KR100696007B1 - Wireless Internet Service Quality Measurement System and Method in Mobile Communication Network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention collects and correlates billing data for billing and log data for failure call analysis, subscriber information and CP information, network path information, bad call information, query information and pending call information on a transaction basis. Integrate to measure the quality of the wireless Internet services such as download speed, initial access time, menu moving time and whether the pending (pending) occurs, the present invention for this content is supplied from the CP through the mobile communication terminal mobile communication terminal And a replication server means for collecting and converting raw data corresponding to a content service into a standard format, a subscriber information collecting unit for collecting information of a subscriber who has requested a content service, and a content service supplied from a CP. CP information collecting unit for collecting CP information, and corresponding to the content service Network information collection unit for collecting network information in the kit head information, and bad call collection unit for collecting bad call information due to wireless section by analyzing billing data output pattern when packet retransmission for content service occurs; A query collector which collects DNS query failure information for packet per packet and retransmission pattern analysis for the content service, and a fan call collection unit for collecting pending call information for packet per packet and retransmission pattern analysis for the content service; Transaction server means for associating raw data, subscriber information, CP information, bad call information, DNS query failure information, and pending call information with each other in a transaction unit, and the integrated information and preset threshold information. Wireless service that produces quality indicators by comparing and compares quality with quality indicators. Internet includes service management. Therefore, as the conventional mobile communication system shows only the result of receiving and processing the call, it is possible to solve the problem that the end-to-end haptic quality felt by the user as independent quality data and the gap is large. There is.

Description

Wireless Internet Quality of Service Measurement System and Method for Mobile Communication Network {SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE QUALITY MEASUREMENT OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND ITS METHOD}

1 is a block diagram of a wireless Internet service quality measurement system in a mobile communication network according to the present invention;

2 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a method for measuring wireless Internet service quality in a mobile communication network according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

101-1, 101-2: BTS 103-1, 103-2: BSC

105-1, 105-2: MSC 107: HLR

109: Replication Server 111: Subscriber Information Collection

113: CP information collecting unit 115: network information collecting unit

117: bad occurrence call collector 119: query collector

121: panning call collector 123: transaction server

125: wireless Internet service management unit

S1-1, S1-2: Mobile communication terminal S2: Internet and PDSN

S3: Wireless Network S4: CP

The present invention relates to a wireless Internet service quality measurement system and method thereof in a mobile communication network, and more particularly, billing data and log data, subscriber information and CP information, network path information, bad call information, query information, The present invention relates to a system and a method for measuring the quality of a wireless Internet service by collecting and correlating pending call information into a transaction unit.

Typically, the wireless Internet service is provided to the mobile communication terminal via a mobile communication system of various sections, that is, a base station, a base station controller, a switch, a PDSN, a PCF, a gateway, a CP, and the like.

Such a wireless Internet service is processed by the mobile communication system provided with a call, and the service quality is measured using only the processed result, or the service quality is measured through various measurement methods.

That is, the method for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service includes a quality measurement method by hand and a quality measurement using a modem having a RLP (Radio Link Protocol) function of the mobile communication terminal through hardware and software devices external to the mobile communication terminal. Method, and a method of measuring quality of a mobile communication network through packet analysis of a wired network of a wireless Internet service provider, and a method of measuring service quality using only the result of receiving a call.

However, in the above-described manual quality measurement method, the measurer measures the data between the wireless network manually, thereby increasing the possibility of error of the measurement data and increasing the deviation of the measurement data according to the measurement method of the measurer. There is a problem.

Next, a quality measurement method using a modem having an RLP function of a mobile communication terminal through hardware and software devices external to the mobile communication terminal is performed by the mobile communication terminal simply performing a modem function, searching a website, and transmitting / receiving TCP / IP data. There is a problem that the quality data that is different from the quality of the wireless Internet user feel that the user feels while using the wireless Internet terminal is generated only in this external device.

In addition, the quality measurement method of the mobile communication network through packet analysis of the wired network of the wireless Internet service provider is not only able to track the packet used by the user terminal but also measures the overall service quality and the failure status by interworking with the user terminal. There is a problem that cannot be done.

Therefore, the above methods are not used gradually because there are many problems in measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, and the method of measuring the quality of service using only the result of receiving the call is mainly used to solve these problems. Used. However, the method of measuring the quality of service using only the result of receiving the call can evaluate the quality level of the wireless Internet service only by the access completion rate statistics. However, unlike the telephone exchange equipment, the general purpose server (for example, HP Superdome) or switches, there is a problem that the end-to-end quality, the overall quality service level can not be measured in any section of equipment.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the purpose of the billing data for billing and log data for failure call analysis, subscriber information and CP information, network path information and bad occurrence call Mobile communication network that collects and correlates information, query information and pending call information and integrates them into transaction units to measure the quality of wireless internet services such as download speed, initial access time, menu movement time, and whether or not Pending occurs. The present invention provides a wireless internet service quality measurement system and a method thereof.

Wireless Internet service quality measurement system in a mobile communication network according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object services the content supplied from the CP through the mobile communication network to the mobile communication terminal, collecting the raw data corresponding to the content service A replication server means for converting the information into a standard format, a subscriber information collecting unit for collecting information of a subscriber who has requested a content service, a CP information collecting unit for collecting CP information corresponding to a content service supplied from a CP, and a content service. Network information collection unit that collects network information in the packet head information corresponding to the network, and when a packet retransmission occurs for the content service, analyzing the billing data output pattern and collecting bad call information due to the wireless section cause Collecting unit, transmission amount and re-packet per content service A query collection unit for collecting DNS query failure information for song pattern analysis, a pending call collection unit for collecting pending call information for packet amount and retransmission pattern analysis for content services, raw data, subscriber information, A service quality index by comparing the CP information, the bad call information, the DNS query failure information, and the pending call information with each other by the transaction server means for integrating the transaction unit, and the integrated information and the predetermined threshold information. And, characterized in that it comprises a wireless Internet service management unit for managing the quality level using the produced quality indicators.

In addition, the wireless Internet service quality measurement method in a mobile communication network according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object services the content supplied from the CP through the mobile communication network to the mobile communication terminal, the raw material corresponding to the content service Collecting data and converting the data into a standard format; collecting information of subscribers requesting content services; collecting CP information corresponding to content services supplied from CPs; and packet heads corresponding to content services. Collecting network information in the information, analyzing charging data output patterns when packet retransmission occurs for the content service, collecting bad call information due to the wireless section, and transmitting amount per packet for the content service. Collecting DNS query failure information for retransmission pattern analysis; Collecting the pending call information for the amount of packet per packet and retransmission pattern analysis for the service, raw data, subscriber information, CP information, bad call information, DNS query failure information, and pending call information. The process includes providing integrated information integrated in a transaction unit in relation to each other, producing a service quality index by comparing the integrated information with preset threshold information, and managing a quality level using the produced quality index. It is characterized by.

Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments of the present invention may exist, and a preferred embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will appreciate the objects, features and advantages of the present invention through this embodiment.

1 is a block diagram of a wireless Internet quality of service measurement system in a mobile communication network according to the present invention. The BTSs 101-1, 101-2, BSCs 103-1, 103-2, and MSC ( 105-1 and 105-2, HLR 107, replication server 109, subscriber information collecting unit 111, CP information collecting unit 113, network information collecting unit 115, The bad occurrence call collecting unit 117, the query collecting unit 119, the pending call collecting unit 121, the transaction server 123, and the wireless Internet service management unit 125 are included.

The BTSs 101-1 and 101-2 are network termination devices for call connection to the mobile communication terminals S1-1 and S1-2, and transmit call connection request signals and various content service request signals from the calling mobile communication terminal. It is provided to the BSC (103-1, 103-2), and in response to the call connection signal received from the BSC (103-1, 103-2) provides the call connection paging between the mobile terminal and the receiving party It receives various content services from BSCs 103-1 and 103-2 and sends them to the calling mobile terminal.

The BSCs 103-1 and 103-2 are located between the BTSs 101-1 and 101-2 and the MSCs 105-1 and 105-2 for the mobile communication terminals S1-1 and S1-2. It performs radio channel allocation and release function, performs handoff decision and operation and maintenance functions of BTS 101-1 and 101-2, and sends call connection request signal and various content service request signals to BTS 101-1, 101-2) is provided to the MSC (105-1, 105-2), in response to the call connection signal and various content services from the MSC (105-1, 105-2) received from the BTS (101-) 1, 101-2).

The MSCs 105-1 and 105-2 perform call connection processing functions to the mobile communication terminals S1-1 and S1-2, as well as mobile communication terminals S1-1 and S1- via a VLR (not shown). Call between calling / incoming MSC by requesting paging according to call connection to called MSC according to call connection request signals provided from BSC 103-1, 103-2 while performing location registration procedure and handoff procedure of 2). The call connection signal is provided to the BSCs 103-1 and 103-2 after the connection of the network, and the MSCs 105-1 and 105-2 also provide various content service request signals to the BSCs 103-1 and 103. -2) is provided to the replication server 109 through the Internet and the wireless Internet (Packet Data Service Node (PDSN) (S2), and in response to the various content services from the replication server 109 receives the BSC ( 103-1, 103-2).

The HLR 107 stores subscriber information and location information for all mobile subscribers registered in the mobile communication service, which stores subscription information for the mobile subscriber and routing information to the replication server 109. do.

The replication server 109 transmits the corresponding content service according to various content service request signals provided from the MSCs 105-1 and 105-2 through the Internet and the PDSN (S2). It receives from the Internet and transmits the corresponding content service to the requesting MSC via the Internet and PDSN (S2), the replication server 109 is also the raw data generated by serving the content, that is, billing data for billing and failure call In order to collect log data for analysis, billing data and log data collected in different formats are converted into a standard format and provided to the transaction server 123.

The subscriber information collecting unit 111 collects the corresponding subscriber information requesting the corresponding content service through the HLR 107 and provides it to the transaction server 123.

The CP information collecting unit 113 collects detailed CP information of the corresponding content service provided from the CP S4 through the wireless network S3 and provides it to the transaction server 123.

The network information collecting unit 115 collects the network information in the packet head information for the corresponding content service communicated through the replication server 109 and provides it to the transaction server 123.

The failure occurrence call collection unit 117 analyzes the charging data output pattern when the packet retransmission occurs for the corresponding content service in the replication server 109, and collects the failure occurrence call information due to the wireless section cause. To provide.

The query collector 119 provides the transaction server 123 with DNS query failure information collected by analyzing the amount of packet per packet and retransmission pattern for the corresponding content service communicated through the replication server 109.

The pending call collector 121 provides the paging call information collected through the analysis of the amount of packet transmission and retransmission for the corresponding content service communicated through the replication server 109 to the transaction server 123.

The transaction server 123 may include billing data for billing converted by the replication server 109 into a standard format, log data for failure call analysis, subscriber information provided from the subscriber information collection unit 111, and CP. CP information provided from the information collecting unit 113, bad generating call information provided from the bad generating call collection unit 117, DNS query failure information provided from the query collecting unit 119, and a pending call collecting unit ( 121, the wireless internet service management unit 125 provides integrated information in which the calling call information provided from 121 is related to each other and is integrated in a transaction unit.

The wireless Internet service manager 125 determines whether the quality of the poor quality that may occur in the wireless Internet service process is poor, such as connection failure or disconnection, as well as the poor transmission speed, the fanning, and the excessive menu moving speed. After setting a threshold value that can be set, the quality of experience is improved by considering the quality impact for each item by comparing the integrated information provided and integrated with the transaction information by the transaction server 123 and the predetermined threshold. We create quality indicators on behalf of them and manage quality levels by subscriber, service type, and system through these produced quality indicators.

With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2, the wireless internet service quality measuring method in the mobile communication network according to the present invention will be described in more detail.

First, MSC between the caller / receiver side mobile communication terminals S1-1 and S1-2 in a state where the mobile terminal S1-1 is assumed to be a calling terminal and the mobile terminal S1-2 is a called terminal. Mutual call paths are connected via 105-1 and 105-2 to perform call access paging.

On the other hand, after call connection paging is terminated, the mobile communication terminal S1-1 passes through the BTS 101-1, the BSC 103-1, and the MSC 105-1, and various contents through the Internet and the PDSN S2. The service request signal is provided to the replication server 109 (S201).

Then, the replication server 109 receives the corresponding content service from the corresponding CP (S4) according to various content service request signals provided from the mobile communication terminal (S1-1), passes through the Internet and the PDSN (S2), and passes through the MSC 105-. 1) and to the mobile communication terminal S1-1 through the BSC 103-1 and the BTS 101-1 (S203).

In this case, the replication server 109 collects raw data generated by serving the corresponding content, that is, billing data for billing and log data for failure call analysis, and collects billing data and log data collected in different formats, respectively. Converted to a standard format and provided to the transaction server 123 (S205).

In addition, the subscriber information collecting unit 111 collects the corresponding subscriber information requesting the corresponding content service through the HLR 107 and provides it to the transaction server 123 (S207), and the CP information collecting unit 113 receives the CP ( Detailed CP information of the corresponding content service supplied from S4 is collected through the wireless network S3 and provided to the transaction server 123 (S209).

In addition, the network information collecting unit 115 collects network information in the packet head information of the corresponding content service communicated through the replication server 109 and provides it to the transaction server 123 (S211). When the replication server 109 generates a packet retransmission for the corresponding content service, the collecting unit 117 analyzes the charging data output pattern and collects the bad occurrence call information due to the wireless section cause and provides it to the transaction server 123. (S213).

In addition, the query collector 119 provides the DNS server failure information collected by analyzing the amount of packet per packet and retransmission pattern for the corresponding content service communicated through the replication server 109 to the transaction server 123 (S215). In operation S217, the pending call collecting unit 121 provides the pending call information collected through the analysis of the transmission amount per packet and the retransmission pattern for the corresponding content service communicated through the replication server 109 to the transaction server 123. .

The transaction server 123 may include billing data for billing converted by the replication server 109 into a standard format, log data for failure call analysis, subscriber information provided from the subscriber information collection unit 111, and CP. CP information provided from the information collecting unit 113, bad generating call information provided from the bad generating call collection unit 117, DNS query failure information provided from the query collecting unit 119, and a pending call collecting unit ( 121, the wireless internet service manager 125 provides the integrated information obtained by integrating the calling information provided from 121 to each other in a transaction unit (S219).

The wireless Internet service manager 125 determines whether the quality of the poor quality that may occur in the wireless Internet service process is poor, such as connection failure or disconnection, as well as the poor transmission speed, the fanning, and the excessive menu moving speed. After setting a threshold value that can be set, the quality of experience is improved by considering the quality impact for each item by comparing the integrated information provided and integrated with the transaction information by the transaction server 123 and the predetermined threshold. The quality indicator for the representative is produced, and the quality level for each subscriber, service type, and system is managed through the produced quality index (S223).

Therefore, billing data for billing and log data for failure call analysis, subscriber information and CP information, network path information, bad call information, query information and pending call information are collected and correlated and integrated into a transaction unit. By measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service download speed, initial access time, menu movement time and whether there is a pending (Pending), as shown in the conventional display only the results of the call received and processed by the mobile communication system Therefore, the quality of end-to-end bodily sensation felt by the user as independent quality data of individual section and the gap can be solved.

In addition, since the present invention is disclosed as a right within the spirit and claims of the present invention, the present invention may include any modification, use and / or adaptation using general principles, and the present invention as a matter deviating from the description of the present specification. It includes everything that falls within the scope of known or customary practice in the art to which it belongs and falls within the scope of the appended claims.

As described above, the present invention collects billing data for billing and log data for failure call analysis, subscriber information and CP information, network path information, bad call information, query information and pending call information. By integrating each other into a transactional unit and measuring the quality of wireless internet services such as download speed, initial access time, menu movement time, and whether there is a panda, the mobile communication system receives and processes the call as before. Because of this, it is possible to solve the problem that the end-to-end haptic quality felt by the user and the gap is large with the quality data of independent individual sections.

Claims (6)

A wireless internet service quality measurement system in a mobile communication network, A replication server means for serving a content supplied from a content provider (CP) through the mobile communication network to a mobile communication terminal, collecting raw data corresponding to the content service, and converting the data into a standard format; A subscriber information collection unit which collects information of a subscriber who has requested the content service; A CP information collecting unit for collecting CP information corresponding to the content service supplied from the CP; A network information collecting unit collecting network information in packet head information corresponding to the content service; When a packet retransmission for the content service occurs, a failure generation call collection unit for analyzing the charging data output pattern to collect failure occurrence call information due to the wireless section cause; A query collector configured to collect DNS query failure information for analyzing the amount of packet transmission and the retransmission pattern for the content service; A pending call collection unit configured to collect pending call information for analyzing the amount of transmission per packet and retransmission pattern for the content service; Transaction server means for associating the raw data, subscriber information, CP information, bad call information, DNS query failure information, and pending call information with each other in a transaction unit; A wireless Internet service manager that compares the integrated information with preset threshold information to produce a service quality index and manages the quality level using the produced quality index. Wireless Internet service quality measurement system in a mobile communication network comprising a. The method of claim 1, And the raw data is billing data for billing and log data for failure call analysis. The method of claim 1, The threshold information is information for determining whether the items of the quality defects generated in the wireless Internet service process are clearly determined, such as connection failure or call disconnection, and whether the transmission rate is low, the panning, or the menu moving speed is excessive. Wireless Internet service quality measurement system in a mobile communication network, characterized in that. A method of measuring wireless Internet quality of service in a mobile communication network, Providing a content provided from the CP through the mobile communication network to a mobile communication terminal, collecting raw data corresponding to the content service, and converting the content into a standard format; Collecting information of the subscriber who requested the content service; Collecting CP information corresponding to a content service supplied from the CP; Collecting network information in packet head information corresponding to the content service; When the packet retransmission occurs for the content service, analyzing the charging data output pattern and collecting bad call information due to a wireless section; Collecting DNS query failure information for analyzing the amount of packet transmission and retransmission pattern for the content service; Collecting panning call information for analyzing the amount of transmission per packet and retransmission pattern for the content service; Providing integrated information in which the raw data, the subscriber information, the CP information, the bad occurrence call information, the DNS query failure information, and the pending call information are integrated in a transaction unit; A process of producing a service quality index by comparing the integrated information and preset threshold information, and managing the quality level using the produced quality index Wireless internet service quality measurement method in a mobile communication network comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The raw data is billing data for billing and log data for failure call analysis method for wireless Internet service quality measurement in a mobile communication network. The method of claim 4, wherein The threshold information is information for determining whether the items of the quality defects generated in the wireless Internet service process are clearly determined, such as connection failure or call disconnection, and whether the transmission rate is low, the panning, or the menu moving speed is excessive. A method for measuring wireless internet quality of service in a mobile communication network.

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