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Analysis of Signaling Overhead and Performance Evaluation in Cellular Networks of WeChat Software

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Abstract

The instant communication software such as WeChat, QQ and Fetion becomes popular with the rapid development of mobile terminals and wireless personal communication technology. To refresh the online or offline status of such software, signaling message must be sent every given intervals. However, the signaling message raised by huge number of users will cause severe overhead of mobile networks, which will affect the outage performance of network. In this work, we analyze the signaling overhead caused by such software and evaluate the influence using the system level simulation platform. Results indicate that, the signaling overhead will affect the outage performance when the density of users is great. Practical solution is also raised at the end of our paper.

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Notes

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    We have applied the patent of this work, the application number of Chinese patent is: 201510596158.4.

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    This condition appear when the signal is weak, e.g. when the user is moving into an area without wireless coverage.

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    This condition appear when the user will shut down without any outer command.

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Acknowledgement

This work is funded by China’s 973 project under grant of 2012CB316002 and China’s 863 project under grant of 2013AA013603, 2012AA011402, National Natural Science Foundation of China (61201192).

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  1. Xi Chang Satellite Launch Center, Xichang, China

    Yuan Gao, Hong Ao, Jian Chu, Zhou Bo & Weigui Zhou

  2. State Key Laboratory on Microwave and Digital Communications, National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Yuan Gao & Yi Li

  3. China Defense Science and Technology Information Center, Beijing, China

    Yuan Gao

  4. The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

    Yi Li

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Gao, Y., Ao, H., Chu, J., Bo, Z., Zhou, W., Li, Y. (2016). Analysis of Signaling Overhead and Performance Evaluation in Cellular Networks of WeChat Software. In: Guo, S., Liao, X., Liu, F., Zhu, Y. (eds) Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing. CollaborateCom 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 163. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28910-6_31

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