Time integration of active-mode events and idle-mode events into communication data records

• US 8,880,070 B1
• Filed: 11/07/2012
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Evans, Mark, Jintaseranee, Kosol, Choi, Heesook, Janakiraman, Krishna
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhattacharya, Sam
• Application Number:
  US13/671,107
• Time in Patent Office: 727 Days
• Field of Search: 455/433, 455/435.1, 455/436, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/005 Multiple registrations, e.g. multihoming
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states

Abstract

In a wireless communication system, a first wireless communication network exchanges data with wireless communication devices that are in active-mode on the first wireless communication network. The first network generates active-mode event records characterizing the data exchanges. A second wireless communication network receives registration messages from the wireless communication devices that are in idle-mode on the second wireless communication network. The second network generates corresponding idle-mode event records characterizing the idle-mode registrations. A data processing system integrates the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records into integrated communication data records that correlate the active-mode events and the idle-mode events by their corresponding event times.

Claims

1. A method of operating a wireless communication system that serves a plurality of wireless communication devices, the method comprising:

in a first wireless communication network, exchanging data with ones of the wireless communication devices that are in active-mode on the first wireless communication network and generating corresponding active-mode event records characterizing the data exchanges;

in a second wireless communication network, receiving registration messages transferred by ones of the wireless communication devices that are in idle-mode on the second wireless communication network and generating corresponding idle-mode event records characterizing the idle-mode registrations; and

in a data processing system, integrating the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records into integrated communication data records that correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records by their corresponding event times.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the integrated communication data records indicate numbers of the wireless communication devices in idle-mode per time on the first wireless communication network and numbers of the wireless communication devices in active-mode per time on the first wireless communication network.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records to their corresponding wireless communication devices.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records to their corresponding wireless access systems.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records to their corresponding wireless access sectors.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records to their corresponding network switching systems.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate active-mode data messaging event records with the idle-mode event records.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate active-mode voice calling event records with the idle-mode event records.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the registration messages comprises monitoring user traffic channels in the second wireless communication network to detect the registration messages.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the first wireless communication network comprises a 1xRTT network and the second wireless communication network comprises at least one of a Long Term Evolution network and an Evolution Data Only network.

11. A wireless communication system that serves a plurality of wireless communication devices comprising:

a first wireless communication network configured to exchange data with ones of the wireless communication devices that are in active-mode on the first wireless communication network and to generate corresponding active-mode event records characterizing the data exchanges;

a second wireless communication network configured to receive registration messages transferred by ones of the wireless communication devices that are in idle-mode on the second wireless communication network and to generate corresponding idle-mode event records characterizing the idle-mode registrations; and

a data processing system configured to integrate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records into integrated communication data records that correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records by their corresponding event times.

12. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the integrated communication data records indicate numbers of the wireless communication devices in idle-mode per time on the first wireless communication network and numbers of the wireless communication devices in active-mode per time on the first wireless communication network.

13. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records to their corresponding wireless communication devices.

14. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records to their corresponding wireless access systems.

15. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records to their corresponding wireless access sectors.

16. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the integrated communication data records correlate the active-mode event records and the idle-mode event records to their corresponding network switching systems.

17. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the integrated communication data records integrate active-mode data messaging event records with the idle-mode event records.

18. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the integrated communication data records integrate active-mode voice calling event records with the idle-mode event records.

19. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the second wireless communication network is configured to receive the registration messages by monitoring user traffic channels to detect the registration messages.

20. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the first wireless communication network comprises a 1xRTT network and the second wireless communication network comprises at least one of a Long Term Evolution network and an Evolution Data Only network.