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=== Networking Traffic Scheduling === | === Networking Traffic Scheduling === | ||
Web caching on smartphones: ideal vs reality [http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~zmao/Papers/caching_mobisys2012.pdf pdf] | |||
Redundant network transfers on mobile phones are a huge problem. Even just ensuring caching is correctly implemented makes a large difference. | |||
How to Reduce Smartphone Traffic Volume by 30%? [http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~zmao/Papers/re_pam13.pdf pdf] | |||
By adding in better redundancy elimination | |||
RadioProphet: Intelligent Radio Resource Deallocation for Cellular Networks [http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~zmao/Papers/HuangPAM2014.pdf pdf] | |||
Eliminate tail times by predicting when the network will be idle | |||
Screen-Off Traffic Characterization and Optimization in 3G/4G Networks [http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~zmao/Papers/imc12.pdf pdf] | |||
== Security == | == Security == | ||
Revision as of 19:59, 2 April 2014
On this page, we will list related work (published research papers and other projects) that might be of interest either as something to integrate within Firefox OS, or that we can build off of for Firefox OS related research projects.
Network Measurement
The MobiPerf project
Related: Mobilyzer An Android application running in the background periodically measures a wide range of performance characteristics of the mobile and wireless network. Data is then anonymized and published in an open data set.
Cross-layer application profiling
ARO: pdf
RRC state analysis
A Close Examination of Performance and Power Characteristics of 4G LTE Networks pdf
This is done in a device-agnostic way with MobiPerf. Mobiperf infers the impact of RRC states on user-perceived latencies, rather than the RRC state changes themselves. In particular, this allows bad transition delays to be logged.
pdf On certain Android devices it is possible to receive control-plane messages corresponding to RRC states. This is a tool to log this control-plane data and determine how it interacts with data-plane events in order to affect user-perceived performance.
New network protocols
TCP for Cellular Networks
MultiPath TCP
QUIC
Network Performance and Battery Optimization
Power Characterization and Optimization
Networking Traffic Scheduling
Web caching on smartphones: ideal vs reality pdf
Redundant network transfers on mobile phones are a huge problem. Even just ensuring caching is correctly implemented makes a large difference.
How to Reduce Smartphone Traffic Volume by 30%? pdf
By adding in better redundancy elimination
RadioProphet: Intelligent Radio Resource Deallocation for Cellular Networks pdf Eliminate tail times by predicting when the network will be idle
Screen-Off Traffic Characterization and Optimization in 3G/4G Networks pdf
Security
User-Driven Access Control
A more natural way of granting application permission: (Roesner et al) Build permission granting into normal user application workflow patterns with access control gadgets. Protected UI gadgets allow users to naturally give access to e.g. the camera by pressing a button with a camera on it.
Study user privacy leakage from application/system public accessible resources. For FireFox OS, we can study the API design to find out possible leakage interfaces.
Malware/Spyware Detection
Use systematical approach to ensure a secure environment of the application market. We can use program analysis method to statically or dynamically detect possible malware/spyware.
Possible Privilege Escalation Problems
Inter-component communication via Intent in Android produces tons of privilege escalation attacks, such as permission re-delegation, component hijacking, etc. It would be interesting to see whether the web activity in Firefox OS, the equivalence of Intent, will enable the same attacks. If so, it is a good chance to build a defense system at this early age of B2G OS.