Mobile Internet Optimization: An effective tool for operators
1. Azfar Adib
Lead Engineer, Grameenphone Ltd.
MOBILE INTERNET OPTIMIZATION:
AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR OPERATORS
2. CONTENTS
Ø CONTINOUS BOOST IN MOBILE INTERNET TRAFFIC
Ø OPERATOR’S CHALLENGES
Ø HOWTO DEALWITHTHESE CHALLENGES?
Ø BASICS: MOBILE INTERNET OPTIMIZATION
Ø DYNAMIC DATA REDUCTION
Ø TRANSPORT PROTOCOL OPTIMIZATION
Ø APPLICATION PROTOCOL OPTIMIZATION
Ø GLOBAL USAGE :AMONG OPERATORS
Ø GLOBAL USAGE: SOLUTION PROVIDERS
Ø Q&A
3. CONTINOUS BOOST IN MOBILE INTERNET TRAFFIC
lEnormous growth of data traffic
lVideo traffic is the biggest contributor
Source: Ericsson Mobility Report , June 2015
5. HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE CHALLENGES?
Speed throttling
Caching
Mobile Optimization
6. BASICS: MOBILE INTERNET OPTIMIZATION
Compression &
Other functionalities
(Same content)b
aOriginal content Optimized Content
Dynamic Data Reduction
Traffic amount of ‘a’ minus Traffic amount of ‘b’ = Network capacity savings for operator
Traffic amount indicates volume/data rate
Transport Protocol Optimization Application Protocol Optimization
Time to load ‘a’ minus Time to load ‘b’ = QoE gain for subscriber
Optimization Methods
7. Dynamic Data Reduction
lHigh Detail
Foreground lLow Detail
Background
Minimum bandwidth to smoothly run the video
As available bandwidth drops below that minimum
bandwidth, video compression takes place
accordingly (which again reduces the required
bandwidth below available bandwidth) to ensure
uninterrupted service
8. Transport Protocol Optimization
Ø Transport protocols are responsible for end-to-end delivery service
Ø TCP controls the fundamental rate at which data downloads over the
wireless link
Ø TCP is not able to optimally contend with the characteristics of both the
internet and wireless link at the same time
Ø Optimization platform modifies and tunes TCP transmission parameters
dynamically to perform best over wireless link
10. GLOBAL USAGE : AMONG OPERATORS
Overall gain from the solution highly depends on the traffic characteristics of the operator
11. GLOBAL USAGE: SOLUTION PROVIDERS
Source: Rankings by ABI Research , February 2013
Ø Rapid rise of secure/encrypted traffic
(mostly HTTPS) is a major challenge of
this solution as this kind of traffic usually
remain untouched by such platform
Ø Some entities developing optimization
solution for encrypted traffic as well
THE CHALLENGE