US 2006/0125619 A1 · Method and system for monitoring the quality of service in telecommunication networks, components and computer products thereof

Abstract

To measure the quality of service at the application level in a telecommunication network (N), a function (A) is provided for carrying out sessions at the application level on said network (N). Through this activation function (A), sessions are then carried out, measuring (F) and also storing (HK in a set of points (S1, . . . , Sk, Sn) of the network (N) data indicative of the behavior of said network. The possible occurrence of critical situations relating to quality of service is verified (B) and, upon the occurrence of a said critical situation, a trigger signal (Trigger) is generated. By effect of the generation of said trigger signal, the data indicative of the behavior of the network measured and stored in the aforesaid set of points of the network (N) are collected in centralised fashion (H). The data thus collected are indicative of the end-to-end quality of service of the network (N) itself. Preferential application to packet networks like mobile telephony network such as GPRS or UMTS networks.

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Dependent claims

Method for measuring quality of service at the application level in a telecommunication network (N), characterised in that it comprises the steps of:

providing an activation function (A) for carrying out sessions at the application level on said network (N),
carrying out a session by means of said function (A), by measuring (F) and storing (Hk), in a set of points (S1, . . . , Sk, . . . , Sn) of said network (N), data indicative of the behaviour of said network and verifying (B) an emergence of a critical situation in relation to said quality of service,
generating a trigger signal (Trigger) when said critical situation emerges, and
collecting (H), by effect of the generation of said trigger signal, said data indicative of the behaviour of the network measured and stored in said set of points of the network (N), the data thus collected being indicative of the quality of service of the network (N) itself.

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System for measuring the quality of service at the application level in a telecommunication network (N), characterised in that it comprises:

at least one activating apparatus (A) for carrying out sessions at the application level on said network (N),
at least one monitoring apparatus (S1, . . . , Sk, . . . , Sn) to measure (F) and store (Hk) in a set of points (S1, . . . , Sk, . . . , Sn) of said network (N) data indicative of the behaviour of said network,
at least one testing apparatus (B) to test for the occurrence of critical situations related to said quality of service and to generate, at the emergence of a said critical situation, a warning signal (Trigger), and
a collecting apparatus (H) to collect, by effect of the generation of said trigger signal, said data indicative of the behaviour of the network measured and stored in said set of points of the network (N), the data thus collected being indicative of the quality of the network (N) itself.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for monitoring the quality of service in telecommunication networks, components and computer products thereof

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Method and system for monitoring the quality of service in telecommunication networks, components and computer products thereof

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