Method for communicaion network performance analysis

• US 20050254501A1
• Filed: 06/26/2002
• Published: 11/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Laiho, Jaana
• Granted Patent: US 7,535,849 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/395.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for communication network parameter setting comprising the steps of a) acquiring and storing information related to a1) service requests issued by terminals attached to said network, a2) positions of said terminals, and a3) establishment of the requested service for said terminals, b) matching, based on the position information, said information to a grid of unit areas, the grid of unit areas representing a geographical region in which said network is operated, c) processing said information per unit area, d) outputting said processed information and e) modifying communication network operating parameters based on said outputted processed information.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A method for communication network performance analysis comprising the steps of

a) acquiring and storing information related to

a1) service requests issued by terminals attached to said network,

a2) positions of said requesting terminals, and

a3) establishment of the requested service for said terminals,

matching, based on the position information, said information to a grid of unit areas, the grid of unit areas representing a geographical region in which said network is operated,

processing said information per unit area, and

outputting said processed information,

wherein said information related to the establishment of the service comprises at least a success indication indicating that said service was successfully established or not and at least one service attribute, and wherein

said processing comprises a step of logically combining said service request information and said success information.

9. A method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of

g) modifying communication network operating parameters based on said outputted processed information.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein

said processing comprises a further step of summing said at least one service attribute parameter.

11. A method according to claim 8, wherein

said processing comprises the further steps of

sorting said stored information according to said at least one service attribute, thereby obtaining a plurality of information sets, each being representative of an individual service distinguishable by said at least one service attribute, and

selecting one of said information sets according to the service attribute for being output.

12. A method according to claim 8, wherein

said acquired information is stored for a predetermined time.

13. A method according to claim 8, wherein

said processing comprises a step of filtering said stored information using a selectable time window.

14. A method according to claim 10, wherein said summed at least one service attribute parameter is divided by the time period defined by said selected time window.