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: Received: 13 May 2023 / Approved: 15 May 2023 / Online: 15 May 2023 (05:32:34 CEST)
How to cite:
Jang, Y.; Kim, S. Development of a Decision Model for Korean OTT Service Users to Adopt Wireless D2D Caching Networks on Their Mobile Devices. Preprints2023, 2023050980. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0980.v1
Jang, Y.; Kim, S. Development of a Decision Model for Korean OTT Service Users to Adopt Wireless D2D Caching Networks on Their Mobile Devices. Preprints 2023, 2023050980. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0980.v1
Jang, Y.; Kim, S. Development of a Decision Model for Korean OTT Service Users to Adopt Wireless D2D Caching Networks on Their Mobile Devices. Preprints2023, 2023050980. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0980.v1
APA Style
Jang, Y., & Kim, S. (2023). Development of a Decision Model for Korean OTT Service Users to Adopt Wireless D2D Caching Networks on Their Mobile Devices. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0980.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Jang, Y. and Seongcheol Kim. 2023 "Development of a Decision Model for Korean OTT Service Users to Adopt Wireless D2D Caching Networks on Their Mobile Devices" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0980.v1
Abstract
As most Korean OTT subscribers use mobile devices as their primary medium for watching OTT video content, mobile network traffic is soaring. However, the existing build-out of mobile communication technology – such as deploying more base stations or expanding the network bandwidth – is struggling to keep pace with the enormous increased demands of mobile network traffic. Accordingly, wireless device-to-device (D2D) caching networks are considered one of the most reliable alternatives for reducing the overload from mobile network traffic caused by streaming video content online. However, wireless D2D caching networks have pros and cons, like any other technology. Thus, this study aims to examine the practical decision-making process of mobile OTT service users in response to the application of wireless D2D caching networks on their mobile devices. An online survey of 94 respondents was conducted in South Korea during 19–23 May 2022; the data obtained were analyzed using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. The study finds that it was the risks, rather than the situational conditions and benefits, that mostly affected mobile OTT service users’ behavioral intentions and strategies. Streaming video content using mobile data or Wi-Fi was perceived as the most viable option. Mobile OTT service users were also willing to take the leap of shifts towards downloading video content in advance rather than adopting wireless D2D caching networks on a mobile device. However, mobile OTT service users’ decisions are heavily dependent on situational conditions related to use of mobile OTT services that make the quality of service consumption different. As one of the first to examine the responses of mobile OTT service users, this study provides meaningful implications for a timely and sensitive issue.
Keywords
Mobile OTT service; wireless D2D caching networks; mobile communication technology; OTT content delivery; the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)
Subject
Engineering, Telecommunications
Copyright:
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