JP2002300205A - Network response measurement system and network response measurement method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network response measurement system that can be performed without a general user having to perform any setting or preparation other than Internet use environment in advance. SOLUTION: This system for measuring a network response between a Web server 10 and a general user terminal 20 connected through a communication network 30 such as the Internet, is provided with an applet generation and transmission function 110 provided in the Web sever 10 and for transmitting an applet to the user terminal 20 which is generated as a JAVA (registered trademark) applet 40, performs download and upload processing of data between the Web server 10 and the user terminal 20 and is also measuring information related to its data transmission time to the user terminal 20, a JAVA applet download request/implementation function 60 provided respectively in the user terminal 20 and for downloading the JAVA applet 40 from the Web server 10, and a JAVA applet performance function 70 for performing the downloaded JAVA applet 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a network response measuring method, and more particularly to a network response measuring system and method for measuring a response via a communication network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional method for measuring the response of a network between a general user terminal and a Web server to a processing request from a browser of a general user terminal using a communication network such as the Internet, first,
A general user operates a browser of a general user terminal to send data including a processing request to a Web server that is a transmission destination, and performs processing for the processing request on the Web server. Next, the Web server returns an information result including the response time to the general user terminal after performing the processing on the Web server. In the general user terminal, the information obtained here and We
The result obtained by subtracting the processing time on the server b is totaled as the response. There are two cases of information provided to the general user obtained by this method. One is a measurement result obtained visually on the user side. The other is
This is the result obtained by preparing a tool for measuring the transmission speed on the network in advance.

As another method, a data transmission start time to a Web server and a reception completion time at a Web server in response to a processing request from a browser of a general user terminal are measured, and the subtraction result is tabulated as a network response. There is something to do.

Further, as another method, first, the Web
The file prepared on the server side is transmitted to a general user terminal using a network such as the Internet. Next, the network response is measured from the transmitted data and the time required for the transmission.

[0005] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-098468 "Network Verification System" describes an example of a conventional technique.

[0006]

The first problem is that when measuring the network response, it is necessary for the general user to visually observe the processing time. The reason is,
When a general user measures processing performance to measure network response, if a tool for measurement is not provided in advance, the result cannot be measured unless the processing time on the browser is visually observed. is there.

A second problem is that when measuring network responses from one or more general users,
This means that it is necessary to request general users to prepare for the measurement, and to explain the measurement method. The reason is that the general user must understand the procedure and method for executing the application at the time of measurement, and perform the measurement of the network response.

[0008] The third problem is that when performing the measurement,
It is necessary to collect the measurement results on both the browser of the general user terminal and the Web server, and to total these results. The reason is that, when the response result is collected, the measurement result is output to both the browser side and the Web server side of the general user terminal, so that the measurement results must be totaled by both.

An object of the present invention is to use a processing terminal including a browser of a general user terminal without setting or preparing other than the Internet use environment in advance in response to a network response measurement request from a general user terminal browser. It is another object of the present invention to provide a network response measurement system and method capable of making a processing request without requiring a general user to have prior knowledge.

[0010] Another object of the present invention is to improve the operability by enabling network response measurement results, which are executed in response to a processing request from a browser of a general user terminal, to be automatically totaled on a Web server. An object of the present invention is to provide a network response measurement system and method.

[0011]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for measuring a network response between a user terminal and a web server connected via a network.
A program provided in the server and executable on the user terminal, for executing data transmission processing between the Web server and the user terminal and measuring information related to the data transmission time, , A download function for downloading the program from a Web server, and a program execution function for executing the downloaded program.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the program further performs a process of transmitting information relating to a data transmission time measured at a user terminal to a Web server, wherein the Web server includes It has a totalizing function of totalizing information on data transmission time transmitted from a terminal. According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the program executes a data transmission process between a Web server and a user terminal, the program transmits the W
The transmission of data to the web server and the transmission of data from the web server to the user terminal are performed. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a browser executed on a user terminal is used for data transmission between the Web server and the user terminal, and the program is executed on the browser. It is characterized by.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the program is downloaded from the Web server to the user terminal when a predetermined access is made from the user terminal to the Web server. After the program is downloaded to the user terminal, the program automatically starts executing. The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that the program retains, in an execution area of the program, data used when measuring information on the data transmission time.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for measuring a network response between a user terminal and a Web server connected via a network.
a program that is executed on the web server and is executable on the user terminal, for executing data transmission processing between the web server and the user terminal and measuring information relating to the data transmission time. Transmitting the program to the user terminal, performing the program at the user terminal, and downloading the program from a web server, and executing the program to execute the downloaded program. It is characterized by the following.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [Description of Configuration] Next, an embodiment of a network response measurement system according to the present invention and a system for automatically totaling network response measurement results included therein will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of a network response measurement system according to the present invention comprises a Web server 10, a general user terminal 20, and a communication network 30 such as the Internet for interconnecting these. Have been.

The Web server 10 is an information processing apparatus having a server function for performing communication via the Internet or the like. The Web server 10 is a communication network 3 such as the Internet from a browser of the general user terminal 20.
In response to a download request 100 of the JAVA applet 40 via the Java applet 40, a JAVA applet 40 is generated,
Applet download processing 1 to download this
Generation and transmission function 110 for implementing the function 01
(“Java” is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.).

The JAVA applet 40 is an execution module in the form of an applet generated by JAVA programming existing on the Web server 10. Also,
The JAVA applet 40 is downloaded onto the browser of the general user terminal 20 in response to a request from the general user terminal 20, and is executed there. In the present embodiment, JAVA
The A applet 40 has a data upload function, a data download function, and a measurement function. JAVA
The information measured by the applet 40 is information such as a response time, a transmission speed, and a connection destination address.

Further, the JAVA applet 40 downloaded from the Web server 10 to the browser of the general user terminal 20 starts automatic measurement of a response in the communication network 30 and performs measurement. At that time, more specifically,
A plurality of parameters are stored on the JAVA applet 40. The parameters include at least the data size of the data to be transmitted, information on the start or completion time of the transmission, and the data measurement interval.

The Web server 10 receives a processing request in response to a network response measurement processing (data upload) request 102 from a browser of the general user terminal 20, executes the processing, and transmits the processing result as a general result. It has a network response result reception and result transmission (data upload) function 111 for performing a network response measurement result transmission process (data upload) 103 which is a process of returning to the browser of the user terminal 20. The Web server 10 further includes a general user terminal 20.
In response to a network response measurement processing (download) request 105 from the browser of the above, processing for generating data for measuring network response information, transmitting the data, and returning the measurement result of the transmission processing time to the browser of the general user terminal 20 It has a network response result reception and result transmission processing (download) function 112 for performing a network response measurement result transmission processing (download) 106.

The Web server 10 further receives response information measured and compiled by the JAVA applet 40 executed on the browser of the general user terminal 20,
Network response result reception and tabulation processing (data upload / download) function 113 for tabulation
Having. The result totaled by the network response result receiving and totaling process (data upload / download) function 113 is stored in the network response measurement result csv format file 50. The network response measurement result csv format file 50 stores measurement results in a Csv format (Comma Separated Value format), that is, a format in which data of individual fields are separated by commas and represented by text data.

The general user terminal 20 is used by a general user and communicates through a communication network 30 such as the Internet, which can perform communication using a browser.
An information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a mobile communication terminal having a browser function for making a processing request to the Web server 10. The general user terminal 20 further includes a W
A request to the web server 10 to download the JAVA applet 40 on the browser, and a JAVA applet download request / execution function 60 for executing the download, and a JAVA applet execution function for executing the JAVA applet 40 on the browser. 7
Has zero.

The JAVA applet download request / execution function 60 is provided on the browser of the general user terminal 20,
When the RL (Uniform Resource Locator) is input, the JAVA applet 40 is downloaded. After the download, the downloaded JAVA applet 40 is automatically executed by the JAVA applet execution function 70 at a predetermined timing (for example, immediately after), so that the transmission data to the Web server 10 is automatically generated.
A request 102 for transmitting data to the eb server 10 and receiving a result of measuring a transmission time and a transmission speed required for uploading between the networks and a processing 1
03 is performed with the Web server 10. In addition, JAV
By continuing the automatic execution of the A applet 40, the Web
Executes a data download request to the server 10;
A request 105 and a process 106 for transmitting transmission data automatically generated on the Web server 10 and receiving a result of measuring a transmission time and a transmission speed required for downloading between the networks are transmitted to and from the Web server 10. Do.

Also, the JAVA applet 40 itself measures various information during each of the above processes, and also executes a process of transmitting the measurement result to the Web server 10 (the network response measurement result Web server transmission of FIG. 1). Processing (data upload) 104 and network response measurement result Web server transmission processing (data download) 107). The information measured by executing the JAVA applet 40 is the above-described response time, transmission speed, connection destination address, and the like. Then, the transmitted information is processed by the network response result receiving and counting function 113 of the Web server 10 and is counted on the Web server 10.

The JAVA applet 40 automatically starts and measures the response measurement in the communication network 30. At this time, the JAVA applet 40 transmits parameters indicating the data size of the data to be transmitted and the measurement interval of the data. 40, and the response is automatically measured using them. When measuring the response relating to the data upload, the JAVA applet 40 downloaded to the browser of the general user terminal 20 is automatically started, and the JAVA applet 40 is automatically started.
Automatically generates transmission data and transmits the data to the Web server 10. When transmission to the Web server 10 is completed, the Web server 10 returns a data transmission completion time to the browser of the general user terminal 20.
The response is measured based on the transmission completion time and the time when the data transmission held by the JAVA applet 40 is completed.

On the other hand, when measuring a response related to data download, transmission data is automatically generated on the Web server 10 based on a request from the JAVA applet 40 or after a predetermined time from the timing at the time of uploading. , Data is transmitted from the Web server 10 to the browser of the general user terminal 20. When reception by the browser of the general user terminal 20 is completed, the Web
The b server 10 acquires the completion time from the general user terminal 20. And the Web server 10 is the Web server 1
A measurement result calculated based on the time at which data transmission is completed at 0 or the completion time obtained from the general user terminal 20 is returned to the JAVA applet 40.

Although FIG. 1 shows one Web server 10 and one general user terminal 20, one or more arbitrary number of them can be used. In addition, the order of uploading and downloading data is not limited to the above, and the transmission time may be obtained from the average transmission time by performing only uploading, or downloading only, or both times repeatedly. .

[Explanation of Operation] Next, the overall operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2, the same components or processes as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In FIG. 2, a process A1 indicates an exception process, and a process J1 indicates a branch determination process for determining whether to execute the exception process.

First, at the general user terminal 20, the user enters the Web server 10 into the browser of the general user terminal 20.
By performing an operation of inputting the URL of the applet, an applet download request process (step 1 in FIG. 2) is executed. Next, in the Web server 10, an applet download request receiving process (Step 2 in FIG. 2) is executed. Further, an applet download process (step 3 in FIG. 2) is executed. Next, in the general user terminal 20, an applet activation process (step 4 in FIG. 2) is executed.

Next, at the general user terminal 20, JA
The VA applet 40 executes an automatic response measurement process (Step 5 in FIG. 2). That is, the request and processing 102, 103, 105, and 106 in FIG. 1 are executed. Further, in the Web server 10, a measurement data totaling process (Step 6 in FIG. 2) is executed. Finally,
The csv output process (Step 7 in FIG. 2) is executed. Then, the output measurement data totalization result is stored in the network response measurement result csv format file 50.
(Step 8 in FIG. 2).

Next, effects of the present embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, the Web download is performed by the applet download request 100 from the browser of the general user terminal 20.
The applet download request receiving process is performed on the b server 10 side, and then the applet download process 101
Is executed, the Java applet 4 generated here
0 is transmitted to the browser of the general user terminal 20, and the JAVA applet 40 automatically executes the network response measurement process on the browser of the general user terminal 20. Further, the measurement result is transmitted to the Web server 10. Then, the Web server 10 totals the result. Further, the counting result is output to a csv format file. Therefore, the network response can be automatically measured only by starting the applet download request processing from the general user terminal 20.

One of the aspects of the present invention is that, when calculating the transmission time and the transmission speed, the Web server uses the JA.
It is characterized in that it has a function of performing automatic measurement by mounting a VA applet and downloading it, and also has a function of transmitting the measurement result to a Web server and totalizing the result. According to this, a network response measurement system is provided, which allows a general user to execute a network terminal in a processing terminal including a browser of a general user terminal without setting and preparing other than the Internet use environment before measuring the network response. Is done.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to a Java program downloaded from a Web server to a browser of a general user terminal.
It is characterized in that the response in the network is automatically started from the applet and the measurement is performed. More specifically, when automatic measurement is started by a JAVA applet on a browser of a general user terminal, parameters are stored in the applet. This parameter includes a data size and a data measurement interval.

Another aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the measurement result of the processing time is output to a file by the upload processing request means and the download processing request means from the browser of the general user terminal. More specifically, with the automatic start of the applet downloaded to the browser of the general user terminal, the upload processing requesting means
The transmission data to the web server is automatically generated, and the measurement is started at the timing of transmitting the data to the web server.
When transmission to the server is completed, the Web server returns the data transmission completion time to the browser of the general user terminal. This measures the transmission time and transmission speed required for uploading between networks. Further, the download processing requesting unit issues a data download request to the Web server, automatically generates transmission data on the Web server, and starts measurement at a timing of transmitting data from the Web server to a browser of a general user terminal. When the transmission of the general user terminal to the browser is completed, the general user terminal returns the transmission completion time to the Web server. Thereby, the transmission time and transmission speed required for downloading between networks are measured.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.
Changes such as division and distributed arrangement via a communication network can be made as appropriate. Further, the Web server 10 or the general user terminal 20 of the above embodiment
Includes one or more computers and their peripheral devices,
It can be configured using a program executed by a computer, and the program used in the program can be distributed via a computer-readable recording medium or a communication line.

In the above embodiment, the Web server 1 is executed on the browser executed on the general user terminal 20.
The response measurement process is started and executed by executing the JAVA applet 40 downloaded from 0, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to using the JAVA applet 40, and a predetermined program may be used. If a relatively small program in a language is downloaded from a Web server to a general user terminal serving as a client and can be executed there, it can be replaced with the program.

[0037]

The first effect is that, in response to a network measurement request from the browser of the general user terminal, the processing terminal including the browser of the general user terminal does not set and prepare other than the Internet use environment in advance. It is available. As a result, it is possible to request a network response measurement process without the general user having the prior knowledge. The reason is that, in response to a measurement processing request from the browser of a general user terminal, the JA provided by the Web server
This is because the network response measurement processing is automatically performed by downloading the VA applet.

A second effect is that the operability can be improved by automatically summarizing the network response measurement results, which are executed in response to a processing request from the browser of the general user terminal, on the Web server. . The reason is that, in response to a processing request from the browser of the general user terminal, a network response is measured by executing a JAVA applet provided by the Web server, and the measurement result is transmitted to the Web server. This is for receiving the measurement results and automatically summing them up.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10 Web server 20 General user terminal (browser) 30 Communication network (Internet) 40 JAVA applet 50 Network response measurement result csv format file 60 JAVA applet download request / execution function 70 JAVA applet execution function 100 Applet download request 101 Applet download processing 102 Network Response measurement processing (data upload) 103 Network response measurement result transmission processing (data upload) 104 Network response measurement result Web server transmission processing (data upload) 105 Network response measurement processing (download) 106 Network response measurement result transmission processing (download) 107 Network response measurement Result Web server transmission processing (data download) 110 Applet generation, transmission function 111 Network response result reception, result transmission processing (data upload) function 112 Network response result reception, result transmission processing (download) function 113 Network response result reception, tabulation processing (Data upload / download) function

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. Web connected via a network
In a system for measuring a network response between a server and a user terminal, a program provided in the Web server and executable on the user terminal, for executing data transmission processing between the Web server and the user terminal, A transmission function for transmitting the information for measuring the data transmission time to the user terminal;
A network response measurement system, comprising: a download function for downloading the program from a server; and a program execution function for executing the downloaded program. 2. The program further performs a process of transmitting information on a data transmission time measured at a user terminal to a Web server, wherein the Web server has been transmitted from the user terminal. The network response measurement system according to claim 1, further comprising a totalizing function for totalizing information relating to data transmission time. 3. The program, when executing a data transmission process between a Web server and a user terminal, transmits data from the user terminal to the Web server, and transmits data from the Web server to the user terminal. 3. The network response measurement system according to claim 1, wherein 4. A browser executed on a user terminal is used for data transmission between the Web server and the user terminal, and the program is executed on the browser. The network response measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. Downloading of the program from the Web server to the user terminal is performed when the user terminal downloads the program from the user terminal.
The program is executed when a predetermined access is made to an eb server, and after the program is downloaded to a user terminal, execution of the program is automatically started. The network response measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. The program according to claim 1, wherein the program retains, in an execution area of the program, data used when measuring information on the data transmission time. Network response measurement system as described. 7. Web connected via a network
A method for measuring a network response between a server and a user terminal, the program being executed on a web server, being a program executable on the user terminal, and performing a data transmission process between the web server and the user terminal And transmitting the information for measuring the information related to the data transmission time to the user terminal, and transmitting the information to the user terminal.
A network response measurement method, comprising: a download step of downloading the program from a server; and a program execution step of executing the downloaded program.