With Spectrum coming at a price the operators are keen to make as much money as possible out of the data packages being provided to the consumers. The operators want to stop users using over the top (OTT) services like Skype thereby losing potential revenue. They also want the users to stop using services that are offered by the operator thereby maximising their revenue.
A valid argument put forward by the operators is that 90% of the bandwidth is used by just 10% of the users. This gives them the reason to look at the packets and restrict the rogue users.
As a result they are now turning to deep packet inspection (DPI) to make sure that the users are not using the services they are being restricted to use. AllOt is one such company offering this service.
The following presentation is from the LTE World Summit:
Finally, a term QoS and QoE always causes confusion. Here is a simple explanation via Dan Warren on twitter:
They also have some interesting Videos on the net that have been embedded below. They give a good idea on the services being offered to the operators.
Finally, a term QoS and QoE always causes confusion. Here is a simple explanation via Dan Warren on twitter:
QoS = call gets established and I can hear what is being said, everything else is QoE
QoE Is what the user thinks of the service he gets ;
ReplyDeleteQoS is what the operator thinks (and tries to enforce) the user should get for what he pays.