Wireless communication device that determines per-resource data call efficiency metrics

• US 8,614,966 B1
• Filed: 12/19/2011
• Issued: 12/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Singh, Jasinder Pal, Moll, Keith E., Vasudevan, Chandiramohan
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): La, Phong
• Application Number:
  US13/330,134
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/328, 370/329, 370/331, 370/341, 370/335, 370/338
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5067 Customer-centric QoS measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0882 Utilisation of link capacity

Abstract

A wireless communication device wirelessly initiates data calls to access data channels in a wireless network. The wireless communication device wirelessly transfers data requests indicating a plurality of Uniform Resource Locators, and in response, wirelessly receives user data over the data channels. The wireless communication device determines performance data on a per-URL basis indicating if the data requests utilize existing data channels to receive the user data or if the data requests initiate new data calls to obtain new data channels to receive the user data. The wireless communication device processes the performance data to determine data call efficiency metrics on a per-URL basis.

Claims

1. A method of operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

wirelessly initiating data calls to access data channels in a wireless network;

wirelessly transferring data requests indicating a plurality of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), and in response, wirelessly receiving user data over the data channels;

determining performance data on a per-URL basis indicating if the data requests utilize existing ones of the data channels to receive the user data or if the data requests initiate new ones of the data calls to obtain new ones of the data channels to receive the user data and indicating first amounts of the user data received over the existing data channels and second amounts of the user data received over the new data channels; and

processing the performance data to determine at least one of data call efficiency metrics and data utilization efficiency metrics on a per-URL basis.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the data call efficiency metrics comprise ratios of the new data calls to the existing data channel utilization on a per-URL basis.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the performance data further comprises determining Radio Frequency (RF) conditions for the data requests and wherein determining the data call efficiency metrics comprises adjusting the performance data to mitigate the effect of insufficient RF conditions on the data call efficiency metrics.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising wirelessly transferring the data call efficiency metrics to the wireless network.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising graphically displaying the data call efficiency metrics to a user.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the performance data further comprises determining the performance data indicating if data transmissions utilize existing ones of the data channels to send the user data or if the data transmissions initiate new ones of the data calls to obtain new ones of the data channels to send the user data and to indicate first amounts of the user data sent over the existing data channels and second amounts of the user data sent over the new data channels.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the data utilization efficiency metrics comprise ratios of the first amounts of the user data sent over the existing data channels to the second amounts of the user data sent over the new data channels on a per-URL basis.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein determining the performance data further comprises determining Radio Frequency (RF) conditions for the data transmissions and wherein determining the data utilization efficiency metrics comprises adjusting the performance data to mitigate the effect of insufficient RF conditions on the data utilization efficiency metrics.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising wirelessly transferring the data utilization efficiency metrics to the wireless network.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprising graphically displaying the data utilization efficiency metrics to a user.

11. A wireless communication device comprising:

a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly transfer data call initiation signals to access data channels in a wireless network, to wirelessly transfer data requests indicating a plurality of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), and in response, to wirelessly receive user data over the data channels;

a processing system configured to determine performance data on a per-URL basis indicating if the data requests utilize existing ones of the data channels to receive the user data or if the data requests initiate new ones of the data calls to obtain new ones of the data channels to receive the user data and indicating first amounts of the user data received over the existing data channels and second amounts of the user data received over the new data channels; and

the processing system configured to process the performance data to determine at least one of data call efficiency metrics and data utilization efficiency metrics on a per-URL basis.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the data call efficiency metrics comprise ratios of the new data calls to the existing data channel utilization on a per-URL basis.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the processing system is configured to identify Radio Frequency (RF) conditions for the data requests and to adjust the performance data to mitigate the effect of insufficient RF conditions on the data call efficiency metrics.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the processing system is configured to direct a wireless transfer of the data call efficiency metrics to the wireless network.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the processing system is configured to direct a graphic display of the data call efficiency metrics to a user.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the performance data further indicates if data transmissions utilize existing ones of the data channels to send the user data or if the data transmissions initiate new ones of the data calls to obtain new ones of the data channels to send the user data and indicates first amounts of the user data sent over the existing data channels and second amounts of the user data sent over the new data channels.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 16 wherein the data utilization efficiency metrics comprise ratios of the first amounts of the user data sent over the existing data channels to the second amounts of the user data sent over the new data channels on a per-URL basis.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 16 wherein the processing system is configured to identify Radio Frequency (RF) conditions for the data transmissions and to adjust the performance data to mitigate the effect of insufficient RF conditions on the data utilization efficiency metrics.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 16 wherein the processing system is configured to direct a wireless transfer of the data utilization efficiency metrics to the wireless network.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 16 wherein the processing system is configured to direct a graphic display of the data utilization efficiency metrics to a user.