Intelligent mobility application profiling with respect to identified communication bursts

A system, comprising:

• a memory to store instructions;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the instructions to perform operations, comprising:
• receiving information relating to communication activity of a network device;
• conducting a cross-layer analysis of the information with respect to a radio resource control layer of an application executed by the network device;
• identifying a communications burst within the communication activity of the network device;
• and
• characterizing the application in response to the conducting of the cross-layer analysis and the identifying of the communications burst.

A computer readable storage device comprising computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving network device operation data comprising packet trace data associated with a network device;
• performing a cross-layer analysis of the network device operation data with respect to a radio resource control layer associated with an application executed by the network device;
• determining a burst that is represented in the network device operation data;
• and
• generating a performance profile of the application in part on in response to the performing of the cross-layer analysis of the network device operation data, and in response to the determining that the burst is represented in the network device operation data.