Protocol tester for a telecommunication system and method for presenting transmission-relevant information relating to a telecommunication system

• US 20070036275A1
• Filed: 02/08/2006
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Christian Zander, Michael Bluemche
• Original Assignee: Christian Zander, Michael Bluemche
• Inventors: Zander, Christian, Bluemche, Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/349,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20070036275A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/1.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0847 Transmission error
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0894 Packet rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements

Abstract

The present invention relates to a protocol tester for a telecommunication system, whereby the protocol tester (10) exhibits a display unit and a control unit (22), which is connected to the display unit (20) to transmit transmission-relevant information to the display unit for display on the display unit, and whereby the transmission-relevant information is classifiable according to at least three transmission parameters, whereby the control unit (22) is designed to make the transmission-relevant information available to the display unit (20) so that it is presentable on the display unit (20) in the form of a two-dimensional multi-variant chart, whereby the multi-variant chart exhibits a number of axes, which corresponds at least to the number of the transmission parameters, and whereby the values of the transmission parameters are plottable along the axes of the multi-variant chart. It also relates to a method for presenting transmission-relevant information relating to a telecommunication system on a protocol tester, which exhibits a display unit, whereby the transmission-relevant information is classifiable according to at least three transmission parameters, comprising the following step: Presentation of the transmission-relevant information in the form of a two-dimensional multi-variant chart on the display unit in such a way that the multi-variant chart exhibits a number of axes, which corresponds at least to the number of transmission parameters, and whereby the values of the transmission parameters are plotted along the axes of the multi-variant chart.

Claims

1. Protocol tester for a telecommunication system comprising:

a display unit presenting transmission-relevant information;

and a control unit connected to the display unit, to transmit transmission-relevant information to the display unit for display on the display unit, wherein the transmission-relevant information is classifiable according to at least three transmission parameters, and is presented as a two-dimensional multi-variant chart, wherein the multi-variant chart exhibits a number of axes corresponding to at least to the number of transmission parameters, and the values of the transmission parameters are plottable along the axes of the multi-variant chart.

2. A method for presenting transmission-relevant information relating to a telecommunication system on a protocol tester, comprising:

obtaining transmission-relevant information classifiable according to at least three transmission parameters; and

presenting the transmission-relevant information on a display unit in the form of a two-dimensional multi-variant chart on the display unit in such a way that the multi-variant chart exhibits a number of axes, which corresponds to at least the number of transmission parameters, and whereby the values of the transmission parameters are plotted along the axes of the multi-variant chart.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the transmission-relevant information is obtained through load test-related data, the transmission parameters are realized through load test parameters and the protocol tester is realized through a load test appliance.

4. The method according to claims 2, wherein the values of the at least three transmission parameters, which are each presented on the multi-variant chart, are connected with each other to form an area.

5. The method according to claims 3, wherein the values of the at least three transmission parameters, which are each presented on the multi-variant chart, are connected with each other to form an area.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein a first area corresponds to a first set of values of the transmission parameters, and a second area corresponds to a second set of values of the transmission parameters.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first area and the second area areas are presented simultaneously.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the difference between the first area and the second area is shown.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein the transmission-relevant information is realized using control plane data or user plane data.

10. The method according to claims 2, wherein parts of an area located within specifiable thresholds are indicated using a first representation, parts of an area located in the vicinity of specifiable thresholds are indicated using a second representation, and parts of an area located outside specifiable 5 thresholds are shown using a third representation.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first representation is a first color, the second representation is a second color, and the third representation is a third color.

12. The method according to claim 2, wherein on the display unit there is provided a graphical user interface, whereby the values of the transmission parameters are manipulated graphically.

13. The method according to claim 2, wherein the values of the transmission parameters are used for monitoring the transmission parameters of a transmission under way.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the reading of the transmission parameter values is updated at specifiable intervals.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the transmission parameters of a completed measurement are displayed based upon the values of the transmission parameters.