Subjective Evaluation of Packet Service Performance in UMTS and Heterogeneous Networks

Oumer Mohammed Teyeb; Troels Bundgaard Sørensen; Preben Mogensen; Jeroen Wigard

Subjective Evaluation of Packet Service Performance in UMTS and Heterogeneous Networks

Oumer Mohammed Teyeb, Troels Bundgaard Sørensen, Preben Mogensen, Jeroen Wigard

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Abstract

Quality of Service (QoS) in mobile telecommunication systems is usually identified by some basic performance metrics such as delay, throughput and jitter. However, the main impact of service quality is on the end user, and as such a detailed study of service performance should involve the end user. In this paper, such an approach is taken where subjective performance evaluation is undertaken for web browsing
and video streaming services in Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) and a heterogeneous network comprised of UMTS and Wireless LAN (WLAN). Using a
real-time network emulation testbed, users rated the perceived quality of the services under different network conditions. The users’ ratings are analyzed and the results showed clear trends with very few outliers. The objective and subjective measures also were found to be in line except for one case where a higher layer effect influenced the users’ perception.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2nd ACM International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet)
Number of pages	9
Publisher	Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Communications and Information Technology Association
Publication date	2006
Edition	October
ISBN (Print)	1-59593-486-3
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	2nd ACM International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet) - Malaga, Spain Duration: 2 Oct 2006 → 6 Oct 2006

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Conference	2nd ACM International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet)
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Malaga
Period	02/10/2006 → 06/10/2006

Keywords

QoS
Usability testing
Network emulation
Heterogeneous networks
UMTS

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Teyeb, O. M., Sørensen, T. B., Mogensen, P., & Wigard, J. (2006). Subjective Evaluation of Packet Service Performance in UMTS and Heterogeneous Networks. In 2nd ACM International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet) (October ed.). Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Communications and Information Technology Association. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1163692

Teyeb, Oumer Mohammed ; Sørensen, Troels Bundgaard ; Mogensen, Preben et al. / Subjective Evaluation of Packet Service Performance in UMTS and Heterogeneous Networks. 2nd ACM International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet). October. ed. Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Communications and Information Technology Association, 2006.

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Subjective Evaluation of Packet Service Performance in UMTS and Heterogeneous Networks. / Teyeb, Oumer Mohammed; Sørensen, Troels Bundgaard ; Mogensen, Preben et al.
2nd ACM International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet). October. ed. Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Communications and Information Technology Association, 2006.

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