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

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是在无线接入领域，鉴于移动设备和服务的空前增长以及无线频谱的稀缺，这一影响可能会非常显著。该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，并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的客户群，即移动用户和电信提供商，它们分别适合B2C和B2B商业模式，并与大型市场相对应。小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目开发了一种新的解决方案，该解决方案利用在移动设备上拥有多个网络接口的机会，主要是蜂窝和WiFi，以改善移动互联网。该技术将智能地、无缝地将设备上的所有可用网络组合在一起，从而提供比每个单独网络更快的速度和更高的可靠性，同时潜在地降低成本并增强安全性。该解决方案是纯软件解决方案，由客户端和云组件组成。该项目的主要目标是设计、开发、部署和评估一个Android原型，该原型将作为一项服务在后台运行，并将无缝地提高移动设备上所有应用的速度。关键的创新在于系统的设计和实现，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，这将是移动设备上第一个结合了上述所有功能的绑定解决方案。

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.