KR101847199B1 - Apparatus and method for providing quality analysis of data service - Google Patents

Abstract

A data service quality analyzing apparatus and a quality analyzing method are disclosed.
Mobile Internet applications are likely to evolve to make the most of the intelligence of mobile operators. In order to do this, scalable (mobile) applications that can effectively measure / collect / analyze the behavioral characteristics of the entire network scalable network system is required. Accordingly, in the embodiment of the present invention, the NS (Network Sensor) function of the client terminal device measures the data service performance, thereby facilitating the management of the NS and promptly collecting and managing the data service quality. Analyzing technology, specifically, transmitting a status inquiry message to a client terminal device, and then assigning measurement target task information to a client terminal device responding to the status inquiry message, thereby realizing data service performance measurement. Technology.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING QUALITY ANALYSIS OF DATA SERVICE [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data service quality analysis technology, and more particularly, to a data service quality analysis apparatus and method suitable for analyzing a data service quality experienced by a customer from the viewpoint of a mobile carrier.

In order to actually measure the performance of the mobile network, the operator must carry the equipment necessary for the actual measurement and then move to the field and collect the data. This means that there is a time / space constraint to collect performance on-demand at the desired moment and at the desired location in the network manager's viewpoint.

In addition, because the user input environment required for measurement is extremely limited, there is a limit to analyzing statistically significant values such as the performance of the entire network.

In the future, the mobile Internet application may evolve to utilize only the intelligence of the mobile communication provider. In order to do this, a scale capable of effectively measuring / collecting / analyzing the behavioral characteristics of the entire network It is necessary to introduce a scalable network system.

1. Korean Patent No. 10-1082586, Method, Apparatus, and Storage Medium for Equipment Data Collection, Registered on November 4, 2011 2. Korean Registration No. 10-1030846, System and Method for Analysis of Service Quality Index, Registered on April 15, 2011

Accordingly, in the embodiment of the present invention, the NS (Network Sensor) function of the client terminal device measures the data service performance, thereby facilitating the management of the NS and promptly collecting and managing the data service quality. Analysis technology.

More specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, after transmitting a status query message to a client terminal device, measurement target job information is assigned to a client terminal device receiving a status inquiry confirmation message to measure actual data service performance Customer experience data service quality analysis technology.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting a data service status query message to a client terminal device group, the method comprising: A service quality management unit configured to assign measurement target job information to a specific client terminal device selected through the data service quality management unit and to transmit a data service quality measurement result corresponding to the measurement target job information to the specific client terminal unit The present invention can provide a data service quality analyzing apparatus including a measurement task scheduler for collecting data.

Here, the specific client terminal device may include a network sensor.

The specific client terminal apparatus may be connected to the performance measuring apparatus through the network sensor to measure the performance of the measurement target work information.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for transmitting a data service status query message, the method comprising: transmitting a data service status query message to a client terminal device group; selecting a client terminal device that responds to the data service status query message in the client terminal device group; The method comprising the steps of: transmitting measurement target job information to a specific client terminal device that is to be measured; and receiving a data service quality measurement result corresponding to the measurement target job information from the specific client terminal device A quality analysis method can be provided.

Here, the data service status inquiry message may be a customer profile, a geographic location, a network location, an access network type, a mobility type, And a resource state of the resource.

The data service quality measurement result may be a result of measuring the performance of the specific client terminal device in connection with the performance measurement device.

In addition, the measurement target task information may include at least one of radio quality or end-to-end network performance or client terminal capability or peer-to-peer performance or temporal, Network coverage, or spatial network coverage or Internet service capability.

In addition, the Internet service performance may include at least one of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service performance or web service performance, multimedia streaming service performance, or mobile game service performance .

In addition, the data service quality analysis method may be performed in a background environment of the client terminal device group.

In addition, a data service quality measurement program for executing the data service quality analysis method may be provided.

According to the present invention, there is provided a customer perception data service quality analysis technology that facilitates management of a network sensor by measuring data service performance through a network sensor function of a client terminal device and can immediately collect and manage data service quality, , The actual data service performance can be measured by allocating the measurement object task information to the client terminal device satisfying the changed status condition among the client terminals whose status condition is changed after transmitting the status inquiry message to the client terminal device.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile communication system including a data service quality analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a detailed block diagram of a data service quality analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart exemplarily illustrating a data service quality analysis method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. It is intended that the disclosure of the present invention be limited only by the terms of the appended claims. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the embodiments of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention of the user, the operator, or the like. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

Prior to the description of the embodiments, the present invention facilitates management of NS by allowing data service performance to be measured through a NS (Network Sensor) function of a client terminal device, and can immediately collect and manage data service quality. The object of the present invention can be easily achieved from the technical idea.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an overall configuration of a mobile communication system including a data service quality analysis apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The client terminal group 100, the network 10, the data service quality analysis apparatus 200, A performance measuring apparatus 300, and the like.

1, the client terminal apparatus group 100 may include a plurality of client terminal apparatuses 100/1 to 100 / N, and may provide a data service performance measurement service according to the embodiment of the present invention. And may include various types of client terminal devices such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a notepad, and the like.

The client terminal device group 100 may provide a broadband wireless communication service to a subscriber by interfacing with a network 10, which will be described later, with a broadband wireless connection, and may be a third generation wireless communication As well as wireless communication service environments supporting the fourth generation or higher wireless communication technologies such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) / EPC (Evolved Packet Core).

In addition, the client terminal device group 100 may provide a short-range wireless communication service to a subscriber by interfacing with a network 10, which will be described later, by a short-range wireless connection. The short-range wireless communication service may be a Wi-Fi communication service, and the client terminal group 100 may be connected to the data service quality analysis apparatus 200).

In particular, any client terminal device, for example, client terminal device 1 100/1 of the client terminal device group 100 receives a status inquiry message from the data service quality analyzer 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention And a state inquiry confirmation message may be notified to the data service quality analyzing apparatus 200 when the state inquiry message can be confirmed and the measurement subject work list is received from the data service quality analyzing apparatus 200, The quality of the data service can be measured through association with the data service 300.

That is, the data service quality measurement result is a result of measuring the performance of the client terminal apparatus 1 (100/1) connected to the performance measuring apparatus 300 to measure the task to be measured. The client terminal device 1 100/1 may serve as a network sensor (NS) according to an embodiment of the present invention. The quality can be measured.

At this time, in order to measure the data service quality, an application for network sensing or data service quality measurement may be performed in the client terminal unit 1 100/1 or in the case of a Universal Subscriber (USIM) Identity Module), and it may be preferable that such an application is performed in a background environment of the client terminal apparatus 1 (100/1). That is, the data service quality measurement object can be realized by the user so that the user can recognize or select the data service quality measurement object, but preferably the client terminal device 1 100/1 can operate the data service quality measurement processor in the background while performing other tasks.

The network 10 may include a broadband wireless communication network or a short-range wireless communication network and may be connected to the client terminal group 100 and the data service quality analysis apparatus 200, For example, a status inquiry message transmission, a status inquiry confirmation message transmission, a measurement subject work list transmission, and a data service quality measurement result transmission.

Here, the broadband wireless communication network is involved in call setup and resource allocation of the client terminal apparatus group 100. Although not shown in the drawing, a wireless network It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be practiced without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Such a broadband wireless communication network plays a role of guaranteeing the mobility of the client terminal device group 100 and can perform a function of managing handover and radio resources. The broadband wireless communication network may comprise a base station and a base station controller and may support both synchronous and asynchronous.

The short-range wireless communication network in the network 10 provides a short-range communication environment between the client terminal apparatus group 100 and the data service quality analysis apparatus 200 and includes a wireless communication environment such as Wi-Fi can do.

The data service quality analyzing apparatus 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention can manage the information of the client terminal apparatuses through a separate authentication process according to the registration request of the client terminal apparatus group 100, 100, and transmits a status query confirmation message, i.e., a response message, to the client terminal device 100 when the status inquiry message is received from the client terminal device group 100 after transmitting the status query message to the client terminal device 100. The data service quality analyzing apparatus 200 can receive the quality measurement result from the client terminal apparatus group 100 and convert it into a database.

2, the data service quality analyzing apparatus 200 includes a user interface unit 202, an M2M (Machine to Machine) interface unit 204, a data service quality managing unit 206, a database 208, A measurement task scheduler 210, and the like.

The user interface unit 202 allows the user (manager) to perform a search for client terminal devices, a quality analysis work instruction, a quality analysis job reservation, a visualization of data (a measurement target work list, a quality measurement result list, etc.) Interface environment can be provided.

The M2M interface unit 204 provides an API (Application Program Interface) environment for data service quality analysis to a user (administrator). For example, the M2M interface unit 204 includes an API environment for sharing quality analysis data or an API environment And so on.

The data service quality management unit 206 transmits a data service status query message to the client terminal device group 100 and, when receiving the status query confirmation message from the client terminal device group 100, And can select the terminal device 1 (100/1).

The database 208 is managed by the data service quality management unit 206 and can store the data service quality measurement result (measurement data) provided from the client terminal device group 100. In addition, the database 208 may store a status query message, a measurement target task list, and the like provided to the client terminal device group 100 for data service quality analysis. Such a database 208 may be a relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, DB2, Gemston, Orion, O2, Can be implemented for the purposes of the present invention using the same object-oriented database management system (OODBMS), and can have appropriate fields to achieve their functions.

The measurement job scheduler 210 allocates the measurement object job information to the client terminal apparatus 1 (100/1) selected through the data service quality management unit 206, and performs data service quality measurement corresponding to the measurement object job information And collect the result from the client terminal device 1 (100/1). This data service quality measurement result may be stored in the database 208. [

Referring again to FIG. 1, the performance measuring apparatus 300 may be connected to the client terminal apparatus group 100 through the network 10 to provide a data service performance measuring environment. For example, the performance measuring apparatus 300 can measure not only the data service performance experienced by the client but also the end-to-end network performance (for example, the maximum measurement value or the maximum measurement value) of the client terminal apparatus group 100 equipped with the network sensor function (E.g., a beacon node) for identifying a performance measurement node (e.g., available maximum performance, etc.).

Accordingly, the client terminal apparatus group 100 accesses the performance measuring apparatus 300 to determine the downlink throughput, the uplink throughput, the delay, the loss, the jitter, And so on. Here, the throughput may refer to the amount of data per unit time transmitted between the performance measuring apparatus 300 and the client terminal apparatus group 100.

Hereinafter, a data service quality analysis method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3, which is a data service quality analysis process of the data service quality analysis apparatus 200 .

3, when the client terminal device group 100 accesses the data service quality analysis apparatus 200 via the network 10 and requests registration authentication, the data service quality analysis apparatus 200 transmits the data authentication request to the data service quality analysis apparatus 200, The quality management unit 206 can register the terminal information of the client terminal group 100 in the database 208 and manage the client terminal group 100 to be registered in operation S100.

Thereafter, the data service quality management unit 206 may transmit a status query message to the client terminal device group 100 to be registered and managed (S102).

The data service status inquiry message at this time may be, for example, a customer profile or a geographic location or a network location or an access network type or a mobility type, And a resource state of the resource.

Here, the customer profile may include, for example, a profile for a private or corporate customer, or a customer's plan information.

The geographic location may also include geographic information of the client terminal device group 100, such as, for example, latitude or longitude or city information.

In addition, the network location may include, for example, a cell identification (Cell ID) or a Wi-Fi SSID (Service Set Identifier).

In addition, the access network type may include access network type information of the client terminal apparatus group 100 such as LTE or WCDMA or Wi-Fi.

In addition, the mobility type may include mobility status information of the client terminal group 100 such as a stationary state or subway or KTX or a ship, for example. Such a mobility type can utilize an actuator or a gyroscope of the client terminal group 100, and can calculate the average movement speed through receipt of GPS information to determine the mobility type. Also, it is possible to acquire a neighbor Wi-Fi AP list through Wi-Fi scanning and inquire the specific location of the AP (for example, whether it is an AP mounted in the subway or an AP mounted on the bus) The mobile type of the mobile terminal 100 can be grasped.

In addition, the resource status may include, for example, the CPU idle state or memory occupancy rate of the client terminal apparatus group 100, and the like.

When the status inquiry message is transmitted to the client terminal device group 100, the client terminal device group 100 determines whether the status inquiry message can be confirmed. If the status inquiry message can be confirmed, Message to the data service quality analysis apparatus 200. [

When the status query confirmation message is received from the client terminal device group 100 by the data service quality analysis apparatus 200 in step S104, the data service quality management unit 206 in the data service quality analysis apparatus 200 transmits a status query confirmation message The received client terminal device can be selected (S106). For example, the data service quality management unit 206 selects client terminal devices (all client terminal devices or some client terminal devices) that have sent a status inquiry confirmation message from the client terminal device group 100 to assign a data service quality measurement task I can do it.

Thereafter, the data service quality management unit 206 generates measurement target job information in association with the measurement job scheduler 210, and transmits the generated measurement target job information to the corresponding client terminal device (client terminal Device) (S108). That is, the data service quality management unit 206 requests the measurement task scheduler 210 to generate measurement task information, and can receive the measurement task information generated by the measurement task scheduler 210.

The measurement target task information at this time may be, for example, radio quality or end-to-end network performance or client terminal capability or peer-to-peer performance or temporal, And may include at least one of network coverage or spatial network coverage.

Here, the end-point network performance may be, for example, the end-point network performance from the client terminal apparatus group 100 to the performance measuring apparatus 300.

In addition, the performance of the client terminal device includes the Internet service performance. For example, the performance of the VoIP service, the web service performance (the time taken to load the web page from the client terminal device), the multimedia streaming multimedia streaming service performance (buffering time or number of times of interruption in video streaming), mobile game service performance (playback quality bodily sensation performance), and the like. That is, the performance of the client terminal device may mean a " client experience quality " of a database composed of not only hardware performance of the terminal but also network service performance such as the Internet.

The peer-to-peer capability may also include phone-to-phone network performance among each client terminal device in the client terminal group 100, for example.

In addition, the temporal network coverage may include, for example, the percentage of time that is connected to the corresponding network (e. G., Wi-Fi network) during the day.

Then, the data service quality can be measured through the quality measurement application of the measurement target client terminal device, for example, the client terminal device 2 (100/2) among the client terminal device group 100, and the measurement task scheduler 210 It can be determined whether the data service quality measurement result is received from the client terminal apparatus 2 (100/2) (S110).

When the measurement result of the data service quality is received, the measurement job scheduler 210 can transmit the data to the data service quality management unit 206. Finally, the data service quality management unit 206 can database the data service quality measurement result (S112).

Meanwhile, the data service quality analysis method of the present invention, which provides various embodiments as described above, can be implemented as a code that can be executed by a computer on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer- Or any type of recording device in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Such a computer readable recording medium may include, for example, a non-volatile memory such as a ROM, a flash memory, a magnetic storage, and the like, a volatile memory such as a RAM, The computer-executable code or program may be stored in a client terminal (or USIM) according to an embodiment of the present invention, or may be distributedly stored in a networked computer system.

In addition, although an application (or an applet) capable of performing quality measurement for data service quality analysis according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described as being stored in a recording medium in a client terminal device or a smart card, And are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, the above-mentioned information is permanently stored in a virtualization device (or server) on a network, and a multimedia terminal on which a smart card or a smart card can be mounted includes a cloud computing environment in which the above- You can do it. That is, it should be noted that the foregoing information may be stored in a virtualization device on a network, and the information may be used anytime and anywhere via a multimedia terminal, which may include a smart card or various forms of multimedia functions.

It should be noted that the applications for measuring data service quality according to the embodiment of the present invention can be utilized in the field of M2M communication supporting intelligent communication services between objects and objects so that they can be used and managed in real time anytime and anywhere have.

As described above, the embodiment of the present invention can easily manage the network sensor by measuring the data service performance through the network sensor function of the client terminal device, and can collect and manage the data service quality immediately, A quality analysis technique, specifically, a client experience that can measure actual data service performance by allocating measurement target job information to a client terminal device receiving a status inquiry confirmation message after transmitting a status query message to the client terminal device Data service quality analysis technology.

According to the present invention, a network sensor application is loaded in a client terminal device to measure the data service quality of client terminal devices in the background and to manage the measured result, so that the quality measurement of the customer perception data service can be more realistic It is expected to maximize the efficiency of the mobile application market and the customer management by providing systematically.

100: Client terminal group
200: Data service quality analysis device
202: User interface section
204: M2M interface unit
206: Data service quality management unit
208: Database
210: Measurement task scheduler
300: Performance measuring device

Claims (10)

A data service quality manager for transmitting a data service status query message to a client terminal device group and selecting a client terminal device that responds to the data service status query message in the client terminal device group;
A measurement job scheduler that allocates measurement target job information to a specific client terminal device selected through the data service quality management unit and collects a data service quality measurement result corresponding to the measurement target job information to be allocated from the specific client terminal device; / RTI >
The data service status query message includes:
A customer profile, a geographic location, a network location, an access network type, a mobility type, and a mobility type for each client terminal device included in the client terminal device group ) And a resource state,
Data service quality analysis device. The method according to claim 1,
The specific client terminal apparatus includes a network sensor
Data service quality analysis device. 3. The method of claim 2,
The specific client terminal apparatus is connected to the performance measuring apparatus through the network sensor and measures the performance of the measurement target work information
Data service quality analysis device. Transmitting a data service status query message to a client terminal device group;
Selecting a client terminal device that responds to the data service status query message in the client terminal device group;
Transmitting measurement target job information to a specific client terminal device to be selected;
And receiving a data service quality measurement result corresponding to the measurement target job information from the specific client terminal device,
The data service status query message includes:
A customer profile, a geographic location, a network location, an access network type, a mobility type, and a mobility type for each client terminal device included in the client terminal group. ) And a resource state,
A method for analyzing data service quality of a data service quality analysis device. delete 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the data service quality measurement result is a result of the performance of the specific client terminal device connected to the performance measurement device and measuring the performance of the measurement target work information
A method for analyzing data service quality of a data service quality analysis device. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the measurement target job information includes:
The wireless quality or end-to-end network performance or client terminal capability or peer-to-peer performance or temporal network coverage or spatial network coverage Or < RTI ID = 0.0 > internet service performance
A method for analyzing data service quality of a data service quality analysis device. 8. The method of claim 7,
The Internet service capability may include at least one of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service performance or web service capability or multimedia streaming service capability or mobile game service capability.
A method for analyzing data service quality of a data service quality analysis device. delete A data service quality measuring program for executing the data service quality analyzing method according to any one of claims 4 to 8.

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