Online short message service (SMS) monitoring tool

• US 7,031,733 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2002
• Issued: 04/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Company KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Communications Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Jong-A-Kiem, Raymond, Alminana, Emilio
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAN, HUY Q
• Application Number:
  US10/280,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20040082347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,271 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/418, 455/419, 455/420, 455/412.1, 455/422.1, 455/423, 455/424, 455/67.11
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

A short message service (SMS) monitoring tool in a SMS-capable core node selectively monitoring SMS communications in a wireless communications system. SMS tool commands sent as SMS messages to the SMS monitoring tool enable/disable the SMS monitoring tool; start and stop monitoring; select mobile equipment (ME) for communications monitoring; and clear stored communications data. Collected SMS data include communications statistics and performance data.

Claims

1. A short message service (SMS) monitoring tool in a SMS-capable core node of a wireless communications network, said SMS monitoring tool comprising:

means for enabling and disabling said SMS monitoring tool responsive to first selected SMS messages;

means for starting and stopping SMS communications monitoring responsive to second selected SMS messages; and

means for storing collected SMS communications statistics and performance data responsive to third selected SMS messages.

2. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 wherein said second selected SMS messages and third selected SMS messages are said first selected SMS messages.

3. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 further comprising:

means for clearing said SMS monitoring tool responsive to fourth selected SMS messages.

4. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 3 wherein said means for enabling and disabling, said means for starting and stopping and said means for storing operate responsive to said fourth selected SMS messages.

5. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 further comprising:

means for selecting one of a plurality of SMS communications devices for monitoring by said SMS monitoring tool responsive to fourth selected SMS messages.

6. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 5 wherein said means for enabling and disabling, said means for starting and stopping and said means for storing operate responsive to said fourth selected SMS messages.

7. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 further comprising:

means for selecting monitoring communications with a plurality of SMS communications devices by said SMS monitoring tool responsive to fourth selected SMS messages.

8. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 7 wherein said means for enabling and disabling, said means for starting and stopping and said means for storing operate responsive to said fourth selected SMS messages.

9. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1, wherein SMS monitoring tool has a debug mode selectively enabled and disabled by respective ones of said first selected SMS messages and said second selected SMS messages.

10. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 9, wherein said communications statistics and performance data is classified as originating from a selected wireless device, terminating in another wireless device or memory available at a terminating wireless device.

11. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1, wherein said SMS-capable core node is in a short message service center (SMSC).

12. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1, said SMS-capable core node is a service for general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN).