Method and apparatus for tracking call processing failure data in a radiotelephone system

• US 20050147052A1
• Filed: 10/22/2004
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chuyun Wu
• Original Assignee: Chuyun Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Chuyun
• Application Number:
  US10/971,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20050147052A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

A system (102) for monitoring call processing failures in a radiotelephone network (100) includes a server (140) coupled with the radiotelephone network and configured to receive call processing failure data. The system further includes a plurality (142) of clients configured to be coupled to the server on a network (144) for display and analysis of the call processing failure data. The clients may include a portable client (152, 154) for remote or wireless access to call processing failure data at the server, permitting troubleshooting and failure analysis in the field. The client computers are preferably Windows-based and provides both analog (AMPS) and digital call processing failure counts.

Claims

1. A method for the real-time collection of call processing failures in a radiotelephone network comprising:

receiving call processing failure data from a plurality of switches;

analyzing the call processing failure data at a server;

determining the call processing failure data present;

assigning the call processing failure data to one of a plurality of failure types;

determining the one of a plurality of call processing failure type is one of an analog call processing failure and a digital call processing failure;

incrementing a count for the one of a plurality of failure types;

storing the failure type and the count for the one of a plurality of failure types;

troubleshooting the one of a plurality of failure types; and

transmitting to at least one client the troubleshooting information for the call processing failure data based on the one of a plurality of failure types.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the one of a plurality of failure types comprises an analog call processing failure which further comprises one of a lost call failure, a voice channel confirmation failure, an alert confirmation failure, a old cell timeout failure, a new cell timeout failure, a glare condition mobile busy failure, a call setup timeout failure, a call shutdown failure, a alert confirmation failure, a forced release time failure, a new cell timeout and old cell timeout failure, and a transmitter activation failure.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the one of a plurality of failure types comprises a digital call processing failure which further comprises one of a lost call failure, an alert confirmation failure, a glare condition mobile busy failure, a call setup timeout failure, a call shutdown failure, a forced release time failure, a code division multiple access (“

CDMA”

) channel activation failure, CDMA channel element, speech handler (“

CE/SH”

) Channel Protocol Failure, a CDMA failure to establish CE/SH channel protocol, a release confirmation failure, a setup channel glare failure, and a CDMA traffic channel confirmation failure.

4. A computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon for processing call processing failure data for a radiotelephone system, the computer readable program code comprising:

a first computer readable program code configured for receiving call processing failure data from a plurality of switches;

a second computer readable program code configured for analyzing the call processing failure data at a server;

a third computer readable program code configured for determining the call processing failure data present;

a fourth computer readable program code configured for assigning the call processing failure data to one of a plurality of failure types;

a fifth computer readable program code configured for determining the one of a plurality of failure types is one of an analog call processing failure and a digital call processing failure;

a sixth computer readable program code configured for incrementing a count for the one of a plurality of failure types;

an seventh computer readable program code configured for storing the one of a plurality of a failure types and the count for the one of a plurality of failure types;

a eighth computer readable program code configured for troubleshooting the one of a plurality of failure types; and

a ninth computer readable program code configured for transmitting to at least one client the troubleshooting information for the call processing failure data based on the one of a plurality of failure types.

5. The computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon for processing call processing failure data for a radiotelephone system of claim 4 wherein the one of a plurality of failure types comprises an analog call processing failure which further comprises a computer readable program code configured to determine whether the analog call processing failure comprises one of a lost call failure, a voice channel confirmation failure, an alert confirmation failure, a old cell timeout failure, a new cell timeout failure, a glare condition mobile busy failure, a call setup timeout failure, a call shutdown failure, an alert confirmation failure, a forced release time failure, a new cell timeout and old cell timeout failure, and a transmitter activation failure.

6. The computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon for processing call processing failure data for a radiotelephone system of claim 4 wherein the one of a plurality of failure types comprises a digital call processing failure which further comprises a computer readable program code configured to one of a lost call failure, an alert confirmation failure, a glare condition mobile busy failure, a call setup timeout failure, a call shutdown failure, a forced release time failure, a CDMA channel activation failure, CDMA CE/SH Channel Protocol Failure, a CDMA failure to establish CE/SH channel protocol, a release confirmation failure, a setup channel glare failure, and a CDMA traffic channel confirmation failure.

7. A system for monitoring call processing failures in a radiotelephone network, the system comprising:

a server coupled with the radiotelephone network and configured to receive call processing failure data from a plurality of switches;

the server further configured to analyze the call processing failure;

the server further configured to determine the call processing failure data present;

the server further configured to assign the call processing failure data to one of a plurality of failure types;

the server further configured to determine the one of a plurality of failure types comprises one of an analog call processing failure and a digital call processing failure;

the server further configured to increment a count for the one of a plurality of failure types;

the server further configured to store the one of a plurality of failure types and the count for the one of a plurality of failure types;

the server further configured to troubleshoot the one of a plurality of failure types; and

the server further configured to transmit to at least one client the troubleshooting information for the call processing failure data based on the one of a plurality of failure types.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the server is further configured to determine whether the analog call processing failure comprises one of a lost call failure, a voice channel confirmation failure, an alert confirmation failure, a old cell timeout failure, a new cell timeout failure, a glare condition mobile busy failure, a call setup timeout failure, a call shutdown failure, an alert confirmation failure, a forced release time failure, a new cell timeout and old cell timeout failure, and a transmitter activation failure.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the server is further configured to determine whether the digital call processing failure comprises one of a lost call failure, an alert confirmation failure, a glare condition mobile busy failure, a call setup timeout failure, a call shutdown failure, a forced release time failure, a CDMA channel activation failure, CDMA CE/SH Channel Protocol Failure, a CDMA failure to establish CE/SH channel protocol, a release confirmation failure, a setup channel glare failure, and a CDMA traffic channel confirmation failure.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein at least one client comprises a portable computer configured to remotely access the server for display and analysis of the call processing failure data.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the plurality of clients are configured to selectively display both the real time call processing failure data and the archived data.

12. The system of claim 7 further comprising a local area network coupling the server and the plurality of clients.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the local area network is an Ethernet network.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein each client of the plurality of clients comprises a personal computer.