Traffic recognition is a powerful tool that could provide valuable information about the network to the network operator. The association of additional information carried by control packets in the core cellular network would help identify the traffic that stem from each user
Since the introduction of Napster in 1999, Peer-to-peer applications has generated controversy through providing users with tools for sharing files, which has resulted in a large increase of traffic in fixed networks while raising piracy issues. In recent years, other application areas
During the last few years 3G cellular networks are starting to be deployed, but it is not until the next generation of cellular networks, 4G, that the data transfer rates are high enough to motivate users to be mobile at all times.