CN101197737B - Measuring apparatus and measuring method for IPTV access network - Google Patents

Measuring apparatus and measuring method for IPTV access network Download PDF

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CN101197737B
CN101197737B CN2008100558385A CN200810055838A CN101197737B CN 101197737 B CN101197737 B CN 101197737B CN 2008100558385 A CN2008100558385 A CN 2008100558385A CN 200810055838 A CN200810055838 A CN 200810055838A CN 101197737 B CN101197737 B CN 101197737B
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The invention discloses a measuring device for an IPTV access network, wherein, the IPTV access network comprises an operation support system, a fluid media service system, a video resource system and a user terminal; the fluid media service system comprises a center fluid media server and a marginal fluid media server; the measuring device comprises a NAT network measuring channel setting module, a network delay module and a measuring module for message-losing rate, wherein, the NAT network measuring channel setting module is used to build up a measuring channel between the marginal fluid media server in the public network and a client terminal in the private network and generate the measuring message and test the network quality; the network delay module is used to calculate the networkdelay while testing the network quality; the measuring module for message-losing rate is used to calculate the data of message-losing rate by periodically counting the number of measuring messages sent from the sending end to the receiving end within a set system cycle. The invention also discloses a measuring method for the IPTV access network. The invention can quickly locate and resolve network problems, thereby improving the service quality of the IPTV network.

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A kind of measurement mechanism of IPTV Access Network and method of measurement
Technical field
The present invention relates to the network quality diagnostic field, relate in particular to the measurement mechanism and the method for measurement of the network quality of a kind of IPTV (Internet ProtocolTelevision, IPTV) Access Network.
Background technology
Along with the fast development of the Internet (Internet), network has progressively entered people's life, study and work, becomes the indispensable important tool of modern society.With the family is example, and the user utilizes the Internet acquired information, watches the IPTV TV, utilizes VoIP (Voice over IP, the networking telephone) communication etc. all to be unable to do without network, and network becomes the important tie of family and extraneous contact.But network is bringing to people easily simultaneously, also brought new problem, along with carrying out of Network, the domestic consumer is to the network bandwidth, requirement to the Network Transmission quality is also strict more, but but there is the complicated network structure in the IPTV Access Network at family, and device type is various, the insecure situation of network quality, therefore be sought after a kind of survey tool easily, when carrying out Network or during the fault of networking, can in time carry out measurement and positioning the fault of IPTV Access Network.
Although at present there is this class survey tool in industry, because there is special situation in the IPTV Access Network, be in the terminal part of the Internet as the IPTV Access Network, this part is different from backbone network, and its topological structure complexity changes with the variation of region, cell environment; The following behavior master of Access Network business is so downlink bandwidth is greater than upstream bandwidth; And the terminal link of Access Network often is in NAT (Network Address Transfer, network address translation) network internal, and the equipment of NAT network-external can not carry out characteristics such as communication by direct and interior network termination.
In summary, the measuring technique of the network quality of existing IPTV Access Network obviously exists inconvenience and defective on reality is used, therefore be necessary at the better measurement scheme of this Environment Design.
Summary of the invention
At above-mentioned defective, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of measurement mechanism and method of measurement of IPTV Access Network, it can locate and solve network problem rapidly, thereby in time improves the QoS of IPTV network.
To achieve these goals, the invention provides a kind of measurement mechanism of IPTV Access Network, this IPTV Access Network comprises OSS, stream media service system, video source system and user terminal, this stream media service system comprises center streaming media server and marginal flow media server again, described measurement mechanism comprises again: NAT network measure passage is provided with module, be used for measuring passage between the marginal flow media server of public network and this user terminal, setting up, create measured message and also carry out network quality and measure at private network;
The network delay computing module is used for calculating network delay in the network quality measurement;
The measurement module of message report lost rate is used for calculating report lost rate data by regularly add up the measured message quantity from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal in the system cycle of setting.
According to device of the present invention, this user terminal comprises gateway and set-top box; Described NAT network measure passage is provided with module, notifies this set-top box to carry out the nearest marginal flow media server address of measure and transmit by this gateway, and this set-top box is sent measured message to this marginal flow media server, thereby sets up this measurement passage.
According to device of the present invention, in described network delay computing module, calculate: Δ t=(T by following network delay computing formula 1+ t 2-T 2-t 1)/2, wherein,
T 1Be the writing time when the marginal flow media server sends measured message;
t 1For arrive the writing time behind this user terminal when measured message;
t 2Be the writing time when the set-top box return measurement message;
T 2Be the writing time again when measured message arrives the marginal flow media server;
Δ t is the network delay of this marginal flow media server to this user terminal.
According to device of the present invention, the measurement module of described message report lost rate, the size of measured message further is set by socket, at each system cycle, send one group of measured message by transmitting terminal, and record transmitting time and message needs in each measured message, and the message amount of adding up these needs at receiving terminal, thereby calculate report lost rate data.
According to device of the present invention, the measurement module of described message report lost rate, the quantity of the measured message that configuration is sent according to Bandwidth Dynamic.
The present invention also provides a kind of method of measurement of IPTV Access Network, be used to comprise the IPTV Access Network of OSS, stream media service system, video source system and user terminal, this stream media service system comprises center streaming media server and marginal flow media server again, and this method comprises the steps:
NAT network measure passage is provided with step, is used for measuring passage setting up between the marginal flow media server of public network and this user terminal at private network, creates measured message and also carries out network quality and measure;
The network delay calculation procedure is used for calculating network delay in the network quality measurement;
The measuring process of message report lost rate is used for calculating report lost rate rate data by regularly add up the measured message quantity from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal in the system cycle of setting.
This user terminal comprises gateway and set-top box; The method according to this invention, be provided with in the step at described NAT network measure passage, carry out the nearest marginal flow media server address of measure and transmit by gateway announcement machine top box, this set-top box is sent measured message to this marginal flow media server, thereby sets up this measurement passage.
The method according to this invention in described network delay calculation procedure, is calculated by following network delay computing formula: Δ t=(T 1+ t 2-T 2-t 1)/2, wherein,
T 1Be the writing time when the marginal flow media server sends measured message;
t 1For arrive the writing time behind this user terminal when measured message;
t 2Be the writing time when the set-top box return measurement message;
T 2Be the writing time again when measured message arrives the marginal flow media server;
Δ t is the network delay of this marginal flow media server to this user terminal.
The method according to this invention, the measuring process of described message report lost rate, the size of measured message further is set by socket, at each system cycle, send one group of measured message by transmitting terminal, and record transmitting time and message needs in each measured message, and the message amount of adding up these needs at receiving terminal, thereby calculate report lost rate data.
The method according to this invention is provided with in the step at described NAT network measure passage, further comprises:
Steps A, assign the measurement instruction by this OSS and give set-top box, attach address information, measurement protocol information and the Measuring Time requirement that the marginal flow media server that closes on this set-top box is arranged in this measurement instruction, and send the measurement instruction continuously according to preset frequency by gateway;
Step B, described marginal flow media server is notified this OSS after receiving the negotiation packet of set-top box, stop to send measuring instruction, prepares to receive measurement result;
Step C, this set-top box switches to measurement pattern with mode of operation after receiving this measurement instruction, and sets up the measurement passage according to measuring command request;
In the measuring process of described network delay calculation procedure and message report lost rate, further comprise:
Step D, this marginal flow media server sends a large amount of measured message according to this requirement of measuring instruction, and the record message sends time and test serial number in each measured message;
Step e, this set-top box is after receiving measured message, write down the current time again, and according to test serial number statistics report lost rate situation, in the Measuring Time of this set-top box in the cycle, the statistics of measured message is sent to this marginal flow media server, and in statistics record message transmitting time, after this marginal flow media server is received this statistics, calculate the network delay and the report lost rate data in this Measuring Time cycle;
Step F, repeating step D and step e, after arriving the time of measuring instruction, this marginal flow media server sends and finishes to measure instruction to this set-top box, and this set-top box is recovered normal mode of operation.
The method according to this invention, also comprise: measurement result reports step, be used for network delay change curve and the report lost rate change curve of this Measuring Time in the cycle analyzed, adds up, put in order out to measurement result, send to this OSS by this marginal flow media server.
The method according to this invention also comprises the end measuring process, and this OSS returns confirmation message after receiving this measurement result, and this marginal flow media server stops to send the measurement result message, thereby finishes whole measurement flow process.
The present invention is according to the characteristics of IPTV Access Network, at first measure passage between the marginal flow media server of public network and user terminal, setting up at private network, create measured message and carry out the network quality measurement, in network quality is measured, calculate network delay and report lost rate data again.In addition, the present invention can utilize IPTV network existing elements equipment that the IPTV Access Network is carried out network quality and measure, and for example NM server, gateway, set-top box, streaming media server etc. so can reduce the scheme cost.Whereby, the present invention can help the professional installation and maintenance personnel of operator to locate rapidly and solve network problem, by providing network delay, parameters such as report lost rate, allow operator in time grasp the network quality situation of IPTV Access Network, so that in time improve the QoS of IPTV network.
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Fig. 1 is an IPTV network architecture diagram involved in the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the measurement mechanism of IPTV Access Network of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram by set-top box and marginal flow media server computing network time delay among the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the flow chart of the method for measurement of IPTV Access Network of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the signaling diagram of the method for measurement of IPTV Access Network in one embodiment of the invention.
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In order to make purpose of the present invention, technical scheme and advantage clearer,, the present invention is further elaborated below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein only in order to explanation the present invention, and be not used in qualification the present invention.
In entire I PTV business, the Access Network between marginal flow media server and set-top box is the emphasis that influences the IPTV business, and the present invention has designed the method for measuring passage of setting up according to this NAT network characteristics based on downlink bandwidth; Secondly, according to the characteristics of IPTV Access Network and network element device, designed the algorithm of computing network time delay; At last, according to this system that precision clock can not be provided of IPTV streaming media server, the method for measured message report lost rate has been proposed.
Fig. 1 shows the IPTV network architecture involved in the present invention, and the entire I PTV network architecture mainly is made up of OSS 10, stream media service system 20, video source system 40 and user terminal 30, wherein:
OSS 10 is used to manage carrying out of entire I PTV business, as program and plan etc.Can comprise NM server 11 in this OSS 10, this NM server 11 is core components in the OSS 10, administers the deployment scenarios of marginal flow media server 22 in the IPTV network.
Stream media service system 20 is used to the user that program transmission work is provided, and this stream media service system 20 is according to concrete environment, configuration center streaming media server 21 and some marginal flow media servers 22.Described stream media service system 20 is positioned at public network.
Video source system 40 is program sources of entire I PTV business.
User terminal 30 can comprise gateway 31, set-top box 32, VoIP 33 and computer 34 etc.When user's use IPTV is professional, set-top box 32 at first with OSS 10 communications, authenticate, work such as program selection select the nearest marginal flow media server 22 of reason and this set-top box 32 also related again after finishing.At this moment, program data stream just sends on the subscriber computer top box 32 from marginal flow media server 22, begins to play user selected program.Described user terminal 30 is arranged in private network.
Fig. 2 shows the structure of the measurement mechanism of IPTV Access Network of the present invention, and this measurement mechanism 100 comprises that mainly NAT network measure passage is provided with the measurement module 103 of module 101, network delay computing module 102, message report lost rate, wherein:
NAT network measure passage is provided with module 101, is used for measuring passage setting up between the marginal flow media server 22 of public network and the user terminal 30 at private network, creates measured message and also carries out network quality and measure.Preferably, described NAT network measure passage is provided with module 101, by the address that this gateway 31 notifies this set-top box 32 to carry out the nearest marginal flow media server 22 of measure and transmit, this set-top box 32 is sent measured message to this marginal flow media server 22, thereby sets up this measurement passage.
Because the set-top box 32 in the IPTV Access Network may be positioned at gateway 31 equipment such as grade, the configuration private net address, at this moment the marginal flow media server 22 that is positioned at public network is junctor top box 32 and measuring initiatively, in the industry cycle, survey crew is normally transmitted passage to address this problem by setting up on gateway 31.And the present invention is by the user terminal 30 of private network, the preferred OSS 10 that adopts sends the measurement instruction to set-top box 32, then by set-top box 32 send messages set up with marginal flow media server 22 between the measurement passage, and then begin measurement, thereby solved this problem.
Network delay computing module 102 is used for calculating network delay in the network quality measurement.In the network bandwidth is measured, network delay is the important parameter of measuring, and the set-top box 32 that IPTV measures simple embedded system often, there is not accurate clock system, even disposed SNTP (SimpleNetwork Time Protocol) clock system, there has been network delay in the time that this set-top box 32 obtains, this time is to be used further to the computing network time delay, thus, the present invention has designed a kind of algorithm of network delay, wherein the time difference between set-top box 32 and the marginal flow media server 22 is Δ t ' (being assumed to be 0), referring to shown in Figure 3, calculates by following network delay computing formula (1):
Δt=(T 1+t 2-T 2-t 1)/2 (1);
T 1Be the writing time when marginal flow media server 22 sends measured message.
t 1For arrive the writing time behind this user terminal 30 when measured message; Wherein, this user terminal 30 preferably is meant set-top box 32.
t 2Be the writing time when the set-top box 32 return measurement messages.
T 2Be the writing time again when measured message arrives marginal flow media server 22.
Δ t is the network delay of this marginal flow media server 22 to user terminal 30.Here, suppose that the uplink network time delay is identical with the downlink network time delay.
The measurement module 103 of message report lost rate is used for calculating report lost rate data by regularly add up the measured message quantity from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal in the system cycle of setting.Preferably, described transmitting terminal is a marginal flow media server 22, and described receiving terminal is a set-top box 32.
In the network bandwidth was measured, the report lost rate was an important parameter, and adding up this parameter needs network element device to have microsecond level clock, to send the data that measured message and accounting message are lost accurately.What adopt but the IPTV among the present invention measures is network element device ready-made on the IPTV network, for example marginal flow media server 22 and set-top box 32, and these equipment often can only provide the clock frequency of Millisecond because hardware and system.According to this situation, the measurement module 103 of described message report lost rate further is provided with the size of measured message by socket, in each system cycle (as 10 milliseconds), send one group of measured message by transmitting terminal, and record transmitting time and message needs in each measured message, and the message amount of adding up these needs at receiving terminal, thereby calculate report lost rate data.In addition, the measurement module 103 of described message report lost rate can dispose the quantity of the measured message that is sent according to Bandwidth Dynamic.
The present invention utilizes and has the mass measurement that network element is carried out the IPTV Access Network in the IPTV networks such as streaming media server 22, set-top box 32, gateway 31 now, and the fixer network problem.Instruct the Network installation personnel, when business is carried out, just grasp network condition, in time adjust network topology and bandwidth, thereby improve QoS.And when network failure takes place, help the network maintenance staff, locate and solve network problem rapidly.Be pointed out that, the measurement mechanism 100 included NAT network measure passages of described IPTV Access Network are provided with measurement module 103 these three modules of module 101, network delay computing module 102, message report lost rate, might not be arranged on a place, they can be arranged at respectively in the IPTV network elements such as OSS 10, stream media service system 20 and/or user terminal 30, to carry out actual measurement as required.
Fig. 4 shows the flow process of the method for measurement of IPTV Access Network of the present invention, and it is applied to IPTV system shown in Figure 1, comprises that specifically step has:
Step S401, NAT network measure passage is provided with step.Measure passage between the marginal flow media server 22 of public network and user terminal 30, setting up, create measured message and also carry out network quality and measure at private network.Preferably, carry out the address of the nearest marginal flow media server 22 of measure and transmit by gateway 31 announcement machine top boxs 32, this set-top box 32 is sent measured message to this marginal flow media server 22, thereby sets up this measurement passage.
Step S402, the network delay calculation procedure.Calculate network delay in network quality is measured, it can come the computing network time delay by described network delay computing formula (1).
Step S403, the measuring process of message report lost rate.By in the system cycle of setting, regularly adding up the measured message quantity from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal, calculate report lost rate rate data.Described transmitting terminal can be marginal flow media server 22, and described receiving terminal can be set-top box 32.Preferably, by socket the size of measured message is set, at each system cycle, send one group of measured message by transmitting terminal, and record transmitting time and message needs in each measured message, and the message amount of adding up these needs at receiving terminal, thereby calculate report lost rate data.
Fig. 5 is the signaling diagram of the method for measurement of IPTV Access Network in one embodiment of the invention, it is applied to IPTV system shown in Figure 1, what pay close attention in the present embodiment is the network quality of 32 of marginal flow media server 22 and set-top box, be the down-run survey bandwidth of IPTV Access Network, comprise that specifically step is as follows:
Step S501 assigns the measurement instruction by OSS 10 and gives set-top box 32, subsidiary address information, measurement protocol information and the Measuring Time requirement that the marginal flow media server 22 that closes on this set-top box 32 is arranged in this measurement instruction.Preferably, the NM server 11 of OSS 10 will instruct to set-top box 32 according to the described measurement of the continuous transmission of preset frequency by gateway 31.Particularly, because set-top box 32 in use will be kept in touch with the NM server 11 of OSS 10, and NM server 11 is as the nucleus equipment of IPTV business, administer the deployment scenarios of marginal flow media server 22 in the IPTV network, therefore, described measurement instruction is sent by NM server 11, and address information subsidiary and the marginal flow media server 22 that this set-top box 32 is closed on, measure requirements such as protocol information and Measuring Time, to begin whole measurement flow process, consider that Network Transmission exists and lose message, NM server 11 will send continuously according to certain frequency and measure instruction.
Step S502, set-top box 32 switches to measurement pattern with mode of operation after receiving this measurement instruction, and according to the requirements such as agreement of measuring in the command request, marginal flow media server 22 adjacent thereto is consulted and set up and get through the measurement passage.Above step S501~S502 is that NAT network measure passage is provided with step.
Step S503, described marginal flow media server 22 notify OSS 10 behind the negotiation packet of receiving set-top box 31, the preparation of measurement is finished, and measure instruction thereby allow OSS 10 stop to send, and prepare the reception measurement result.
Step S504, described marginal flow media server 22 sends a large amount of measured message according to this requirement of measuring instruction, and the record message sends the time with the computing network time delay in each measured message, and in each message the recorded message sequence number, to calculate the report lost rate.
Step S505, described set-top box 32 is after receiving measured message, write down the current time again, and according to test serial number statistics report lost rate situation, in the clock cycle of this set-top box 32, the statistics of measured message is sent to this marginal flow media server 22, and in statistics the message transmitting time, after this marginal flow media server 22 is received this accounting message, calculate network delay and the report lost rate data of this time cycle, it can come the computing network time delay by described network delay computing formula (1).
Step S506, repeating step S504 and S505, after arriving the time of measuring instruction, this marginal flow media server 22 sends and finishes to measure instruction to this set-top box 32, and this set-top box 32 is recovered normal mode of operation, thereby finishes whole measuring process.Above step S504~S506 is the measuring process of network delay calculation procedure and message report lost rate.
Step S507, measurement result reports step.By this marginal flow media server 22 measurement result is analyzed, adds up, put in order, draw network delay change curve and report lost rate change curve in this Measuring Time cycle, send to this OSS 10, preferably this network delay change curve and report lost rate change curve are sent to NM server 11, and NM server 11 can be used as last measurement result display platform.Be pointed out that described marginal flow media server 22 will repeat to transmit this measurement result, until receiving only confirming as of OSS 10.
Step S508 finishes measuring process.This OSS 10 returns confirmation message after receiving this measurement result, this marginal flow media server 22 stops to send the measurement result message, has so far just finished the measurement flow process of entire I PTV Access Network.
In sum, the present invention is according to the characteristics of IPTV Access Network, at first measure passage between the marginal flow media server of public network and user terminal, setting up at private network, create measured message and carry out the network quality measurement, in network quality is measured, calculate network delay and report lost rate data again.In addition, the present invention can utilize IPTV network existing elements equipment that the IPTV Access Network is carried out network quality and measure, NM server for example, and gateway, set-top box, streaming media servers etc. can reduce the scheme cost.Whereby, the present invention can help the professional installation and maintenance personnel of operator to locate rapidly and solve network problem, by providing network delay, parameters such as report lost rate, allow operator in time grasp the network quality situation of IPTV Access Network, so that in time improve the QoS of IPTV network.
Certainly; the present invention also can have other various embodiments; under the situation that does not deviate from spirit of the present invention and essence thereof; those of ordinary skill in the art work as can make various corresponding changes and distortion according to the present invention, but these corresponding changes and distortion all should belong to the protection range of the appended claim of the present invention.

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1. the measurement mechanism of an IPTV Access Network, this IPTV Access Network comprises OSS, stream media service system, video source system and user terminal, this stream media service system comprises center streaming media server and marginal flow media server again, it is characterized in that described measurement mechanism comprises again:
NAT network measure passage is provided with module, is used for measuring passage setting up between the marginal flow media server of public network and this user terminal at private network, creates measured message and also carries out network quality and measure;
The network delay computing module is used for calculating network delay in the network quality measurement;
The measurement module of message report lost rate is used for calculating report lost rate data by regularly add up the measured message quantity from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal in the system cycle of setting;
This user terminal comprises gateway and set-top box;
Described NAT network measure passage is provided with module, notifies this set-top box to carry out the nearest marginal flow media server address of measure and transmit by this gateway, and this set-top box is sent measured message to this marginal flow media server, thereby sets up this measurement passage.
2. the measurement mechanism of IPTV Access Network according to claim 1 is characterized in that, in described network delay computing module, calculates by following network delay computing formula:
Δ t=(T 1+ t 2-T 2-t 1)/2, wherein,
T 1Be the writing time when the marginal flow media server sends measured message;
t 1For arrive the writing time behind this user terminal when measured message;
t 2Be the writing time when the set-top box return measurement message;
T 2Be the writing time again when measured message arrives the marginal flow media server;
Δ t is the network delay of this marginal flow media server to this user terminal.
3. the measurement mechanism of IPTV Access Network according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the measurement module of described message report lost rate, the size of measured message further is set by socket, at each system cycle, send one group of measured message by transmitting terminal, and in each measured message, put down in writing transmitting time and message needs, and the message amount of adding up these needs at receiving terminal, thereby calculate report lost rate data.
4. the measurement mechanism of IPTV Access Network according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the measurement module of described message report lost rate, the quantity of the measured message that configuration is sent according to Bandwidth Dynamic.
5. the method for measurement of an IPTV Access Network, be used to comprise the IPTV Access Network of OSS, stream media service system, video source system and user terminal, this stream media service system comprises center streaming media server and marginal flow media server again, it is characterized in that this method comprises the steps:
NAT network measure passage is provided with step, is used for measuring passage setting up between the marginal flow media server of public network and this user terminal at private network, creates measured message and also carries out network quality and measure;
The network delay calculation procedure is used for calculating network delay in the network quality measurement;
The measuring process of message report lost rate is used for calculating report lost rate data by regularly add up the measured message quantity from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal in the system cycle of setting;
This user terminal comprises gateway and set-top box;
Be provided with in the step at described NAT network measure passage, carry out the nearest marginal flow media server address of measure and transmit by gateway announcement machine top box, this set-top box is sent measured message to this marginal flow media server, thereby sets up this measurement passage.
6. the method for measurement of IPTV Access Network according to claim 5 is characterized in that, in described network delay calculation procedure, calculates by following network delay computing formula:
Δ t=(T 1+ t 2-T 2-t 1)/2, wherein,
T 1Be the writing time when the marginal flow media server sends measured message;
t 1For arrive the writing time behind this user terminal when measured message;
t 2Be the writing time when the set-top box return measurement message;
T 2Be the writing time again when measured message arrives the marginal flow media server;
Δ t is the network delay of this marginal flow media server to this user terminal.
7. the method for measurement of IPTV Access Network according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, the measuring process of described message report lost rate, the size of measured message further is set by socket, at each system cycle, send one group of measured message by transmitting terminal, and in each measured message, put down in writing transmitting time and message needs, and the message amount of adding up these needs at receiving terminal, thereby calculate report lost rate data.
8. according to the method for measurement of claim 5,6 or 7 described IPTV Access Networks, it is characterized in that, be provided with in the step, further comprise at described NAT network measure passage:
Steps A, assign the measurement instruction by this OSS and give set-top box, attach address information, measurement protocol information and the Measuring Time requirement that the marginal flow media server that closes on this set-top box is arranged in this measurement instruction, and send the measurement instruction continuously according to preset frequency by gateway;
Step B, described marginal flow media server is notified this OSS after receiving the negotiation packet of set-top box, stop to send measuring instruction, prepares to receive measurement result;
Step C, this set-top box switches to measurement pattern with mode of operation after receiving this measurement instruction, and sets up the measurement passage according to measuring command request;
In the measuring process of described network delay calculation procedure and message report lost rate, further comprise:
Step D, this marginal flow media server sends a large amount of measured message according to this requirement of measuring instruction, and the record message sends time and test serial number in each measured message;
Step e, this set-top box is after receiving measured message, write down the current time again, and according to test serial number statistics report lost rate situation, in the Measuring Time of this set-top box in the cycle, the statistics of measured message is sent to this marginal flow media server, and in statistics record message transmitting time, after this marginal flow media server is received this statistics, calculate the network delay and the report lost rate data in this Measuring Time cycle;
Step F, repeating step D and step e, after arriving the time of measuring instruction, this marginal flow media server sends and finishes to measure instruction to this set-top box, and this set-top box is recovered normal mode of operation.
9. the method for measurement of IPTV Access Network according to claim 8, it is characterized in that, also comprise: measurement result reports step, be used for network delay change curve and the report lost rate change curve of this Measuring Time in the cycle analyzed, adds up, put in order out to measurement result, send to described OSS by this marginal flow media server.
10. the method for measurement of IPTV Access Network according to claim 9, it is characterized in that, also comprise the end measuring process, described OSS is after receiving described measurement result, return confirmation message, described marginal flow media server stops to send the measurement result message, thereby finishes whole measurement flow process.
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