LiveLab

Abstract

We present LiveLab, a methodology to measure real-world smartphone usage and wireless networks with a reprogrammable indevice logger designed for long-term user studies. We discuss the challenges of privacy protection and power impact in LiveLab and offer our solutions. We present an iPhone 3GS based deployment of LiveLab with 25 users intended for one year. Early results from the data collection so far highlight the unique strengths and potential of LiveLab. We have two objectives in this position paper. First, we demonstrate the feasibility and capability of LiveLab. By sharing our experience, we seek to advocate LiveLab as a network and user measurement methodology. Second, we present our preliminary findings, and seek feedback from the community regarding what data to collect.