Traffic management system for use in mobile communications network

A method for managing call traffic in a mobile communication network comprising one or more mobile services switching centers MSC, base stations and their controllers which communicate with the MSCs, mobile subscribers communicating with the base stations for transmitting and receiving information, the method comprising the steps of

• generating, at predetermined intervals, from the MSCs for the operator, a TT file which comprises at least fields that contain at least a number A, number B, route information, charging data, such as begin and end time and pulses of the call, cell ID and a congested calls data,
• transferring predetermined fields to the traffic management system for further processing,
• summing the cell ID fields of each cell in a database to represent the number of calls in the cell in question during a specific time interval,
• displaying the number of calls as a hierarchical representation in which the highest level depicts the operator's entire mobile communication network, and the lowest level depicts a cell.

A method of managing call traffic in a mobile communications network, the method comprising the steps of:

• generating at intervals, for an operator, at least one TT (toll ticket) file which includes at least one number, a cell identification, and indicates whether a call has succeeded or failed;
• determining a number of calls in a cell;
• and
• displaying a heirarchical representation of the number calls can be shown in which the highest level depicts the operator's entire mobile communication network, and a lower level depicts a cell.