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).
Claims17
A method for tuning packet trains in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first packet train through a radio access network, from a first user equipment device to a network device belonging to a backbone data network associated with a first carrier;
- transmitting a second packet train, through said radio access network, from a second user equipment device to a network device belonging to a backbone data network associated with a second carrier, wherein the second carrier is different than the first carrier and the first and second carriers share said radio access network;
- controlling, via a central server, said transmitting from the first user equipment device and the second user equipment device;
- tuning the first packet train to a first radio bearer configuration of the first carrier;
- and
- tuning the second packet train to a second radio bearer configuration of the second carrier,
- wherein the first packet train and the second packet train are tuned to account for changes in a radio environment.
A system for tuning packet trains in a wireless network, the system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- transmit a first packet train through a radio access network, from a first user equipment device to a network device belonging to a backbone data network associated with a first carrier;
- transmit a second packet train through said radio access network, from a second user equipment device to a network device belonging to a backbone data network associated with a second carrier, wherein the second carrier is different than the first carrier and the first and second carriers share said radio access network;
- control, via a central server, said transmitting from the first user equipment device and the second user equipment device;
- tune the first packet train to a first radio bearer configuration of the first carrier;
- and
- tune the second packet train to a second radio bearer configuration of the second carrier,
- wherein the first packet train and the second packet train are tuned to account for changes in a radio environment.
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:
- transmit a first packet train through a radio access network, from a first user equipment device to a network device belonging to a backbone data network associated with a first carrier;
- transmit a second packet train through said radio access network, from a second user equipment device to a network device belonging to a backbone data network associated with second carrier, wherein the second carrier is different than the first carrier and the first and second carriers share said radio access network;
- control, via a central server, said transmitting from the first user equipment device and the second user equipment device;
- tune the first packet train to a first radio bearer configuration of the first carrier;
- and
- tune the second packet train to a second radio bearer configuration of the second carrier,
- wherein the first packet train and the second packet train are tuned to account for changes in a radio environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.