COMPUTATIONAL SYNDROME DETECTORS

• US 20170230853A1
• Filed: 04/27/2017
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shrum, JR., Edgar, Wright, Steven, Kreiner, Barrett
• Granted Patent: US 9,843,952 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/336 Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• 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 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/08 Reselecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Example methods disclosed herein include analyzing session records determined for wireless sessions associated with wireless devices operating in a wireless system to detect a service quality for a specified protocol type in a specified geographic coverage area of the wireless system. In some examples, the specified protocol type is defined by a first user input variable, and the specified geographic coverage area is defined by a second user input variable. Example methods disclosed herein also include reporting the service quality for the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area to a first wireless device operating in the wireless system.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

memory including computer readable instructions; and

a processor to execute the computer readable instructions to perform operations including;

detecting a service quality for a specified protocol type in a specified geographic coverage area of a wireless system supporting a plurality of protocol types by analyzing session records determined for wireless sessions associated with wireless devices operating in the wireless system, the specified protocol type corresponding to one of the plurality of protocol types, the specified protocol type defined by a first user input variable, the specified geographic coverage area defined by a second user input variable; and

reporting the service quality for the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area to a first wireless device operating in the wireless system.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the service quality corresponds to a number of wireless sessions of the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area that have experienced signal-to-noise ratios less than a first threshold.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the service quality further indicates whether the number of wireless sessions of the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area that have experienced signal-to-noise ratios less than the first threshold has exceeded a second threshold.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first threshold is defined by a third user input variable, and the second threshold is defined by a fourth user input variable.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operations further include:

determining protocol types, geographic locations and signal metrics for the wireless sessions associated with the wireless devices operating in the wireless system; and

storing the protocol types, the geographic locations and the signal metrics in the session records determined for the wireless sessions.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the analyzing of the session records includes:

filtering the session records based on the specified geographic coverage area to obtain analytical set of the session records; and

comparing the signal metrics stored in the analytical set of the session records to a signal-to-noise ratio value to detect the service quality for the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area, the signal-to-noise ratio value defined by a third user input variable.

7. A method comprising:

detecting a service quality for a specified protocol type in a specified geographic coverage area of a wireless system supporting a plurality of protocol types by analyzing, by executing an instruction with a processor, session records determined for wireless sessions associated with wireless devices operating in the wireless system, the specified protocol type defined by a first user input variable, the specified geographic coverage area defined by a second user input variable; and

reporting the service quality for the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area to a first wireless device operating in the wireless system.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the service quality corresponds to a number of wireless sessions of the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area that have experienced signal-to-noise ratios less than a first threshold.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the service quality further indicates whether the number of wireless sessions of the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area that have experienced signal-to-noise ratios less than the first threshold has exceeded a second threshold.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first threshold is defined by a third user input variable, and the second threshold is defined by a fourth user input variable.

11. The method of claim 7, further including:

determining protocol types, geographic locations and signal metrics for the wireless sessions associated with the wireless devices operating in the wireless system; and

storing the protocol types, the geographic locations and the signal metrics in the session records determined for the wireless sessions.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the analyzing of the session records includes:

filtering the session records based on the specified geographic coverage area to obtain analytical set of the session records; and

comparing the signal metrics stored in the analytical set of the session records to a signal-to-noise ratio value to detect the service quality for the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area, the signal-to-noise ratio value defined by a third user input variable.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless system supports a plurality of protocol types, and the specified protocol type corresponds to one of the plurality of protocol types.

14. A computer readable memory including computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

detecting a service quality for a specified protocol type in a specified geographic coverage area of a wireless system supporting a plurality of protocol types by analyzing session records determined for wireless sessions associated with wireless devices operating in the wireless system, the specified protocol type defined by a first user input variable, the specified geographic coverage area defined by a second user input variable; and

reporting the service quality for the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area to a first wireless device operating in the wireless system.

15. The computer readable memory of claim 14, wherein the service quality corresponds to a number of wireless sessions of the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area that have experienced signal-to-noise ratios less than a first threshold.

16. The computer readable memory of claim 15, wherein the service quality further indicates whether the number of wireless sessions of the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area that have experienced signal-to-noise ratios less than the first threshold has exceeded a second threshold.

17. The computer readable memory of claim 16, wherein the first threshold is defined by a third user input variable, and the second threshold is defined by a fourth user input variable.

18. The computer readable memory of claim 14, wherein the operations further include:

determining protocol types, geographic locations and signal metrics for the wireless sessions associated with the wireless devices operating in the wireless system; and

storing the protocol types, the geographic locations and the signal metrics in the session records determined for the wireless sessions.

19. The computer readable memory of claim 18, wherein the analyzing of the session records includes:

filtering the session records based on the specified geographic coverage area to obtain analytical set of the session records; and

comparing the signal metrics stored in the analytical set of the session records to a signal-to-noise ratio value to detect the service quality for the specified protocol type in the specified geographic coverage area, the signal-to-noise ratio value defined by a third user input variable.

20. The computer readable memory of claim 14, wherein the wireless system supports a plurality of protocol types, and the specified protocol type corresponds to one of the plurality of protocol types.