Systems and Methods for Measuring Available Bandwidth in Mobile Telecommunications Networks
AssigneeAscom Network Testing AB
InventorsAnders Hedlund, David Degerfeldt
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Abstract
A network device receives probe packets communicated by a user equipment device. The network device communicates response packets back to the user equipment device, including timestamps, and/or other information. The user equipment device may be configured to test the performance of different portions of a wireless network (i.e., determine an available bandwidth measurement throughput (ABMT) of the wireless network) by accessing different network devices (or information associated with different network devices).
Claims18
A method for determining load in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- measuring a queuing delay associated with an existing packet train, wherein the queuing delay comprises a time that the existing packet train has been queued on a network device prior to sending a new packet train;
- determining whether the queuing delay exceeds a queue time threshold;
- when the queuing delay exceeds the queue time threshold, determining that a high load exists on the network device;
- and
- when the high load exists on the network device, performing an action to ease the high load on the network device.
A system for determining load in a wireless network, the system comprising:
- a processing device comprising one or more processors configured to:
- measure a queuing delay associated with an existing packet train, wherein the queuing delay comprises a time that the existing packet train has been queued on a network device prior to sending a new packet train;
- determine whether the queuing delay exceeds a queue time threshold;
- when the queuing delay exceeds the queue time threshold, determine that a high load exists on the network device;
- and
- when the high load exists on the network device, perform an action to ease the high load on the network device.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having one or more computer-readable instructions thereon which when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
- measure a queuing delay associated with an existing packet train, wherein the queuing delay comprises a time that the existing packet train has been queued on a network device prior to sending a new packet train;
- determine whether the queuing delay exceeds a queue time threshold;
- when the queuing delay exceeds the queue time threshold, determine that a high load exists on the network device;
- and
- when the high load exists on the network device, perform an action to ease the high load on the network device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.