Communication system and communication management method

A communication system, which is configured to collect information from a plurality of terminal apparatus, the communication system comprising:

• an access system including a base station apparatus configured to wirelessly receive information from the plurality of the terminal apparatus, and an edge apparatus configured to copy at least a portion of user data from a signal received by the base station apparatus;
• a user data system including a mobile core apparatus configured to receive via the edge apparatus a signal transmitted from the base station apparatus;
• and
• a monitoring system including a packet analysis apparatus configured to analyze traffic used by each of the plurality of the terminal apparatus from the user data copied by the edge apparatus, a wireless quality calculation module configured to calculate a wireless quality between the base station apparatus and each of the plurality of the terminal apparatus, and
• a visualization unit configured to visualize a usage situation of a wireless resource based on calculation using information collected from the packet analysis apparatus, the mobile core apparatus, and the wireless quality calculation module,
• the visualization unit being configured to output data for displaying the usage situation of the wireless resource from an arrangement of the plurality of the terminal apparatus, the calculated wireless quality, and the analyzed traffic,
• wherein, a specific one of the plurality of the terminal apparatus executes a measurement mode of transmitting a dummy packet during a silent period in which the plurality of the terminal apparatus temporarily stop transmission of packets, and
• wherein the wireless quality calculation module included in the packet analysis apparatus is configured to measure the wireless quality by using the dummy packet.

A method of managing communication in a communication system,

• the communication system having an access system including a plurality of the terminal apparatus which are transmission sources of information, a base station apparatus configured to wirelessly receive information from the plurality of the terminal apparatus, and an edge apparatus configured to copy at least a portion of user data from a signal received by the base station apparatus;
• a user data system including a mobile core apparatus configured to receive via the edge apparatus a signal transmitted from the base station apparatus, and a computer configured to receive the user data to perform processing by using an application;
• and
• a monitoring system including a packet analysis apparatus configured to analyze the user data copied by the edge apparatus, a wireless quality calculation module configured to calculate a wireless quality between the base station apparatus and each of the plurality of the terminal apparatus, and a visualization unit configured to visualize a usage situation of a wireless resource based on calculation using information collected from the packet analysis apparatus, the mobile core apparatus, and the wireless quality calculation module,
• the communication management method comprising steps of:
• analyzing, by the packet analysis apparatus, traffic used by each of the plurality of the terminal apparatus from the user data;
• calculating, by the wireless quality calculation module, the wireless quality between the base station apparatus and each of the plurality of the terminal apparatus;
• and
• outputting, by the visualization unit, data for displaying the usage situation of the wireless resource from an arrangement of the plurality of the terminal apparatus, the calculated wireless quality, and the analyzed traffic,
• wherein the wireless quality calculation module includes a wireless simulator configured to calculate a future wireless quality between the base station apparatus and each of the plurality of the terminal apparatus by using a three-dimensional model of a future environment, position information on the base station apparatus, and position information on each of the plurality of the terminal apparatus, and
• wherein the communication management method further comprises a step of outputting, by the visualization unit, data for visualizing a current usage situation of the wireless resource and a future usage situation of the wireless resource.