CN110365548B

CN110365548B - Network performance measuring method and device

Info

Publication number: CN110365548B
Application number: CN201810319794.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 涂贵红; 王耕
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-04-10
Filing date: 2018-04-10
Publication date: 2023-06-20
Anticipated expiration: 2038-04-10
Also published as: CN110365548A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a network performance measurement method and a device thereof, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that first test equipment receives a session measurement request from a test session control network element, wherein the session measurement request comprises measurement demand information and session indication information, and the session indication information is used for indicating a session to be measured as a test session; the first test equipment measures network performance of the session to be measured according to the measurement demand information; and under the condition that the session to be measured is ended, the first test equipment sends first network performance measurement data to a network detection central control server. By adopting the embodiment of the application, the network performance measurement of the IMS network can be realized.

Description

Network performance measuring method and device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a network performance measuring method and a device thereof.

Background

The internet protocol (internet protocol, IP) multimedia subsystem (IP multimedia subsystem, IMS) is a form of multimedia service, which can meet the requirements of terminal clients for newer and more diversified multimedia services, and can solve the problem of integration of mobile and fixed networks, and introduce differentiated services such as triple integration of voice, data and video. The main feature of IMS is the use of session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP), independent of access and bearer technologies.

Network performance measurement generally refers to obtaining performance parameters and server instruction parameters of a network product or an operating network through measurement means or measurement tools in a scientific method, such as availability, error rate, throughput, packet loss rate, disorder rate, network delay, and the like.

The network performance of an IMS network is dynamically changing as a result of network infrastructure and network traffic interactions, and how to measure network performance for an IMS network is a challenge.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present application is to provide a network performance measurement method and device, which can implement network performance measurement of an IMS network.

An embodiment of the present application provides a network performance measurement method, including: the first test equipment receives a session measurement request from a test session control network element, wherein the session measurement request comprises measurement demand information and session indication information, and the session indication information is used for indicating a session to be measured as a test session; the first test equipment performs network performance measurement on the session to be measured according to the measurement demand information; and under the condition that the session to be measured is ended, the first test equipment sends first network performance measurement data to the network detection central control server.

In the first aspect, the first test device measures network performance of the session to be measured through measurement requirement information, and sends first network performance measurement data to the network probe central control server under the condition that the session with measurement is ended, so that network performance measurement of the IMS network is achieved.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the session measurement request is a two-party call measurement request, and the session indication information is used to indicate that a two-party call to be measured between the first test device and the second test device is a test session. In the case that the session measurement request is a two-party call measurement request, network performance measurement of two-party calls in the IMS network can be realized by the method provided by the first aspect; communication charging can be avoided by indicating the test session by the session indication information.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first test device establishes a two-party call to be measured through the test session control network element, that is, establishes a two-party call to be measured between the first test device and the second test device, so that the first test device and the second test device perform network performance measurement on the two-party call to be measured.

Under the condition that the session to be measured is a two-party call to be measured, the first test equipment and the second test equipment are terminal equipment, one is calling terminal equipment, and the other is called terminal equipment.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the session measurement request is a conference measurement request, and the session indication information is used to indicate that a conference to be measured between the first test device and the second test device is a test session. In the case that the session measurement request is a conference measurement request, the network performance measurement of the conference service in the IMS network can be realized by the method provided in the first aspect; communication charging can be avoided by indicating the test session by the session indication information.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first test device joins the conference to be measured, so that the first test device performs network performance measurement on the conference to be measured.

In case the session to be measured is a conference to be measured, the first test device is a terminal device and the second test device is a multipoint control unit (multipoint control unit, MCU).

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first test device ends the session to be measured in a case of receiving a first measurement stop notification message from the test session control network element.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first test device ends the session to be measured if the measurement time reaches a measurement duration included in the measurement requirement information.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first test device ends the session to be measured in a case that a normal call service is initiated or received.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first test device sends a probe registration request to the network probing center control server to register a network probe of the first test device on the network probing center control server. The first test device may send a probe registration request to the network probe central control server before receiving the session measurement request. The second test device sends a probe registration request to the network probe central control server before making the network performance measurement.

The probe registration request may include information such as network probe identity, network probe type, network probe version, network access type, network probe status, and network probe location information.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first test device sends probe information to the network probe central control server, where the probe information includes a network probe identifier, a network probe type, and a network probe state. The first test device may send probe information to the network probe central control server when its network probe state changes, or periodically send probe information to the network probe central control server. And similarly, the second test equipment sends probe information to the network probe central control server.

A second aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a network performance measurement method, including: the network detection central control server sends a network performance measurement request to the test session control network element, wherein the network performance measurement request is used for requesting the test session control network element to trigger the first test equipment and the second test equipment to measure the network performance of the session to be measured; in the event that the session to be measured is over, the network probing center server receives first network performance measurement data from the first test device and second network performance measurement data from the second test device.

In a second aspect, the network probing center control server requests the test session control network element to trigger the first test device and the second test device to perform network performance measurement on a session to be measured by sending a network performance measurement request to the test session control network element, so as to receive first network performance measurement data from the first test device and second network performance measurement data from the second test device, so that the network probing center control server analyzes the network performance measurement data reported by the first test device and the second test device, and generates a measurement report for an administrator to review.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the network performance measurement request is a two-party call network performance measurement request, where the two-party call network performance measurement request includes device information of the first test device, device information of the second test device, and measurement requirement information, so that the test session control network element triggers the first test device and the second test device to perform network performance measurement on a two-party call to be measured.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the network performance measurement request is a conference network performance measurement request, where the conference network performance measurement request includes a conference identifier of a conference to be measured, a list of test devices participating in the conference to be measured, an identifier of a second test device, and measurement requirement information, so that the test session control network element triggers the first test device and the second test device to perform network performance measurement on the conference to be measured.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the network probing central control server sends a second measurement stopping notification message to the test session control network element, where the second measurement stopping notification message is used to request the test session control network element to trigger ending of the session to be measured.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the second stop measurement notification message includes device information of the first test device and device information of the second test device, so that the test session control network element determines which pair of test devices is triggered to end the session; or the second stop measurement notification message comprises a conference identification of the conference to be measured, so that the test session control network element determines which conference to be measured is triggered to end the session.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the network probe central control server receives a probe registration request from the first test device, so that the network probe central control server registers the network probe. Wherein the probe registration request includes network probe identification, network probe type, network probe version, network access type, network probe status, and network probe location information.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the network probe central control server receives probe information from the first test device, so that the network probe central control server knows the state of the network probe. The probe information comprises a network probe identification, a network probe type and a network probe state.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a network performance measurement method, including: the test session control network element receives a network performance measurement request from a network detection central control server; and the test session control network element triggers the first test equipment and the second test equipment to measure the network performance of the session to be measured according to the network performance measurement request.

In a third aspect, under the condition that a network performance measurement request is received, a test session control network element triggers a first test device and a second test device to perform network performance measurement on a session to be measured, so as to implement network performance measurement on an IMS network.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the network performance measurement request is a two-party call network performance measurement request, where the two-party call network performance measurement request includes device information of the first test device, device information of the second test device, and measurement requirement information, so that the test session control network element triggers the first test device and the second test device to perform network performance measurement on a two-party call to be measured.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the test session control network element sends a two-party call measurement request to the first test device according to the network performance measurement request, where the two-party call measurement request includes measurement requirement information and session indication information, where the session indication information is used to indicate that a two-party call to be measured between the first test device and the second test device is a test session, and the two-party call measurement request is used by the first test device to perform network performance measurement for the two-party call to be measured.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the network performance measurement request is a conference network performance measurement request, where the conference network performance measurement request includes a conference identifier of a conference to be measured, a list of test devices participating in the conference to be measured, an identifier of a second test device, and measurement requirement information, so that the test session control network element triggers the first test device and the second test device to perform network performance measurement on the conference to be measured.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the test session control network element establishes a conference to be measured between the first test device and the second test device; the test session control network element sends a conference measurement request to the first test device and the second test device, wherein the conference measurement request comprises measurement requirement information and session indication information, the session indication information is used for indicating that a conference to be measured is a test session, and the conference measurement request is used for requesting the first test device and the second test device to measure network performance of the conference to be measured.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the test session control network element triggers ending of the session to be measured in a case of receiving a second measurement stop notification message from the network probing central control server.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the second stop measurement notification message includes device information of the first test device and device information of the second test device, so that the test session control network element determines which pair of test devices is triggered to end the session.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the test session control network element sends a first measurement stop notification message to the first test device, where the first measurement stop notification message is used to notify the first test device to end the two-party call to be measured.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the second measurement-stop notification message includes a conference identifier of the conference to be measured, so that the test session control network element determines which conference to be measured is triggered to end the session.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the test session control network element sends a first measurement stop notification message to the first test device and the second test device, where the first measurement stop notification message is used to notify the first test device and the second test device to end the conference to be measured.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a first test apparatus having a function of implementing the method provided in the first aspect. The functions may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more units corresponding to the above functions.

In one possible implementation, the first test device includes: a receiving and transmitting unit and a processing unit. The receiving and transmitting unit is used for receiving a session measurement request from the test session control network element, wherein the session measurement request comprises measurement demand information and session indication information, and the session indication information is used for indicating a session to be measured as a test session; the processing unit is used for measuring network performance of the session to be measured according to the measurement demand information; and the receiving and transmitting unit is also used for transmitting the first network performance measurement data to the network detection central control server under the condition that the session to be measured is ended.

In one possible implementation, the first test device includes: the terminal device comprises a processor, a transceiver and a memory, wherein the transceiver is used for receiving and sending information, the memory stores computer-executable instructions, the processor is connected with the memory and the transceiver through a bus, and the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory so as to enable the terminal device to execute the following operations: receiving a session measurement request from a test session control network element, wherein the session measurement request comprises measurement demand information and session indication information, and the session indication information is used for indicating a session to be measured as a test session; according to the measurement demand information, measuring the network performance of the session to be measured; and sending the first network performance measurement data to the network detection central control server under the condition that the session to be measured is ended.

Based on the same inventive concept, since the principle and the beneficial effects of the first test device for solving the problem can be referred to the method described in the first aspect and the beneficial effects brought thereby, the implementation of the first test device can be referred to the implementation of the method, and the repetition is not repeated.

A fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a network probe central control server, where the network probe central control server has a function of implementing the method provided in the second aspect. The functions may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more units corresponding to the above functions.

In one possible implementation, the network probing center control server includes: and a transmitting/receiving unit. The receiving and transmitting unit is used for sending a network performance measurement request to the test session control network element, wherein the network performance measurement request is used for requesting the test session control network element to trigger the first test equipment and the second test equipment to measure the network performance of the session to be measured; the transceiver unit is further configured to receive first network performance measurement data from the first test device and second network performance measurement data from the second test device when the session to be measured ends.

In one possible implementation, the network probing center control server includes: the terminal device comprises a processor, a transceiver and a memory, wherein the transceiver is used for receiving and sending information, the memory stores computer-executable instructions, the processor is connected with the memory and the transceiver through a bus, and the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory so as to enable the terminal device to execute the following operations: sending a network performance measurement request to the test session control network element, wherein the network performance measurement request is used for requesting the test session control network element to trigger the first test equipment and the second test equipment to measure the network performance of the session to be measured; in the event that the session to be measured ends, first network performance measurement data from the first test device and second network performance measurement data from the second test device are received.

Based on the same inventive concept, the principle and the beneficial effects of the solution of the problem of the network detection central control server can be referred to the method described in the second aspect and the beneficial effects brought thereby, so that the implementation of the network detection central control server can be referred to the implementation of the method, and the repetition is omitted.

A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a test session control network element, where the test session control network element has a function of implementing the method provided by the third aspect. The functions may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more units corresponding to the above functions.

In one possible implementation, the test session control network element includes: a receiving and transmitting unit and a processing unit. The receiving and transmitting unit is used for receiving a network performance measurement request from the network detection central control server; and the processing unit is used for triggering the first test equipment and the second test equipment to measure the network performance according to the network performance measurement request.

In one possible implementation, the test session control network element includes: the terminal device comprises a processor, a transceiver and a memory, wherein the transceiver is used for receiving and sending information, the memory stores computer-executable instructions, the processor is connected with the memory and the transceiver through a bus, and the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory so as to enable the terminal device to execute the following operations: receiving a network performance measurement request from a network detection central control server; triggering the first test equipment and the second test equipment to measure the network performance of the session to be measured according to the network performance measurement request.

Based on the same inventive concept, as the principle and the beneficial effects of the test session control network element for solving the problem can be referred to the method described in the third aspect and the beneficial effects brought thereby, the implementation of the test session control network element can be referred to the implementation of the method, and the repetition is not repeated.

A seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

An eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the second aspect described above.

A ninth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the third aspect described above.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network architecture of a conventional network performance measurement method;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a two-party call in an IMS network;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a conference service in an IMS network;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a network performance measurement method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flow chart of a network performance measurement method according to a second embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a flow chart of a network performance measurement method according to the third embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a flow chart of a network performance measurement method according to a fourth embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic logic structure diagram of a network performance measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a simplified schematic diagram of a physical structure of a network performance measurement device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The names or terms related to the embodiments of the present application will be explained below.

The network probe refers to a probe for intercepting a network data packet, and can capture, filter, analyze and the like the network data packet. The network data packets may be data packets actually transmitted in the network or virtual data packets, and these data packets are used for network performance measurement. These packets may be multimedia packets, user datagram protocol (user datagram protocol, UDP) packets, real-time transport protocol (real-time transport protocol, RTP) packets, etc.

The network detection central control server is used for network probe registration and state management, measurement task management, measurement strategy management, collection and analysis of measurement result data, display of analysis results and the like. It should be noted that the name of the network probing center server is not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

The test session control network element can provide a capability interface for the network probing center control server. The test session control network element comprises at least one of a call session control function network element and a conference application server (application server, AS). It should be noted that the name of the test session control network element does not limit the embodiments of the present application.

A call session control function (call session control function, CSCF) network element providing proxy-call session control function (proxy-call session control function, P-CSCF), query-call session control function (I-CSCF) and serving-call session control function (serving-call session control function, S-CSCF) in the IMS network. In the embodiment of the application, the CSCF network element can also provide a capability interface for the network detection central control server to call, and the capability interface is used for triggering the establishment of the two-party call test session.

The conference AS is an application server of the conference service and is responsible for conference management and user conference joining management in an IMS network. In the embodiment of the application, the conference AS can also provide a capability interface for the network detection central control server to call, and the capability interface is used for triggering the establishment of the two-party call test session and the conference service test session.

A session border controller (session border controller, SBC) located at the border of the IP core network for controlling the signaling and media flows into and out of the core network.

A multimedia resource controller (multimedia resource function controller, MRFC) for supporting bearer related services such as conferencing, advertising users, bearer transcoding, etc. MRFC is also responsible for managing conference media servers.

The conference media server, which may also be referred to as a multipoint control unit (multipoint control unit, MCU), provides conference voice and video adaptation, forwarding, etc.

The test device refers to a device integrating the function of the network probe, and can be a terminal device integrating the network probe or a conference media server integrating the network probe. The terminal device may include, but is not limited to, a User Equipment (UE), a cellular phone, a landline, an access device, a smart wearable device, a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, etc.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of a current network performance measurement method. The network architecture schematic diagram comprises a network detection central control server and N network detections, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The N network probes are deployed by an administrator and registered on a network probe central control server.

The process of the current network performance measurement method may include: an administrator selects two network probes, such as network probe 1 and network probe N in fig. 1, on a network probing center control server according to the network path to be probed; the network detection central control server controls the two network probes to establish a user datagram protocol (user datagram protocol, UDP) channel; in the case of establishing a UDP channel between the network probe 1 and the network probe N, the network probe 1 and the network probe N simulate a packet, measure the network performance, and record the measurement result. In fig. 1, the solid line is a UDP channel, and nodes such as a switch and a router in the middle are omitted.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of two-party call in an IMS network. Wherein the dashed line is the signaling path for the terminal device 1 and the terminal device 2 to establish two-way call. The solid line is a media channel between the terminal device 1 and the terminal device 2, the RTP data packet of the terminal device 1 is sequentially transmitted to the terminal device 2 through the SBC1 and the SBC2, and the RTP data packet of the terminal device 2 is sequentially transmitted to the terminal device 1 through the SBC2 and the SBC 1. The SBC1 is a session border controller on the terminal device 1 side, and the SBC2 is a session border controller on the terminal device 2 side.

Please refer to fig. 3, which is a schematic diagram of a conference service in an IMS network. Wherein the dashed line is the signaling path for the terminal device 1 to join the conference on the MCU. The solid line is a media channel between the terminal device 1 and the MCU, the RTP data packet of the terminal device 1 is transmitted to the MCU through the SBC1, and the RTP data packet of the MCU is transmitted to the terminal device 1 through the SBC 1. The SBC1 is a session border controller on the terminal device 1 side. A conference may include a plurality of terminal devices, each of which has signaling paths and media channels similar to those shown in fig. 3.

The network architecture shown in fig. 1 has no relation with fig. 2 and 3, that is, the current network performance measurement method is independent of the network architecture of the IMS network, and how to measure the network performance of the IMS network is a problem to be solved.

Therefore, the embodiment of the application provides a network performance measurement method and device, which can realize the network performance measurement of an IMS network.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture according to an embodiment of the present application. The network architecture comprises a network detection central control server, a test session control network element, a session boundary controller 1, a terminal device 1, a session boundary controller 2, a terminal device 2, a multimedia resource controller and a conference media server. Wherein the test session control network element comprises at least one of a call session control function network element and a conference application server.

The network detection central control server is integrated at an application layer of the IMS network and is responsible for network measurement management. The terminal equipment 1, the terminal equipment 2 and the MCU are integrated with network probe functions. In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device 1, the terminal device 2, and the MCU integrated with the network probe function are referred to as a test device. It should be noted that, one network probe may be integrated on the terminal device 1 and the terminal device 2, and a plurality of network probes may be integrated on the MCU. It should be noted that, the terminal device 1, the terminal device 2, and the MCU shown in fig. 4 are test devices.

The dashed line in fig. 4 is a signaling path, which includes a signaling path for establishing a two-way call between the terminal device 1 and the terminal device 2, and a signaling path for joining the terminal device 1 to the conference on the MCU. The solid line bar in fig. 4 is a media channel, comprising a media channel between terminal device 1 and terminal device 2, and a media channel between terminal device 1 and MCU. A media channel between the terminal device 2 and the MCU may also be included in fig. 4.

The precondition for executing the embodiment of the present application is that the test device is registered to the network probe central control server, and the terminal device 1, the terminal device 2 and the MCU shown in fig. 4 need to be registered to the network probe central control server.

In case of completing IMS network registration, the terminal device 1 sends a probe registration request to the network probe central control server, the probe registration request including a network probe identity, a network probe type, a network probe version, a network access type, a network probe status and network probe location information. The network probe central control server registers the network probe integrated by the terminal equipment 1 under the condition of receiving the probe registration request. The network probe central control server may feed back a probe registration response to the terminal device 1 in case of completing probe registration, indicating that network probe registration of the terminal device 1 is successful.

The network probe identifier is used for indicating the identifier of the network probe integrated by the terminal device 1, and the identifier may be the identifier of the terminal device 1, for example, a mobile phone number, an international mobile equipment identification code (international mobile equipment identity, IMEI), and the like. The network probe type is used to indicate that the network probe is a terminal equipment side probe. The network probe version is used to indicate whether it is a PC-version probe or a mobile-version probe, i.e. whether the terminal device 1 is a PC device or a mobile device. The network access type is used to indicate the network type to which the terminal device 1 is accessing, such as wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) or fourth generation mobile communication network (4 ^th -generation, 4G), etc. The network probe status is used to indicate the current status of the terminal device 1, e.g. idle status, call status, test status, etc. The network probe location information is used for indicating the geographical location information of the terminal device 1, and if the terminal device 1 cannot acquire the geographical location information, the geographical location information of the SBC1 is indicated, and the geographical location information of the SBC1 can be fed back to the terminal device 1 by the SBC1 when the terminal device 1 performs IMS network registration.

The process of the terminal device 1 performing IMS network registration may include: terminal equipment 1 sends IMS network registration request to CSCF network element through SBC1, namely terminal equipment 1 sends IMS network registration request to SBC1, SBC1 sends IMS network registration request to CSCF network element; and the CSCF network element sends an IMS network registration response to the terminal equipment 1 through the SBC1 to indicate that the IMS network registration is completed under the condition that the IMS network registration to the terminal equipment 1 is completed. The SBC1 may carry geographical location information of the SBC1 in an IMS network registration response when sending the IMS network registration response to the terminal device 1.

The process of registering the terminal device 2 to the network probing center server may be the same as the process of registering the terminal device 1 to the network probing center server.

The MCU sends a probe registration request to the network probe central control server under the condition of registering to the MRFC, wherein the probe registration request comprises network probe identification, network probe type, network probe version, network access type, network probe state and network probe position information. And the network detection central control server registers the network probe integrated by the MCU under the condition of receiving the probe registration request. The network detection central control server can feed back a probe registration response to the MCU under the condition of completing probe registration, and indicates the completion of network detection registration of the MCU.

Wherein the network probe identification is used for indicating the identification of the MCU. The network probe type is used for indicating that the network probe is an MCU side probe. The network probe version is used to indicate that it is the probe on the MCU side. The network access type is used for indicating the network type accessed by the MCU. The network probe status is used to indicate whether the MCU is available, i.e. whether the MCU can join the conference. The network probe position information is used for indicating the geographic position information of the MCU, the MCU belongs to network side network elements, and the geographic position information of the MCU is configurable.

When the MCU registers to the MRFC, the MCU can carry the identification of the MCU and MCU resource information, namely, the MCU can carry the identification of the MCU and the MCU resource information in a registration request sent by the MCU to the MRFC. And under the condition that the MRFC finishes registering the MCU, feeding back a registration response to the MCU, and indicating that the MCU finishes registering on the MRFC. The MRFC synchronizes the MCU resource information to the conference AS and carries the MCU identification in the synchronization process, and the conference AS carries out association record on the MCU resource information and the MCU identification under the condition of receiving the MCU resource information and the MCU identification, namely establishes the corresponding relation between the MCU resource information and the MCU identification, so that the conference AS knows which MCU establishes the conference when establishing the conference. In the event that the recording is complete, the conferencing AS may feed back a response to the MRFC indicating that synchronization has been completed.

And under the condition that each test device is registered to the network probe central control server, the network probe central control server manages information carried by a probe registration request.

The network performance measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a network performance measurement method according to an embodiment of the present application. The method may include, but is not limited to, the steps of:

in step S501, the network probing central control server sends a network performance measurement request to the test session control network element. Accordingly, the test session control network element receives a network performance measurement request from the network probing center control server.

In one possible implementation, the administrator inputs information such as measurement mode and measurement requirement information in the network probe central control server. The measurement mode can be divided into two-party call and conference services, and in practical application, measurement in other modes may be included. The measurement requirement information refers to measurement requirements and can comprise requirements of measurement bandwidth, measurement delay, measurement packet loss rate and the like.

And the network detection central control server selects a test object from the registered test equipment according to the measurement mode and the measurement demand information input by the administrator. If the measurement mode is two-party call, a pair of terminal devices (i.e., a calling terminal device and a called terminal device) is selected from the registered test devices, or a plurality of pairs of terminal devices may be selected, and the specific selection mode is not limited in the embodiment of the present application, and the embodiment of the present application is described by taking a pair of terminal devices as an example. The test object may also be selected directly by the administrator. If the measurement mode is conference service, at least one terminal device and MCU are selected from the registered test devices, and the specific selection mode is not limited in the embodiment of the present application, and the embodiment of the present application is described by taking one terminal device as an example, where the terminal device may be any one of the at least one terminal device.

And the network detection central control server sends a network performance measurement request to the test session control network element under the condition of determining the test object.

If the measurement mode is two-party call, the network performance measurement request includes measurement requirement information and equipment information of the calling and called terminal equipment, and the equipment information can be equipment identification, such as identification of mobile phone numbers, IMEI and the like. In the embodiment of the application, the calling terminal device is called a first test device, and the called terminal device is called a second test device.

If the measurement mode is conference service, the network performance measurement request comprises measurement requirement information, conference identification of the conference to be measured, a test equipment list participating in the conference to be measured and MCU identification. In the embodiment of the application, any one of the test devices participating in the conference to be measured is referred to as a first test device, and the MCU is referred to as a second test device.

The test session control network element may send a network performance measurement acknowledgement to the network probe central control server in case of receiving the network performance measurement request, the network performance measurement acknowledgement being used to respond to the network performance measurement request.

Step S502, the test session control network element triggers to establish a session to be measured between the first test device and the second test device, so that the first test device and the second test device perform network performance measurement on the session to be measured.

And under the condition that the test session control network element receives the network performance measurement request, triggering and establishing a session to be measured between the first test equipment and the second test equipment.

Under the condition that the measurement mode is two-party conversation, the test session control network element is a CSCF network element or a CSCF network element and a conference AS. And under the condition that the measurement mode is the conference service, the test session control network element is the conference AS.

In step S503, the first test device performs network performance measurement on the session to be measured.

In step S504, the second test device performs network performance measurement on the session to be measured.

Under the condition that a session to be measured between the first test equipment and the second test equipment is established, the first test equipment and the second test equipment can simulate RTP data packets to perform network performance measurement, namely RTP data packets are simulated to be sent between the first test equipment and the second test equipment, and the first test equipment and the second test equipment perform network performance measurement on the RTP data packets, wherein the network performance measurement comprises bandwidth, time delay, packet loss rate and the like.

The first test device and the second test device may also perform network performance measurement in other manners, and in the embodiments of the present application, how the first test device and the second test device perform network performance measurement is not limited.

Note that, in the embodiment of the present application, the execution sequence of step S503 and step S504 is not limited.

In step S505, the network probing central control server sends a measurement stop notification message to the test session control network element. Accordingly, the test session control network element receives a stop measurement notification message from the network probing central control server.

The network probing central control server can send a measurement stop notification message to the session control network element under the condition of receiving a measurement stop instruction input by an administrator.

If the measurement mode is two-party conversation, the measurement stopping instruction comprises equipment information of the first test equipment and the second test equipment, so that the test session control network element determines which pair of test equipment is triggered to end the session.

And when the measurement mode is conference service, the measurement stopping instruction comprises a test conference identifier, so that the test session control network element determines which conference is triggered to end the session.

Step S506, the test session control network element triggers ending the session to be measured.

And under the condition that the test session control network element receives the measurement stopping notification message, triggering and ending the session to be measured between the first test equipment and the second test equipment.

The test session control network element may feed back a stop measurement acknowledge message to the network probing central control server in case of receiving the stop measurement notification message, the stop measurement acknowledge message being used for responding to the stop measurement notification message.

In step S507, the first test device sends the first network performance measurement data to the network probing center server. Accordingly, the network probing center server receives first network performance measurement data from the first test device.

In step S508, the second test device sends second network performance measurement data to the network probing center server. Accordingly, the network probing center server receives second network performance measurement data from the second test device.

And the first test equipment and the second test equipment correspondingly send the first network performance measurement data and the second network performance measurement data to the network detection central control server under the condition that the session to be measured is ended.

The network detection central control server can analyze the first network performance measurement data and the second network performance measurement data under the condition of receiving the first network performance measurement data and the second network performance measurement data, and generate a measurement report for an administrator to review.

Note that, in the embodiment of the present application, the execution sequence of step S507 and step S508 is not limited.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the network performance measurement of the IMS network is achieved by integrating the network probe central control server at the application layer and integrating the network probe in the test equipment.

In one possible implementation, the first test device and the second test device may report probe information to the network probe central control server, where the probe information includes a network probe identifier, a network probe type, and a network probe state, so that the network probe central control server grasps the probe information in real time.

The first test device and the second test device may report periodically, and the specific period is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The first test device and the second test device may report probe information when the probe information is changed, for example, the network probe state of the first test device is changed from an idle state to a connected state, and then the first test device may report the changed network probe information.

The network performance measurement method in two measurement modes will be described in detail, and the same parts as those in the embodiment shown in fig. 5 in the two measurement modes can be referred to for a specific description of the embodiment shown in fig. 5.

Referring to fig. 6, a flow chart of a network performance measurement method according to a second embodiment of the present application is shown, and the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

step S601, the network detection central control server sends a two-party call network performance measurement request to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a two-party call network performance measurement request from the network probing central server.

The network detection central control server selects a pair of terminal devices, namely a calling terminal device and a called terminal device, from registered test devices according to the measurement mode and measurement requirement information measured by two parties, and also can select a plurality of pairs of terminal devices, and the specific selection mode is not limited in the embodiment of the application, and the embodiment of the application is described by taking a pair of terminal devices as an example. In this embodiment of the present application, the calling terminal device is referred to as a first test device, and the called terminal device is referred to as a second test device.

The two-party call network performance measurement request includes measurement requirement information, device information of the first test device and device information of the second test device, where the device information may be a device identifier, for example, an identifier of a mobile phone number, an IMEI, and the like.

And under the condition that the CSCF network element receives the two-party call network performance measurement request, the CSCF network element can send a network performance measurement request confirmation to the network detection central control server, wherein the network performance measurement confirmation is used for responding to the two-party call network performance measurement request and indicates the CSCF network element to receive the two-party call network performance measurement request.

In step S602, the CSCF network element sends a two-party call measurement request to the first test device. Accordingly, the first test device receives a two-party call measurement request from the CSCF network element.

The two-party call measurement request comprises measurement requirement information and session indication information, wherein the session indication information is used for indicating that a two-party call to be measured between the first test equipment and the second test equipment is a test session, namely the two-party call to be measured is used for testing, and call cost cannot be generated. The two-party call measurement request may further include device information of the second test device, so that the first test device establishes a two-party call to be measured according to the device information of the second test device.

The two-party call measurement request is used for requesting the first test equipment to measure the network performance of the two-party call to be measured, and the premise of measuring the network performance is that the two-party call to be measured is established.

The CSCF network element sends the two-party call measurement request to the first test device through the session border controller 1, that is, the CSCF network element sends the two-party call measurement request to the session border controller 1 first, and the session border controller 1 sends the two-party call measurement request to the first test device. The session border controller 1 is a session border controller on the first test device side.

Step S603, the first test device sends a session request message to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a session request message from the first test device.

The first test device sends a session request message to the CSCF network element through the session border controller 1, i.e. the first test device sends the session request message to the session border controller 1 first, and then the session border controller 1 sends the session request message to the CSCF network element.

The session request message comprises session indication information and measurement requirement information, wherein the session indication information is used for indicating that a two-party call to be measured between the first test equipment and the second test equipment is a test session.

In step S604, the CSCF network element sends a session request message to the second test device. Accordingly, the second test equipment receives a session request message from the CSCF network element.

The CSCF network element sends a session request message to the second test device through the session border controller 2, i.e. the CSCF network element sends the session request message to the session border controller 2 first, and then the session border controller 2 sends the session request message to the second test device. The session border controller 2 is a session border controller on the second test device side.

And under the condition that the CSCF network element receives the session request message from the first test equipment, identifying the two-party call to be measured as a test session, not charging the session, and sending the session request message to the second test equipment.

In step S605, the second test device sends a session response message to the first test device. Accordingly, the first test device receives a session response message from the second test device.

Under the condition that the second test equipment receives the session request message from the first test equipment, the second test equipment establishes two-party communication with the first test equipment, namely agrees to the session request message sent by the first test equipment, and sends a session response message to the first test equipment. The session response message is used to respond to the session request message.

The signaling path for the second test device to send the session response message to the first test device may include: second test equipment- & gt session border controller 2- & gt CSCF network element- & gt session border controller 1- & gt first test equipment.

In step S606, the first test device sends a session confirm message to the second test device. Accordingly, the second test device receives the session confirmation message from the first test device.

The session confirmation message is used for indicating that the two-party call to be measured between the first test equipment and the second test equipment is successfully established.

The signaling path for the first test device to send a session acknowledgement message to the second test device may include: first test equipment- & gt session border controller 1- & gt CSCF network element- & gt session border controller 2- & gt second test equipment.

In step S607, the first test device sends a measurement request response to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a measurement request response from the first test equipment.

The measurement request response is used for responding to the two-party call measurement request in step S602, and may indicate that the two-party call to be measured between the first test device and the second test device is successfully established.

The first test device sends a measurement request response to the CSCF network element through the session border controller 1, i.e. the first test device sends the measurement request response to the session border controller 1 first, and the session border controller 1 sends the measurement request response to the CSCF network element.

It should be noted that, the steps S602-S607 may correspond to the step S502 in the embodiment shown in fig. 5.

In step S608, the first test device measures network performance of the two-party call to be measured.

In step S609, the second test device measures network performance of the two-party call to be measured.

Under the condition that the two-party call to be measured between the first test equipment and the second test equipment is established, the first test equipment and the second test equipment can simulate RTP data packets to measure network performance of the two-party call to be measured.

In step S610, the network probing central control server sends a first stop measurement notification message to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a first stop measurement notification message from the network probing central control server.

The network probing central control server may send a first measurement stopping notification message to the CSCF network element upon receiving a measurement stopping instruction input by the administrator.

Wherein the first stop measurement notification message comprises device information of the first test device and the second test device, so that the CSCF network element determines which pair of test devices to trigger to end the session.

And the CSCF network element feeds back a stop measurement confirmation message to the network detection central control server under the condition of receiving the first stop measurement notification message, wherein the stop measurement confirmation message is used for responding to the first stop measurement notification message and indicating the CSCF network element to receive the first stop measurement notification message.

In step S611, the CSCF network element sends a second stop measurement notification message to the first test device. Accordingly, the first test device receives a second stop measurement notification message from the CSCF network element.

The CSCF network element sends a second stop measurement notification message to the first test device via the session border controller 1.

Wherein the second stop measurement notification message includes a device identification of the second test device.

In step S612, the first test device sends a session end message to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a session end message from the first test device.

The first test equipment sends a session end message to the CSCF network element via the session border controller 1.

And step S613, the CSCF network element sends the session end message to the second test equipment. Accordingly, the second test device receives a session end message from the CSCF network element.

The CSCF network element sends a session end message to the second test device via the session border controller 2.

In step S614, the second test device sends a session end confirmation message to the first test device. Accordingly, the first test device receives the session end message from the second test device.

The signaling path for the second test device to send the end-of-session acknowledgement message to the first test device may include: second test equipment- & gt session border controller 2- & gt CSCF network element- & gt session border controller 1- & gt first test equipment.

Wherein the session end confirmation message is used for responding to the session end message.

In step S615, the first test device sends a stop measurement response to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a stop measurement response from the first test device.

The first test equipment sends a stop measurement response to the CSCF network element via the session border controller 1. Wherein the stop measurement response is for a second stop measurement notification message.

The CSCF network element may feed back a measurement end notification to the network probing central control server in case of receiving a stop measurement response from the first test device, where the measurement end notification is used to indicate that the call between the two parties to be measured is ended.

It should be noted that, the steps S611 to S615 may correspond to the step S506 in the embodiment shown in fig. 5.

In one possible implementation, the first test device performs step S612 in case the measurement time reaches the measurement duration. The measurement duration can be set by a network detection central control server, can be set by a CSCF network element, can be set by first test equipment, can be agreed by the first test equipment and second test equipment, and is determined according to specific values of the measurement duration.

In one possible implementation, the first test device performs step S612 in case of initiating or receiving normal call traffic. In this manner, the first test device will end the test and continue with normal call traffic.

In step S616, the first test device sends the first network performance measurement data to the network probe central control server. Accordingly, the network probing center server receives first network performance measurement data from the first test device.

The signaling path for the first test device to send the first network performance measurement data to the network probe central control server may include: the first test device- > the session border controller 1- > the CSCF network element- > the network probing central control server, or may comprise the first test device- > the network probing central control server.

In step S617, the second test device sends second network performance measurement data to the network probing center server. Accordingly, the network probing center server receives second network performance measurement data from the second test device.

The signaling path for the second test device to send the second network performance measurement data to the network probing center server may include: second test equipment- > session border controller 2- > CSCF network element- > network probe central control server, or may include second test equipment- > network probe central control server.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 6, network performance measurements for two-way calls under an IMS network may be implemented.

Referring to fig. 7, a flow chart of a network performance measurement method according to a third embodiment of the present application is shown, and the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

in step S701, the network probing central control server sends a two-party call network performance measurement request to the conference AS. Accordingly, the conference AS receives the two-party call network performance measurement request from the network probe central control server.

The two-party call network performance measurement request comprises measurement requirement information, equipment information of the first test equipment and equipment information of the second test equipment.

In step S702, the conference AS sends a two-party call network performance measurement request to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a two-party call network performance measurement request from the conferencing AS.

In step S703, the CSCF network element sends a two-party call measurement request to the first test device. Accordingly, the first test device receives a two-party call measurement request from the CSCF network element.

The CSCF network element sends a two-party call measurement request to the first test device via the session border controller 1.

Step S704, the first test device sends a session request message to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a session request message from the first test device.

The first test equipment sends a session request message to the CSCF network element via the session border controller 1.

Step S705, the CSCF network element sends a session request message to the second test device. Accordingly, the second test equipment receives a session request message from the CSCF network element.

The CSCF network element sends a session request message to the second test equipment via the session border controller 2.

In step S706, the second test device sends a session response message to the first test device. Accordingly, the first test device receives a session response message from the second test device.

In step S707, the first test device sends a session confirm message to the second test device. Accordingly, the second test device receives the session confirmation message from the first test device.

The signaling path for the first test device to send the session acknowledgement message to the second test device may include: first test equipment- & gt session border controller 1- & gt CSCF network element- & gt session border controller 2- & gt second test equipment.

In step S708, the first test device sends a measurement request response to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a measurement request response from the first test equipment.

The measurement request response in step S708 is used to respond to the two-party call measurement request in step S703, and may indicate that the two-party call to be measured between the first test device and the second test device is successfully established.

The first test equipment sends a measurement request response to the CSCF network element via the session border controller 1.

In step S709, the CSCF network element sends the two-party call measurement request response to the conferencing AS. Accordingly, the conferencing AS receives the two-party call measurement request response from the CSCF network element.

The two-party call measurement request response in step S709 is used to respond to the two-party call network performance measurement request in step S702.

It should be noted that, the steps S702-S709 may correspond to the step S502 in the embodiment shown in fig. 5.

In step S710, the first test device measures network performance of the two-party call to be measured.

Step S711, the second test device measures network performance for the call between two parties to be measured.

In step S712, the network probing center server transmits a first stop measurement notification message to the conference AS. Accordingly, the conference AS receives a first stop measurement notification message from the network probe central server.

Wherein the first stop measurement notification message comprises device information of the first test device and the second test device, so that the test session control network element determines which pair of test devices to trigger to end the session.

In step S713, the conference AS sends a first stop measurement notification message to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a first stop measurement notification message from the conference AS.

In step S714, the CSCF network element sends a second stop measurement notification message to the first test device. Accordingly, the first test device receives a second stop measurement notification message from the CSCF network element.

In step S715, the first test device sends a session end message to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a session end message from the first test device.

And step S716, the CSCF network element sends a session ending message to the second test equipment. Accordingly, the second test device receives a session end message from the CSCF network element.

In step S717, the second test device transmits a session end confirmation message to the first test device. Accordingly, the first test device receives the session end message from the second test device.

Wherein the session end message is used for responding to the session end message.

In step S718, the first test device sends a second stop measurement response to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a second stop measurement response from the first test device.

The first test equipment sends a second stop measurement response message to the CSCF network element via the session border controller 1. Wherein the second stop measurement response message is used to respond to the second stop measurement notification message in step S714.

In step S719, the CSCF network element sends the first stop measurement response message to the conference AS. Accordingly, the conferencing AS receives a first stop measurement response message from the CSCF network element.

Wherein the first stop measurement response message is used to respond to the first stop measurement notification message in step S713.

The conference AS may, upon receiving the first measurement stop notification message from the CSCF network element, feed back a measurement end notification to the network probing central control server, the measurement end notification being used to indicate that the two-party call to be measured is ended.

It should be noted that, the steps S713-S719 may correspond to the step S506 in the embodiment shown in fig. 5.

In one possible implementation, the first test device performs step S715 if the measurement time reaches the measurement duration. The measurement duration can be set by a network detection central control server, a CSCF network element and/or a conference AS, a first test device and a second test device, and the specific value of the measurement duration is determined according to the specific situation.

In one possible implementation, the first test device performs step S715 in case normal call traffic is initiated or received. In this manner, the first test device will end the test and continue with normal call traffic.

In step S720, the first test device sends the first network performance measurement data to the network probing center server. Accordingly, the network probing center server receives first network performance measurement data from the first test device.

The signaling path for the first test device to send the first network performance measurement data to the network probe central control server may include: the method comprises the steps of first test equipment, session boundary controller 1, CSCF network element, network detection central control server, or the method can comprise the first test equipment, the session boundary controller 1, the CSCF network element, conference AS, the network detection central control server, or the method can comprise the first test equipment, the network detection central control server.

In step S721, the second test device sends second network performance measurement data to the network probing center server. Accordingly, the network probing center server receives second network performance measurement data from the second test device.

The signaling path for the second test device to send the second network performance measurement data to the network probing center server may include: the second test device- > session border controller 2- > CSCF network element- > network probing central control server, or may include the second test device- > session border controller 2- > CSCF network element- > conference AS- > network probing central control server.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 7, network performance measurements for two-way calls under an IMS network may be implemented.

It should be noted that, fig. 6 and fig. 7 can both implement network performance measurement of two-party calls under the IMS network, and are different in that, in fig. 6, the network probing central control server implements network performance measurement of two-party calls under the IMS network through the CSCF network element, and in fig. 7, the network probing central control server implements network performance measurement of two-party calls under the IMS network through the CSCF network element and the conference AS.

Referring to fig. 8, a flow chart of a network performance measurement method according to a fourth embodiment of the present application is shown, and the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

in step S801, the network probing central control server sends a conference network performance measurement request to the conference AS. Accordingly, the conferencing AS receives a conferencing network performance measurement request from the network probe central server.

The conference network performance measurement request comprises measurement demand information, conference identification of the conference to be measured, a test equipment list participating in the conference to be measured and MCU identification.

In step S802, the conference AS creates a conference to be measured.

The conference AS creates a conference to be measured by interacting with the MRFC and the MCU, and the conference AS does not generate a ticket for charging for the conference to be measured. The specific process of creating a conference is not described in the embodiments of the present application.

In step S803, the conferencing AS sends a first conferencing measurement request to the CSCF network element. Accordingly, the CSCF network element receives a first conference measurement request from the conference AS.

The first conference measurement request is used for inviting the first test equipment to join the conference to be measured, and comprises session indication information and measurement requirement information, wherein the session indication information is used for indicating that the conference to be measured between the first test equipment and the MCU is a test conference.

The first meeting measurement request also includes a meeting identification of the meeting to be measured.

In step S804, the CSCF network element sends a first session measurement request to the first test equipment. Accordingly, the first test equipment receives a first session measurement request from the CSCF network element.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment shown in fig. 8, the session border controller 1 between the CSCF network element and the first test device is omitted, that is, the session border controller 1 in the interaction process between the CSCF network element and the first test device is omitted. The information interaction between the CSCF network element and the first test device may go through the session border controller 1, where the session border controller 1 is the session border controller on the side of the first test device. For example, step S804 is that the CSCF network element sends the first session measurement request to the first test device through the session border controller 1, i.e. the CSCF network element sends the first session measurement request to the session border controller 1 first, and the session border controller 1 sends the first session measurement request to the first test device.

In step S805, the first test device sends a first conference measurement response to the conference AS. Accordingly, the conferencing AS receives a first conference measurement response from the first testing device.

The first test equipment sends a first session measurement response to the conference AS through the CSCF network element, namely the first test equipment firstly sends the first session measurement response to the CSCF network element, and then the CSCF network element sends the first session measurement response to the conference AS.

In step S806, the conference AS sends a second conference measurement request to the MRFC. Accordingly, the MRFC receives a second conference measurement request from the conference AS.

The second conference measurement request is used for inviting the MCU to join the conference and comprises session indication information and measurement requirement information, wherein the session indication information is used for indicating that the conference to be measured between the first test equipment and the MCU is a test conference.

In step S807, the MRFC network element sends a second conference measurement request to the MCU. Accordingly, the MCU receives a second conference measurement request from the MRFC.

In step S808, the MCU transmits a second conference measurement response to the conference AS. Accordingly, the conference AS receives a second conference measurement response from the MCU.

The MCU sends a second conference measurement response to the conference AS through the MRFC.

In step S809, the conference AS sends a first session confirm message to the first test device. Accordingly, the first test device receives a first session acknowledgement message from the conference AS.

The conference AS sends a first session confirmation message to the first test equipment through the CSCF network element, namely the conference AS firstly sends the first session confirmation message to the CSCF network element, and then the CSCF network element sends the first session confirmation message to the first test equipment.

The first session confirmation message is used for indicating that the first test equipment successfully joins the conference to be measured.

In step S810, the conference AS sends a second session confirm message to the MCU. Accordingly, the MCU receives a second session confirm message from the conference AS.

The second session confirmation message is used for indicating that the first test equipment successfully joins the conference to be measured.

In step S811, the first test device performs network performance measurement on the conference to be measured.

In step S812, the MCU performs network performance measurement on the conference to be measured.

In step S813, the network probing center server transmits a stop measurement notification message to the conference AS. Accordingly, the conference AS receives the stop measurement notification message from the network probe central server.

The measurement stopping notification message comprises a meeting identifier of the meeting to be measured.

In step S814, the conference AS triggers the end of the conference to be measured.

The specific triggering of the conference AS to end the conference to be measured is not described in the embodiments of the present application.

In one possible implementation, the first test device exits the conference to be measured if the measurement time reaches the measurement duration. The measurement duration can be set by a network detection central control server, can be set by a conference AS, can be set by an MCU, can be agreed by the first test equipment and the MCU, and is determined according to the specific value of the measurement duration.

In one possible implementation manner, the MCU ends the conference to be measured when the measurement time reaches the measurement duration included in the measurement requirement information, and at this time, the first test device exits the conference to be measured.

In one possible implementation, the first test device exits the conference to be measured in case of initiating or receiving normal call traffic. In this manner, the first test device will end the test and continue with normal call traffic.

In step S815, the first test device sends first network performance measurement data to the network probing center server. Accordingly, the network probing center server receives first network performance measurement data from the first test device.

In step S816, the MCU sends the second network performance measurement data to the network probing center server. Accordingly, the network probe central control server receives second network performance measurement data from the MCU.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 8, network performance measurements of conference traffic under an IMS network may be implemented.

It should be noted that the number of test devices added in the conference service is not limited to one, and the conference AS supports to schedule multiple test devices to join in the conference concurrently, and multiple network probe instances can be generated on the MCU, so AS to realize multiple concurrent sessions between the multiple test devices and the MCU.

The foregoing details the method of embodiments of the present application, and the apparatus of embodiments of the present application is provided below.

Referring to fig. 9, a schematic logic structure of a network performance measurement apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the network performance measurement apparatus 90 may be a first test device, a second test device, a network probing center control server, a test session control network element (including at least one of a call session control function network element and a conference application server), or a conference media server in the embodiments shown in fig. 5-8. The network performance measuring apparatus 90 may include a transceiving unit 901 and a processing unit 902.

In one possible implementation, the network performance measurement apparatus 90 is a first test device of the embodiment shown in fig. 5-8: the transceiver unit 901 is configured to receive a session measurement request from a test session control network element, where the session measurement request includes measurement requirement information and session indication information, and the session indication information is configured to indicate that a session to be measured is a test session; the processing unit 902 is configured to perform network performance measurement on a session to be measured according to the measurement requirement information; the transceiver unit 901 is further configured to send first network performance measurement data to a network probing central control server when the session to be measured ends. The network performance measurement device 90 may implement the function of the first test apparatus in the foregoing method embodiment, and the detailed process performed by each unit in the network performance measurement device 90 may refer to the performing step of the first test apparatus in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not described herein.

In one possible implementation, the network performance measurement device 90 is a network probing center control server in the embodiments shown in fig. 5-8: the transceiver unit 901 is configured to send a network performance measurement request to a test session control network element, where the network performance measurement request is used to request the test session control network element to trigger the first test device and the second test device to perform network performance measurement on a session to be measured; the transceiver unit 901 is further configured to receive first network performance measurement data from the first test device and second network performance measurement data from the second test device when the session to be measured ends. The network performance measurement device 90 may implement the function of the network probing center control server in the foregoing method embodiment, and the detailed process performed by each unit in the network performance measurement device 90 may refer to the execution step of the network probing center control server in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not described herein.

In one possible implementation, the network performance measurement device 90 is a test session control network element in the embodiment shown in fig. 5: a transceiver unit 901, configured to receive a network performance measurement request from a network probing central control server; the processing unit 902 triggers the first test device and the second test device to perform network performance measurement on the session to be measured according to the network performance measurement request. The network performance measurement device 90 may implement the function of the test session control network element in the method embodiment shown in fig. 5, and the detailed process performed by each unit in the network performance measurement device 90 may refer to the execution steps of the test session control network element in the method embodiment shown in fig. 5, which are not described herein. The network performance measurement device 90 may implement the function of the call session control function network element in the embodiment shown in fig. 6, and the detailed process performed by each unit in the network performance measurement device 90 may refer to the execution steps of the call session control function network element in the method embodiment shown in fig. 6, which are not described herein again. The network performance measurement device 90 may implement the functions of the call session control function network element and the conference application server in the embodiment shown in fig. 7, and the detailed process performed by each unit in the network performance measurement device 90 may refer to the execution steps of the call session control function network element and the conference application server in the method embodiment shown in fig. 7, which are not described herein again. The network performance measurement device 90 may implement the function of the conference application server in the embodiment shown in fig. 8, and the detailed process performed by each unit in the network performance measurement device 90 may refer to the step performed by the conference application server in the method embodiment shown in fig. 6, which is not described herein.

Referring to fig. 10, which is a simplified schematic diagram of the physical structure of a network performance measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, the network performance measurement apparatus 100 may be a first test device, a second test device, a network probing center control server, a test session control network element (including at least one of a call session control function network element and a conference application server), or a conference media server in the embodiments shown in fig. 5-8. The network performance measurement apparatus 100 includes a transceiver 1001, a processor 1002, and a memory 1003. The transceiver 1001, processor 1002 and memory 1003 may be interconnected by a bus 1004 or may be connected by other means. The relevant functions implemented by the transceiver unit 901 shown in fig. 9 can be implemented by the transceiver 1001. The relevant functions implemented by the processing unit 902 shown in fig. 9 may be implemented by the processor 1002.

The transceiver 1001 is used to transmit data and/or signaling and to receive data and/or signaling.

In one possible implementation, the network performance measurement apparatus 100 is the first test device in the embodiment shown in fig. 5-8, and the transceiver 1001 is configured to perform step S507 in the embodiment shown in fig. 5; step S602, step S603, step S605, step S606, step S607, step S611, step S612, step S614, step S615, and step S616 in the embodiment shown in fig. 6 are performed; step S703, step S704, step S706, step S707, step S708, step S714, step S715, step S717, step S718, and step S720 in the embodiment shown in fig. 7 are executed; step S804, step S805, step S809, and step S815 in the embodiment shown in fig. 8 are performed.

In one possible implementation, the network performance measurement apparatus 100 is a network probing center server in the embodiment shown in fig. 5-8, and the transceiver 1001 is configured to perform steps S501, S505, S507, and S508 in the embodiment shown in fig. 5; step S601, step S610, step S616, and step S617 in the embodiment shown in fig. 6 are performed; step S701, step S712, step S720, and step S721 in the embodiment shown in fig. 7 are performed; step S801, step S813, step S815, and step S816 in the embodiment shown in fig. 8 are performed.

In a possible implementation, the network performance measurement apparatus 100 is a test session control network element in the embodiment shown in fig. 5, and the transceiver 1001 is configured to perform step S501 and step S505 in the embodiment shown in fig. 5. The network performance measuring apparatus 90 is a call session control function network element in the embodiment shown in fig. 6, and the transceiver 1001 is configured to perform steps S601, S602, S603, S604, S607, S611, S612, S613 and S615 in the embodiment shown in fig. 6. The network performance measurement device 90 is a call session control function network element and a conference application server in the embodiment shown in fig. 7, and steps performed by the transceiver 1001 may be correspondingly described with reference to the embodiment shown in fig. 7, which is not repeated herein. The network performance measurement apparatus 90 is a conference application server in the embodiment shown in fig. 8, and the transceiver 1001 is configured to execute step S801, step S602, step S803, step S805, step S806, step S808, step S809, and step S810 in the embodiment shown in fig. 8.

The processor 1002 may include one or more processors, including for example one or more central processing units (central processing unit, CPU), which in the case of the processor 1002 being a CPU may be a single core CPU or a multi-core CPU.

In one possible implementation, the network performance measurement apparatus 100 is the first test device in the embodiment shown in fig. 5-8, and the processor 1002 is configured to execute step S503 in the embodiment shown in fig. 5; step S608 in the embodiment shown in fig. 6 is performed; step S710 in the embodiment shown in fig. 7 is performed; step S811 in the embodiment shown in fig. 8 is performed.

In one possible implementation, the network performance measurement apparatus 100 is a network probing center server in the embodiment shown in fig. 5-8, and the processor 1002 is configured to control the network probing center server to perform corresponding steps.

In a possible implementation manner, the network performance measurement apparatus 100 is a test session control network element in the embodiment shown in fig. 5, and the processor 1002 is configured to trigger the first test device and the second test device to perform network performance measurement on a session to be measured according to a network performance measurement request.

Memory 1003 includes, but is not limited to, random access memory (random access memory, RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (erasable programmable read only memory, EPROM), or portable read-only memory (compact disc read-only memory, CD-ROM), with memory 1003 storing associated instructions and data. The memory 1003 is used to store program codes and data of the network performance measurement apparatus 100.

It will be appreciated that figure 10 shows only a simplified design of a network performance measurement apparatus. In practical applications, the network performance measurement apparatus may also include other necessary elements, including but not limited to any number of transceivers, processors, controllers, memories, communication units, etc., and all apparatuses capable of implementing the present application are within the scope of protection of the present application. For example, the network performance measurement device is a first test device, and in practical application, the terminal device may further include a display, a camera, and the like.

The embodiment of the application also provides a network performance measurement system, which comprises the first test equipment, the second test equipment, the network detection central control server, the test session control network element (comprising at least one of a call session control function network element and a conference application server) and the conference media server shown in fig. 5-8, and can also comprise a multimedia resource controller and the like.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that implementing all or part of the above-described method embodiments may be accomplished by a computer program to instruct related hardware, the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program may include the above-described method embodiments when executed. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: ROM or random access memory RAM, magnetic or optical disk, etc. Thus, a further embodiment of the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the above aspects.

Yet another embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product containing instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the above aspects.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing module, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, produces a flow or function in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored in or transmitted across a computer-readable storage medium. The computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)), or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains an integration of one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), or the like.

Claims

1. A method for measuring network performance, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that first test equipment receives a session measurement request from a test session control network element, wherein the session measurement request comprises measurement demand information and session indication information, and the session indication information is used for indicating a session to be measured between the first test equipment and second test equipment to be a test session; the test session control network element comprises a conference application server and a call session control function network element; the first test device receives a session measurement request from a test session control network element, including: the first test equipment receives a session measurement request from the conference application server through the call session control function network element; the first test device and the second test device are test devices which are registered to an IMS network and registered to a network detection central control server; the network detection central control server is integrated at an application layer of the IMS network;

the first test equipment measures network performance of the session to be measured according to the measurement demand information;

and under the condition that the session to be measured is ended, the first test equipment sends first network performance measurement data to the network detection central control server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the session measurement request is a two-party call measurement request, and the session indication information is used to indicate that the session to be measured is a two-party call to be measured;

the method further comprises the steps of:

and the first test equipment establishes the two-party call to be measured through the test session control network element.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

and the first test equipment ends the session to be measured under the condition of receiving a first measurement stopping notification message from the test session control network element.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

the first test device sends probe information to the network probe central control server, wherein the probe information comprises a network probe identifier, a network probe type and a network probe state.

5. A method for measuring network performance, comprising:

the network detection central control server sends a network performance measurement request to a test session control network element, wherein the network performance measurement request is used for requesting the test session control network element to trigger first test equipment and second test equipment to measure network performance of a session to be measured; the session to be tested is a session of the first test device and the second test device; the test session control network element comprises a conference application server and a call session control function network element; the network probing central control server sends a network performance measurement request to a test session control network element, and the network probing central control server comprises: the network detection central control server sends the network performance measurement request to the call session control function network element through the conference application server; the first test device and the second test device are test devices which are registered to an IMS network and registered to a network detection central control server; the network detection central control server is integrated at an application layer of the IMS network;

And when the session to be measured is ended, the network detection central control server receives first network performance measurement data from the first test equipment and second network performance measurement data from the second test equipment.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the network performance measurement request is a two-party call network performance measurement request, the two-party call network performance measurement request including device information of the first test device, device information of the second test device, and measurement requirement information.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

and the network detection central control server sends a second measurement stopping notification message to the test session control network element, wherein the second measurement stopping notification message is used for requesting the test session control network element to trigger ending of the session to be measured.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second stop measurement notification message includes device information of the first test device and device information of the second test device.

9. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 8, further comprising:

The network probe central control server receives probe information from the first test equipment, wherein the probe information comprises a network probe identifier, a network probe type and a network probe state.

10. A method for measuring network performance, comprising:

the test session control network element receives a network performance measurement request from a network detection central control server; the test session control network element comprises a conference application server and a call session control function network element; the test session control network element receives a network performance measurement request from a network probing central control server, and comprises: the conference application server receives the network performance measurement request from the network detection central control server and sends the network performance measurement request to the call session control function network element;

the test session control network element triggers the first test equipment and the second test equipment to measure the network performance of the session to be measured according to the network performance measurement request; the session to be tested is a session of the first test device and the second test device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the network performance measurement request is a two-party call network performance measurement request, the two-party call network performance measurement request including device information of the first test device, device information of the second test device, and measurement requirement information.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the test session control network element triggers the first test device and the second test device to perform network performance measurement on the session to be measured according to the network performance measurement request, comprising:

the test session control network element sends a two-party call measurement request to the first test device according to the network performance measurement request, wherein the two-party call measurement request comprises measurement requirement information and session indication information, the session indication information is used for indicating that a two-party call to be measured between the first test device and the second test device is a test session, and the two-party call measurement request is used for the first test device to measure network performance for the two-party call to be measured.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

the test session control network element triggers ending of the session to be measured under the condition of receiving a second measurement stopping notification message from the network detection central control server; the second measurement stop notification message includes device information of the first test device and device information of the second test device;

The test session control network element triggers ending of the session to be measured, including:

and the test session control network element sends a first measurement stopping notification message to the first test equipment, wherein the first measurement stopping notification message is used for notifying the first test equipment to end the two-party call to be measured.

14. A first test device comprising a processor, a transceiver and a memory, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive and transmit information, wherein the memory stores computer-executable instructions, wherein the processor is coupled to the memory and the transceiver via a bus, and wherein the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the first test device to perform the method of any one of claims 1-4.

15. A network probe central control server, characterized in that the network probe central control server comprises a processor, a transceiver and a memory, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive and transmit information, the memory stores computer-executable instructions, the processor is connected to the memory and the transceiver through a bus, and the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the network probe central control server performs the method according to any one of claims 5-9.

16. A test session control network element, characterized in that the test session control network element comprises a processor, a transceiver and a memory, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive and transmit information, the memory stores computer-executable instructions, the processor is connected to the memory and the transceiver via a bus, and the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the test session control network element performs the method according to any one of claims 10-13.