Converged network and device management for data offloading

Abstract

The rapid adoption of the Internet and the ubiquitous coverage of cellular/wireless technologies, all concur to the fusion of networks' physical boundaries. At the same time, the proliferation of mobile and wireless devices changes our expectations as users, forcing providers to rethink their network and device management (NDM) approaches. Our work contributes to the convergence of NDM, with an early prototype of a resource-oriented cloud-based management service, using YANG data modeling language and JSON notation to model and encode policies. A proof-of-concept prototype implementation on a Linux-based smartphone demonstrates how policies achieve data offloading between wireless and mobile networks, for the benefit of users and operators.