Strategies for Energy-Efficient Mobile Web Access: An East African case study

Le Wang; Edward Mutafungwa; Yeswanth Puvvala; Jukka Manner

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_7

Strategies for Energy-Efficient Mobile Web Access: An East African case study

Le Wang^*, Edward Mutafungwa, Yeswanth Puvvala, Jukka Manner

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The limited battery life of mobile handheld devices coupled with the lack of readily or reliable access to electricity is proving to be a major barrier to both adoption and usage of mobile Internet services in most African countries. Therefore, new methods of energy-efficient delivery of mobile web content are essential for prolonging battery life. This paper discusses and evaluates four energy-saving strategies, namely mobile optimization, HTTP compression, caching and proxy. The proposed energy-efficient proxy achieves at most 60% and 74% energy saving in 2G and 3G networks respectively without affecting user experience. As a case study, we consider usage trends and sample web content from three East African countries (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda). © 2012 ICST Institute for Computer Science, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries
Subtitle of host publication	Third International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2011, Zanzibar, Tanzania, November 23-23, 2011 : revised selected papers
Editors	Radu Popescu-Zeletin, Karl Jonas, Idris A. Rai, Roch Glitho, Adolfo Villafiorita
Publisher	Springer
Pages	74-83
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642290930
ISBN (Print)	9783642290923
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_7
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	International IEEE EAI Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries - Zanzibar, Tanzania, United Republic of Duration: 23 Nov 2011 → 24 Nov 2011 Conference number: 3

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume	92 LNICST
ISSN (Print)	18678211

Conference

Conference	International IEEE EAI Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries
Abbreviated title	AFRICOMM
Country/Territory	Tanzania, United Republic of
City	Zanzibar
Period	23/11/2011 → 24/11/2011

Keywords

Energy efficiency
Proxy and 2G/3G
Web

UN SDGs

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Wang, L., Mutafungwa, E., Puvvala, Y., & Manner, J. (2012). Strategies for Energy-Efficient Mobile Web Access: An East African case study. In R. Popescu-Zeletin, K. Jonas, I. A. Rai, R. Glitho, & A. Villafiorita (Eds.), e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries: Third International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2011, Zanzibar, Tanzania, November 23-23, 2011 : revised selected papers (pp. 74-83). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering; Vol. 92 LNICST). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_7

Wang, Le ; Mutafungwa, Edward ; Puvvala, Yeswanth et al. / Strategies for Energy-Efficient Mobile Web Access : An East African case study. e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries: Third International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2011, Zanzibar, Tanzania, November 23-23, 2011 : revised selected papers. editor / Radu Popescu-Zeletin ; Karl Jonas ; Idris A. Rai ; Roch Glitho ; Adolfo Villafiorita. Springer, 2012. pp. 74-83 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering).

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Wang, L, Mutafungwa, E, Puvvala, Y & Manner, J 2012, Strategies for Energy-Efficient Mobile Web Access: An East African case study. in R Popescu-Zeletin, K Jonas, IA Rai, R Glitho & A Villafiorita (eds), e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries: Third International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2011, Zanzibar, Tanzania, November 23-23, 2011 : revised selected papers. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol. 92 LNICST, Springer, pp. 74-83, International IEEE EAI Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, Zanzibar, Tanzania, United Republic of, 23/11/2011. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_7

Strategies for Energy-Efficient Mobile Web Access: An East African case study. / Wang, Le; Mutafungwa, Edward; Puvvala, Yeswanth et al.
e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries: Third International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2011, Zanzibar, Tanzania, November 23-23, 2011 : revised selected papers. ed. / Radu Popescu-Zeletin; Karl Jonas; Idris A. Rai; Roch Glitho; Adolfo Villafiorita. Springer, 2012. p. 74-83 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering; Vol. 92 LNICST).

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Wang L, Mutafungwa E, Puvvala Y, Manner J. Strategies for Energy-Efficient Mobile Web Access: An East African case study. In Popescu-Zeletin R, Jonas K, Rai IA, Glitho R, Villafiorita A, editors, e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries: Third International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2011, Zanzibar, Tanzania, November 23-23, 2011 : revised selected papers. Springer. 2012. p. 74-83. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_7

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