Method for communication network performance analysis

• US 7,535,849 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2002
• Issued: 05/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Steffens, Wolfgang, Laiho, Jaana
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad; Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROBERTS, BRIAN S
• Application Number:
  US10/518,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20050254501A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,519 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/241.1
• 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 the network, a2) positions of the terminals, and a3) establishment of the requested service for the terminals, b) matching, based on the position information, the information to a grid of unit areas, the grid of unit areas representing a geographical region in which the network is operated, c) processing the information per unit area, d) outputting the processed information and e) modifying communication network operating parameters based on the outputted processed information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

acquiring and storing information related to

service requests issued by terminals attached to a network,

positions of said requesting terminals, and

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 logically combining said service request information and said success information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

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

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said processing comprises summing said at least one service attribute parameter.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said summed at least one service attribute parameter is divided by the time period defined by said selected time window.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said processing comprises:

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.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said acquired information is stored for a predetermined time.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said processing comprises filtering said stored information using a selectable time window.

8. An apparatus,

configured to acquire and store information related to

service requests issued by terminals attached to a network,

positions of said requesting terminals, and

establishment of the requested service for said terminals;

configured to match, 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;

configured to process said information per unit area; and

configured to output 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 logically combining said service request information and said success information.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said processing of said information comprises summing said at least one service attribute parameter.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said summed at least one service attribute parameter is divided by the time period defined by said selected time window.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

sort 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

select one of said information sets, according to the service attribute, to be output.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said acquired information is stored for a predetermined time.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said processing of said information comprises filtering said stored information using a selectable time window.