Evaluation of urban daily routines by using Mobile Phone Indicators

During the last decade, mobile phones have become an integral part of urban life. Today the number of mobile phones worldwide is over 1 billion units, and have reached a penetration of over 70% of total adult population in several countries. Mobile devices became an 'extension of human body' and provide ubiquitous possibilities of nearly anytime/anywhere one-to-one communication. Their footprints in the mobile network could help to understand the socioeconomic aspects of urban life. In this paper, we are applying metrics by which mobility and life style characteristics of urban area can be evaluated. Our proposed approach relies on time series analysis of Call Data Records acquisited by a Hungarian Mobile Telecommunication Operator.