?
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39. B U I L D I N G A P R A C T I C A L Q O S
M A P P I N G S Y S T E M @ FA S TA H
• Goal: Application-perceived network QoS
• Developers first: latency to nearest public cloud
• Can I deploy their code or data to that PoP?
• Latency and Congestion measurements from 0.2million
smartphones, preferably location tagged
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40. B U I L D I N G A P R A C T I C A L Q O S
M A P P I N G S Y S T E M @ FA S TA H
• Goal: Application-perceived network QoS
• Developers first: latency to nearest public cloud
• Can I deploy their code or data to that PoP?
• Latency and Congestion measurements from 0.2million
smartphones, preferably location tagged
• Developer-friendly SDK and APIs
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41. B U I L D I N G A P R A C T I C A L Q O S
M A P P I N G S Y S T E M @ FA S TA H
• Goal: Application-perceived network QoS
• Developers first: latency to nearest public cloud
• Can I deploy their code or data to that PoP?
• Latency and Congestion measurements from 0.2million
smartphones, preferably location tagged
• Developer-friendly SDK and APIs
• Data pipelines powered by Go and ElasticSearch
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42. D E M O 1 : M A P P I N G Q O E
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43. D E M O 1 : M A P P I N G Q O E
• Internet QoE maps for Singapore for mobile data
users
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44. DEMO 2
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45. R E P E AT F O R O T H E R A S I A N M E T R O S
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46. D E M O 2
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47. D E M O 2
• Time-varying QoE for mobile data users in New Delhi,
+ urban mobility
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48. LTE NETWORK PERFORMANCE
source : Ericsson Research

49. I M P L I C AT I O N S F O R I E T F, 3 G P P
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50. I M P L I C AT I O N S F O R I E T F, 3 G P P
• IETF “New Transport Technology” track is critical
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51. I M P L I C AT I O N S F O R I E T F, 3 G P P
• IETF “New Transport Technology” track is critical
• HTTP/2 is widely deployed. QUIC via Chrome
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52. I M P L I C AT I O N S F O R I E T F, 3 G P P
• IETF “New Transport Technology” track is critical
• HTTP/2 is widely deployed. QUIC via Chrome
• Important for an Amazon app or web browsing
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53. I M P L I C AT I O N S F O R I E T F, 3 G P P
• IETF “New Transport Technology” track is critical
• HTTP/2 is widely deployed. QUIC via Chrome
• Important for an Amazon app or web browsing
• UDP + TLS is critical
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54. I M P L I C AT I O N S F O R I E T F, 3 G P P
• IETF “New Transport Technology” track is critical
• HTTP/2 is widely deployed. QUIC via Chrome
• Important for an Amazon app or web browsing
• UDP + TLS is critical
• Important for real-time mobile marketplaces (e.g
Uber, Grab, Ola, GoJek) and micro-mobility
(bikes, scooters)
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55. Q U E S T I O N S ?
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56. Q U E S T I O N S ?
• “QoE matters - for People as well as Things”
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