Understanding and Predicting Human Demanded Content and Mobility

Abstract

The improved understanding of user mobility (i.e. the context they experience) and the content they demand is of fundamental importance when looking for the design of more adaptable networking protocols or services aiming to fill the gap between the capacity granted by the infrastructure technology and the increasing traffic load generated by mobile users. Building on previous research efforts in the fields of social wireless networking, mobility pattern analysis, opportunistic communications, and content networking, the UCOOL project will address two main issues