M2D2 2013 - IEEE International Workshop on Managing the Mobile Data Deluge (M2D2)

Currently mobile cellular networks are witnessing the largest traffic explosion ever. The fast user adoption of powerful smartphones and data-hungry tablets, the increasing rate of deployment of broadband cellular networks worldwide, the multiplicity and diversity of localized network access available today (Wi-Fi, femto), the explosion of multimedia use in social networks, are all playing their role towards to a significant social change: People are now familiar with accessing data on the move, and this data is often of a multimedia nature. Furthermore, user traffic profiles are now changing: users are often prosummers, providing information (often real-time videos) to the Internet as well as consuming content from major providers. The public network is thus facing traffic pressures that are beyond what was originally technically envisaged and come asking for enhancements to support the new traffic patterns. But more often than not, the solutions deployed are mainly stopgaps.
In this context, the workshop will welcome papers on three core topics relating to managing the mobile data deluge (namely, radio aspects, protocol innovation, over-the-top/service support).