"The real problem for mobile researchers is that they can only examine the two or three networks that are available in their region," Dabrowski says. Until now, researchers would either have to travel a lot themselves if they wanted to research other countries' networks as well, or have friends abroad to help them. "What MobileAtlas offers is the ability to run automated tests on quite a few stations around the world." Currently, there are measurement stations in ten countries. Dabrowski and his colleagues hope research colleagues will help expand the platform further. "MobileAtlas could also be of interest to mobile operators," the researcher is convinced. "For the first time, the platform offers them the opportunity to test whether their roaming partners deliver on their service promises."
The name MobileAtlas is derived from the name of the RIPEATLAS Internet test platform, which has been in existence since 2010. "RIPE NCC is the European Internet Governance. The RIPE Atlas is a global network of meters that measure Internet connectivity and accessibility," Dabrowski explains. "Whether we can offer MobileAtlas as comprehensively as RIPE NCC offers their platform remains to be seen."
In addition to mobile communications, the researcher is also working on programming languages and how they can be designed to prevent code from having certain errors in the first place, thus reducing security vulnerabilities.
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