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).
Claims23
A method for generating un-synchronized packet trains to be transmitted over a common radio access network shared by multiple wireless carriers in a wireless network, between user equipment devices and a network device operating in the wireless network, the method comprising:
- generating a transmission pattern, wherein the transmission pattern comprises a first time indicating when a first user equipment device associated with a first wireless carrier transmits a first packet train associated with the first user equipment device and a second time indicating when a second user equipment device associated with a second wireless carrier transmits a second packet train associated with the second user equipment device, wherein the second time occurs after the first time;
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- communicating the transmission pattern to the first user equipment device and the second user equipment device, such that:
- the first packet train is transmitted by the first user equipment device over the common radio access network to a first network device, based on the first time in the transmission pattern;
- the second packet train is transmitted by the second user equipment device over the common radio access network to a second network device, based on the second time in the transmission pattern;
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- the first packet train and the second packet train are un-synchronized.
A system for generating un-synchronized packet trains to be transmitted over a common radio access network shared by multiple wireless carriers in a wireless network, between user equipment devices and a network device operating in the wireless network, the system comprising:
- a server comprising one or more processors configured to:
- generate a transmission pattern, wherein the transmission pattern comprises a first time indicating when a first user equipment device associated with a first wireless carrier transmits a first packet train associated with the first user equipment device and a second time indicating when a second user equipment device associated with a second wireless carrier transmits a second packet train associated with the second user equipment device, wherein the second time occurs after the first time;
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- communicate the transmission pattern to the first user equipment device and the second user equipment device, such that:
- the first packet train is transmitted by the first user equipment device over the common radio access network to a first network device, based on the first time in the transmission pattern;
- the second packet train is transmitted by the second user equipment device over the common radio access network to a second network device, based on the second time in the transmission pattern;
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- the first packet train and the second packet train are un-synchronized.
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:
- generate a transmission pattern, wherein the transmission pattern comprises a first time indicating when a first user equipment device associated with a first wireless carrier transmits a first packet train associated with the first user equipment device and a second time indicating when a second user equipment device associated with a first wireless carrier transmits a second packet train associated with the second user equipment device, wherein the second time occurs after the first time and the first wireless carrier and the second wireless share a common radio access network;
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- communicate the transmission pattern to the first user equipment device and the second user equipment device, such that:
- the first packet train is transmitted by the first user equipment device over the common radio access network to a first network device, based on the first time in the transmission pattern;
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- the second packet train is transmitted by the second user equipment device over the common radio access network to a second network device, based on the second time in the transmission pattern;
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- the first packet train and the second packet train are un-synchronized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.