SBIR Phase I: NETUP: Boosting Mobile Internet by Combining WiFi and Cellular

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是在无线接入领域，考虑到移动设备和服务的空前增长以及无线频谱的稀缺性，这个项目可能会很重要。本项目开发的技术可以在速度、可靠性和安全性方面提高移动用户体验。它还可以优化蜂窝和WiFi基础设施的使用，它可以扰乱蜂窝数据的定价，更好地利用无线带宽，这最终是一种社会资源。我们已经确定了两个主要客户群，即移动用户和电信提供商，它们分别适合B2C和B2B商业模式，并且对应于大市场。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目开发了一种新颖的解决方案，利用移动设备上的多个网络接口的机会，主要是蜂窝和WiFi，以改善移动互联网。该技术将智能和无缝地将所有可用的网络结合在一个设备上，与每个单独的网络相比，提供更高的速度和更高的可靠性，潜在的成本更低，安全性更高。该解决方案是纯软件的，由客户机和云组件组成。该项目的主要目标是设计、开发、部署和评估一个android原型，它将在后台作为服务运行，并将无缝地提高移动设备上所有应用程序的速度。关键的创新在于系统设计和实现，以及根据网络条件和用户/运营商偏好利用多条路径的算法。如果成功，这将是第一个结合上述所有功能的移动设备绑定解决方案。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is in the area of wireless access and can be significant given the unprecedented growth in mobile devices and services and the scarcity of wireless spectrum. The technology developed in this project can improve the mobile user experience in terms of speed, reliability and security. It can also optimize the use of cellular and WiFi infrastructure, it can disrupt pricing of cellular data and better utilize wireless bandwidth, which is ultimately a societal resource. We have identified two main customer segments, namely mobile users and telecom providers, which lend themselves to B2C and B2B business models, respectively, and which correspond to large markets. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project develops a novel solution that exploits the opportunity of having multiple network interfaces on mobile devices, primarily cellular and WiFi, in order to improve mobile Internet. The technology will intelligently and seamlessly combine all available networks on a device so as to offer higher speed and higher reliability, compared to each individual network, at potentially lower cost and with enhanced security. The solution is software-only and consists of a client and a cloud component. The main objective of the project is to design, develop, deploy and evaluate an android prototype, which will run as a service in the background and will seamlessly boost the speed of all applications on the mobile device. The key innovations lie both in the system design and implementation and in the algorithms for utilizing multiple paths depending on network conditions and user/operator preferences. If successful, this will be the first bonding solution on mobile devices that combines all aforementioned features.