Method of managing trace sessions in a network and trace session management system
AssigneesNEC Corporation, NEC Technologies (UK) Ltd, NEC Europe Ltd.
InventorsHisashi Futaki, Caroline Jactat, Giorgio Nunzi
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Abstract
A method of managing trace sessions in a network, wherein each trace session is assigned a Trace ID and a specific trace collection entity TCE (5) from a plurality of TCEs (5) disposed inside the network for storing the related measurements of the trace session, is characterized in the steps of partitioning the space of the Trace ID such that each partition is associated to one or more of the plurality of TCEs (5), encoding a partition ID inside the Trace ID, and mapping the partition ID to a specific TCE (5) from the plurality of TCEs (5). Furthermore, a corresponding trace session management system is described.
Claims17
Method of managing trace sessions in a network, wherein each trace session is assigned a Trace ID and a specific trace collection entity TCE (5) from a plurality of TCEs (5) disposed inside said network for storing the related measurements of said trace session, characterized in the steps of
- partitioning the space of the Trace ID such that each partition is associated to one or more of said plurality of TCEs (5),
- encoding a partition ID inside said Trace ID, and
- mapping said partition ID to a specific TCE (5) from said plurality of TCEs (5).
Trace session management system, comprising:
- at least one network entity configured to activate trace sessions with an assigned Trace ID,
- one or more UEs performing tracing, and
- a plurality of TCEs (5) storing trace session measurements from said UEs, characterized in that the system further comprises processing means configured
- to partition the space of the Trace ID such that each partition is associated to one or more of said plurality of TCEs,
- to encode a partition ID inside said Trace ID, and
- to map said partition ID to a specific TCE (5) from said plurality of TCEs (5).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.