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This white paper is the outcome of the W\"urzburg seminar on "Crowdsourced Network and QoE Measurements" which took place from 25-26 September 2019 in W\"urzburg, Germany. International experts were invited from industry and academia. They…
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Network operators need to continuosly upgrade their infrastructures in order to keep their customer satisfaction levels high. Crowdsourcing-based approaches are generally adopted, where customers are directly asked to answer surveys about…
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Effective assessment of mobile network coverage and the precise identification of service weak spots are paramount for network operators striving to enhance user Quality of Experience (QoE). This paper presents a novel framework for mobile…
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