Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01356, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Nguyen, Kim Khoa (École de technologie supérieure), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : The increasing demand for improving the quality of residential wireless services in recent years, driven by the_x000D_
arrival of the Internet of Things (IoT) and real-time applications, has resulted in new edge-based provisioning_x000D_
models. WiFi is at the central of this movement as it is dominating indoor wireless connectivity. However,_x000D_
WiFi has been designed as a best-effort and fair-share service, which is no longer appropriate for QoS (Quality_x000D_
of Service) -driven edge computing services. XCellAir Inc. is developing WiFi SON (Self-Organizing_x000D_
Network), an award-wining product, to provide carrier-grade WiFi service for a variety of applications, from_x000D_
residential usage to smart city. Unfortunately, lacking QoE (Quality of Experience) measurements and usage_x000D_
pattern characterization might result in sub-optimal decisions and under-utilization of network resources, as_x000D_
observed in the testbed implemented at the residential campus of the Ecole de technologie superieure (ETS)._x000D_
This project is therefore aimed to add traffic analytics and prediction to XCellAir's WiFi SON platform, at both_x000D_
data and control planes, to capture traffic, monitor resource utilization, construct usage patterns, and forecast_x000D_
evolution trends of several system metrics. Leveraging on cloud computing technology, the platform will_x000D_
improve the performance and reliability of carrier-grade WiFi networks, in view of achieving the efficiency of_x000D_
edge-based services, minimizing resource consumption, and guaranteeing QoE/QoS. The outcome of this_x000D_
project will contribute substantially to the successful achievement of the product, as well as to Canadian_x000D_
telecommunication industry as the product is being exploited by major carriers in this country. This technology_x000D_
will enable the creation of a new class of smart city services which are deployed at the last-mile close to end_x000D_
users, thus providing unprecedented QoS. The project will also significantly contribute to the establishment of_x000D_
the first smart city project in Quebec - the Montreal Innovation District, and to the development of a digital and_x000D_
sustainable economy of Quebec and Canada., program purpose french : The increasing demand for improving the quality of residential wireless services in recent years, driven by the_x000D_
arrival of the Internet of Things (IoT) and real-time applications, has resulted in new edge-based provisioning_x000D_
models. WiFi is at the central of this movement as it is dominating indoor wireless connectivity. However,_x000D_
WiFi has been designed as a best-effort and fair-share service, which is no longer appropriate for QoS (Quality_x000D_
of Service) -driven edge computing services. XCellAir Inc. is developing WiFi SON (Self-Organizing_x000D_
Network), an award-wining product, to provide carrier-grade WiFi service for a variety of applications, from_x000D_
residential usage to smart city. Unfortunately, lacking QoE (Quality of Experience) measurements and usage_x000D_
pattern characterization might result in sub-optimal decisions and under-utilization of network resources, as_x000D_
observed in the testbed implemented at the residential campus of the Ecole de technologie superieure (ETS)._x000D_
This project is therefore aimed to add traffic analytics and prediction to XCellAir's WiFi SON platform, at both_x000D_
data and control planes, to capture traffic, monitor resource utilization, construct usage patterns, and forecast_x000D_
evolution trends of several system metrics. Leveraging on cloud computing technology, the platform will_x000D_
improve the performance and reliability of carrier-grade WiFi networks, in view of achieving the efficiency of_x000D_
edge-based services, minimizing resource consumption, and guaranteeing QoE/QoS. The outcome of this_x000D_
project will contribute substantially to the successful achievement of the product, as well as to Canadian_x000D_
telecommunication industry as the product is being exploited by major carriers in this country. This technology_x000D_
will enable the creation of a new class of smart city services which are deployed at the last-mile close to end_x000D_
users, thus providing unprecedented QoS. The project will also significantly contribute to the establishment of_x000D_
the first smart city project in Quebec - the Montreal Innovation District, and to the development of a digital and_x000D_
sustainable economy of Quebec and Canada., agreement title english : Traffic-aware Carrier-Grade WiFi SON, agreement title french : Traffic-aware Carrier-Grade WiFi SON, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada