# US 2014/0192668 A1 · Methods, systems, and computer program products for distributed packet traffic performance analysis in a communication network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192668 A1 - Document ID: US20140192668A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/151,371 - Filed: 2014-01-09 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09 - Assignees: Trendium, Inc. - Applicants: Trendium, Inc. - Inventors: Sameh Yamany - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192668A1 ## CPC - H04L 43/12: Network monitoring probes - H04L 41/046: comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor - H04L 41/149: for prediction of maintenance - H04L 43/0876: Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level - H04L 43/091: Measuring contribution of individual network components to actual service level - H04L 41/5087: {wherein the managed service relates to voice services (management of VoIP services H04M7/0081)} - H04L 41/509: {wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV} - H04L 43/0829: Packet loss - H04L 43/0852: Delays - H04L 43/087: Jitter - H04L 43/0882: Utilisation of link capacity - H04L 43/0888: Throughput - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Network packet traffic in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network is analyzed by associating a micro network access agent with a single network element in the LTE network and performing packet traffic analysis for packet traffic processed by the single network element using the micro network access agent. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: associating a micro network access agent with a single network element in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network; and performing packet traffic analysis for packet traffic processed by the single network element using the micro network access agent. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: communicating the packet traffic analysis to a network management system for the LTE network. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the single network element comprises one of an eNode B element, Mobility Management Entity (MME) element, Home Subscriber Server (HSS) element, Serving Gateway (SGW) element, and Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein performing packet traffic analysis comprises analyzing a performance metric for the single network element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the performance metric comprises one of traffic throughput, traffic capacity, packet loss, packet latency, packet jitter, base station handover efficiency, voice quality, and video quality. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein associating the micro network access agent with the single network element comprises associating a plurality of micro network access agents with a plurality of network elements, respectively, in the LTE network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: tagging a packet that is part of the packet traffic at a first one of the plurality of network elements using the micro network access agent that is associated therewith; and analyzing the packet that was tagged at a second one of the plurality of network elements using the micro network access agent that is associated therewith. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: communicating a packet analysis alert from a first one of the plurality of micro network access agents associated with a first one of the plurality of network elements to a network management system for the LTE network; and receiving at a second one of the plurality of micro network access agents associated with a second one of the plurality of network elements a directive to analyze certain packets originated from the first one of the plurality of network elements, the directive being received from the network management system for the LTE network. ### Claim 9 A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code embodied in the memory that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising: associating a micro network access agent with a single network element in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network; and performing packet traffic analysis for packet traffic processed by the single network element using the micro network access agent. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise: communicating the packet traffic analysis to a network management system for the LTE network. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the single network element comprises one of an eNode B element, Mobility Management Entity (MME) element, Home Subscriber Server (HSS) element, Serving Gateway (SGW) element, and Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 wherein performing packet traffic analysis comprises analyzing a performance metric for the single network element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the performance metric comprises one of traffic throughput, traffic capacity, packet loss, packet latency, packet jitter, base station handover efficiency, voice quality, and video quality. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein associating the micro network access agent with the single network element comprises associating a plurality of micro network access agents with a plurality of network elements, respectively, in the LTE network. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise: tagging a packet that is part of the packet traffic at a first one of the plurality of network elements using the micro network access agent that is associated therewith; and analyzing the packet that was tagged at a second one of the plurality of network elements using the micro network access agent that is associated therewith. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise: communicating a packet analysis alert from a first one of the plurality of micro network access agents associated with a first one of the plurality of network elements to a network management system for the LTE network; and receiving at a second one of the plurality of micro network access agents associated with a second one of the plurality of network elements a directive to analyze certain packets originated from the first one of the plurality of network elements, the directive being received from the network management system for the LTE network. ### Claim 17 A computer program product, comprising: a tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied in the medium that when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising: associating a micro network access agent with a single network element in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network; and performing packet traffic analysis for packet traffic processed by the single network element using the micro network access agent. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise: communicating the packet traffic analysis to a network management system for the LTE network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the single network element comprises one of an eNode B element, Mobility Management Entity (MME) element, Home Subscriber Server (HSS) element, Serving Gateway (SGW) element, and Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) element. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The computer program product of claim 17 wherein performing packet traffic analysis comprises analyzing a performance metric for the single network element. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the performance metric comprises one of traffic throughput, traffic capacity, packet loss, packet latency, packet jitter, base station handover efficiency, voice quality, and video quality. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The computer program product of claim 17, wherein associating the micro network access agent with the single network element comprises associating a plurality of micro network access agents with a plurality of network elements, respectively, in the LTE network. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The computer program product of. Claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise: tagging a packet that is part of the packet traffic at a first one of the plurality of network elements using the micro network access agent that is associated therewith; and analyzing the packet that was tagged at a second one of the plurality of network elements using the micro network access agent that is associated therewith. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise: communicating a packet analysis alert from a first one of the plurality of micro network access agents associated with a first one of the plurality of network elements to a network management system for the LTE network; and receiving at a second one of the plurality of micro network access agents associated with a second one of the plurality of network elements a directive to analyze certain packets originated from the first one of the plurality of network elements, the directive being received from the network management system for the LTE network.