In this paper, we review some advances made recently in the study of mobile phone
datasets. This area of research has emerged a decade ago, with the increasing availability …

This article surveys the literature on analyses of mobile traffic collected by operators within
their network infrastructure. This is a recently emerged research field, and, apart from a few …

Understanding and forecasting mobile traffic of large scale cellular networks is extremely
valuable for service providers to control and manage the explosive mobile data, such as …

Using detailed traces from 255 users, we conduct a comprehensive study of smartphone
use. We characterize intentional user activities--interactions with the device and the …

Smartphone users are increasingly shifting to using apps as" gateways" to Internet services
rather than traditional web browsers. App marketplaces for iOS, Android, and Windows …

We examine a very large-scale data set of more than 30 billion call records made by 25
million cell phone users across all 50 states of the US and attempt to determine to what …

The sheer amount of available apps allows users to customize smartphones to match their
personality and interests. As one of the first large-scale studies, the impact of personality …

Using data from 43 users across two platforms, we present a detailed look at smartphone
traffic. We find that browsing contributes over half of the traffic, while each of email, media …

We present LiveLab, a methodology to measure real-world smartphone usage and wireless
networks with a reprogrammable indevice logger designed for long-term user studies. We …

The use of cellular data networks is increasingly popular due to the widespread deployment
of 3G technologies and the rapid adoption of smartphones, such as iPhone and GPhone …