Monitoring Performance of Telecommunications Network
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring performance of a telecommunications network transmitting in real time multimedia data from a content provider to a device operating in the network, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving said multimedia data;
collecting information about the connection used to receive the multimedia data;
producing a receiver report for reporting statistics on received multimedia data based on the collected information;
appending said report with an identifier of a segment of the telecommunications network the device operates in; and
transmitting said report to said telecommunications network.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring performance of a telecommunications network transmitting in real time multimedia data from a content provider to a device operating in the network is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving said multimedia data; collecting information about the connection used to receive the multimedia data; producing a receiver report; appending said report with an identifier of a segment of the telecommunications network in which the device operates and transmitting said report to said telecommunications network.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring performance of a telecommunications network transmitting in real time multimedia data from a content provider to a device operating in the network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving said multimedia data; collecting information about the connection used to receive the multimedia data; producing a receiver report for reporting statistics on received multimedia data based on the collected information; appending said report with an identifier of a segment of the telecommunications network the device operates in; and transmitting said report to said telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
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3. (canceled)
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5. (canceled)
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10. (canceled)
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12-1. A device for use in a telecommunications network adapted to receive in real time via said telecommunications network multimedia data from a content provider, wherein said device comprises a receiver section adapted to receive said multimedia data, a processing section adapted to collect information about the connection used to receive the multimedia data and to produce a receiver report for reporting statistics on received multimedia data based on the collected information;
- the processing section is further adapted to append said report with an identifier of a segment of the telecommunications network the device operates in and a transmitting section adapted to transmit said receiver report to said telecommunications network.
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14. (canceled)
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16. A telecommunications network comprising a plurality of devices operating in said network and at least one distribution source, the telecommunications network being adapted to transmit in real time multimedia data received from a content provider to at least part of the plurality of devices, wherein an individual device is adapted to receive said multimedia data, collect information about the connection used to receive the multimedia data and produce a receiver report for reporting statistics on received multimedia data based on the collected information;
- the device is also adapted to append said receiver report with an identifier of a segment of the telecommunications network the device operates in and to transmit said receiver report to said telecommunications network and said network is further adapted to process said receiver report in order to identify segments of the network where performance is degraded.
- View Dependent Claims (19, 22, 24, 25)
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17-18. -18. (canceled)
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20-21. -21. (canceled)
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23. (canceled)
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26-27. -27. (canceled)
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28. A distribution source adapted to transmit in real time via a telecommunications network multimedia data received from a content provider to a device operating in said network;
- and comprising an interface adapted to receive from said device a receiver report on statistics on received multimedia data and including an identifier of a segment of the telecommunications network the device operates in and adapted to forward the receiver report to a processing unit adapted to process said receiver report in order to identify segments of the network where performance of said network is degraded.
- View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 32, 33)
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31. (canceled)
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34-35. -35. (canceled)
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