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An Intelligent System to Detect the Type of Devices Sending and Receiving Data in the Network
Nowadays mobile and fixed devices are used interchangeably for surfing the web due to the
huge improvements performed in mobile devices in the recent years. Both mobile and fixed
devices with Internet connectivity are supplied with different types of connection, thus users
can select the best one at any time depending on their environment. In general, the mobile
devices allow users access to Internet using the 3G network or a common WiFi connection,
and the fixed ones generally use a wireless or wired connection. Selecting one or another type
of connection implies different features of the network environment, so Internet Service
Providers need to adapt their infrastructure to guarantee acceptable levels of Quality of
Service in every type of connection. In this paper we study the behavior of the devices
according to their nature, that is, if it is a mobile or fixed device. First, we have classified the
most significant network parameters and software application values in order to know the
nature of the device. Our proposal uses an intelligent system based on neural networks and
finite state machines that lets the Internet Service Provider know the type of device belongs
to the traffic going to its network. The system analyzes the transport and application layers
from TCP packets to discriminate the percentage of Internet traffic generated by mobile and
fixed devices. Test results show the success of the developed system.Bri Molinero, D.; Canovas Solbes, A.; Tomás Gironés, J.; Lloret, J. (2013). An Intelligent System to Detect the Type of Devices Sending and Receiving Data in the Network. Network Protocols and Algorithms. 5(2):72-91. doi:10.5296/npa.v5i2.3833S72915