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Table 3
Mobile device usage statistics.
(a) Average traffic per device: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update 2014–2019 [20] |
| Device type | 2014 | 2019 |
| Smartphone | 819 MB/month | 3,981 MB/month | 4G smartphone | 2,000 MB/month | 5,458 MB/month | Tablet | 2,076 MB/month | 10,767 MB/month | 4G tablet | 2,913 MB/month | 12,314 MB/month |
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(b) Application traffic classification: Ericsson Mobility Report 2015 [21] |
| Share on total mobile traffic | 2015 | 2021 |
| Video | 50 | 70 | Social networking | 20 | 15 | Web browsing | 10 | 5 | Audio | ~2 | ~2 |
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