The Lockdown Effect
Anja Feldmann, Oliver Gasser, Franziska Lichtblau, Enric Pujol, Ingmar Poese, Christoph Dietzel, Daniel Wägner, Matthias Wichtlhuber, Juan Tapiador, Narseo Vallina-Rodríguez, Oliver Hohlfeld, Georgios Smaragdakis
Abstract
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments imposed lock-downs that forced hundreds of millions of citizens to stay at home. The implementation of confinement measures increased Internet traffic demands of residential users, in particular, for remote working, entertainment, commerce, and education, which, as a result, caused traffic shifts in the Internet core.
Topics & Concepts
Computer scienceCaching and Content DeliveryBlockchain Technology Applications and SecurityGreen IT and Sustainability