Recognizing the twin trends of a rapid growth of cellular data services and the commoditization of WiFi WLAN technology, Cool-Tether proposes an architecture for ubiquitous and affordable connectivity by harnessing mobile smartphones to create WiFi hotspots on the fly. Cool-Tether optimizes heavily for battery energy consumption on the smartphones, resulting in a 38%-72% savings in energy consumption compared to prior energy-agnostic solutions for tethering.
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Elizabeth Belding (UCSB) (opens in new tab)
- Invited talk at WISARD Workshop (opens in new tab) held in conjunction with COMSNETS 2010, Bangalore (presentation (opens in new tab))
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- NewScientist: Cellphones team up to make Wi-Fi where you want it (opens in new tab)
- Slashdot Mobile Story: Cool-Tether Links Phones’ Bandwidth To Make High-Speed Hotspots (opens in new tab)
- PCPro.co.uk: Cool-Tether turns phones into high-speed hotspots (opens in new tab)
- Popular Science: Microsoft ‘Cool-Tether’ Combines Multiple Smartphones into High-Speed Hotspot (opens in new tab)
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