JP2009515464A - Wireless Internet service quality measuring method and system using mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless Internet service quality measurement method and system using a mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a mobile communication network that provides a wireless Internet service, a quality management server that receives, stores, and manages quality measurement information that is quality measurement information, and a wireless communication service that connects to the wireless Internet service using the mobile communication network. A wireless Internet connection program that collects and transmits quality measurement information by measuring quality, a wireless Internet platform that provides a base environment to connect to a wireless Internet service by performing a wireless Internet connection program, and a wireless Internet connection A quality measurement program is provided that receives quality measurement information from the program, stores it, and transmits it to the quality measurement server. The quality measurement information is obtained by measuring the quality by linking the wireless Internet connection program and the quality measurement program. To the quality management server Providing wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises a mobile communication terminal for signal, a. According to the present invention, the quality of wireless Internet service can be measured using a program in a mobile communication terminal.

Description

  The present invention relates to a wireless Internet service quality measurement method and system using a mobile communication terminal, and more specifically, a function of measuring the quality of a wireless Internet service is added to a wireless Internet connection program provided in the mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal is equipped with a quality measurement program that communicates with a quality management server that manages the quality of the wireless Internet service, and the mobile communication terminal wirelessly communicates with the quality measurement program and the wireless Internet connection program. The present invention relates to a method and system for measuring and storing the quality of Internet services and managing the quality measured by a mobile communication terminal with a quality management server.

  As the information and communication technology advances to the information society, the Internet is positioned as an important and essential medium in all fields including society, culture, and economy. Recently, communication and network technologies have been developed, and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) 2000 system, WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) system, WiBro (Wireless Internet Broadband) system, high-speed downlink packet connection (High Speed) that can communicate while moving. Mobile communication systems such as Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) system have been developed and evolved, and as a result, wireless Internet technology that can use the Internet wirelessly has emerged.

  Accordingly, various types of content services using wireless Internet technology, for example, wireless Internet services such as chat, clubs, games, and shopping malls are widely used. As described above, the wireless Internet service can perform various activities such as dialogue, games, purchases, and sales with a remote partner in real time, and therefore, the demand is rapidly increasing.

  Meanwhile, the wireless Internet service using the above-described mobile communication system is provided to mobile communication subscribers using multiple sections and multiple protocols. That is, the mobile communication system was initially developed on the basis of voice call, and not only the voice call section and the data communication section are divided, but also between the wired Internet and the wireless Internet, and each device of the mobile communication system. Various protocols are used to provide wireless Internet services due to differences in protocols used to communicate between the two.

  Therefore, the wireless Internet service may have a lower quality of service experienced by the mobile communication subscriber, such as connection success rate and connection speed, compared to a normal voice call service. In the case where an abnormality occurs in the service quality, it is required to develop a specific technique for quickly grasping the section where the abnormality is present and utilizing it to improve the service quality.

  In order to solve such a problem and meet such a demand, the present invention adds a function of measuring the quality of wireless Internet service to a wireless Internet connection program provided in a mobile communication terminal, and The mobile communication terminal is equipped with a quality measurement program that communicates with a quality management server that manages the quality of the service, and the mobile communication terminal is connected with the quality measurement program and the wireless Internet connection program. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for measuring and storing quality and managing the quality measured by a mobile communication terminal with a quality management server.

  In order to achieve such an object, the present invention is a system for measuring the quality of a wireless Internet service, and receives a mobile communication network that provides the wireless Internet service, and quality measurement information that is information for measuring the quality. A quality management server for storing and managing, a wireless internet connection program for collecting and transmitting quality measurement information by connecting to a wireless internet service using a mobile communication network and measuring the quality, and a wireless internet connection program A wireless Internet platform that provides a base environment to connect to a wireless Internet service, and a quality measurement program that receives and stores quality measurement information transmitted from a wireless Internet connection program and transmits it to a quality measurement server, Wireless internet connection program and A wireless Internet using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it includes a mobile communication terminal that measures quality, collects quality measurement information and transmits it to a quality management server in conjunction with a quality measurement program Provide a service quality measurement system.

  According to another object of the present invention, in the system including a mobile communication terminal that receives a wireless Internet service, a mobile communication network that provides the wireless Internet service, and a quality management server that manages the quality of the wireless Internet service. A method for measuring quality, comprising: (a) receiving and storing setting information specifying conditions for the mobile communication terminal to measure quality from a quality management server; and (b) the mobile communication terminal A step of connecting to a wireless Internet service provided by the mobile communication network; and (c) a step of measuring quality and collecting quality measurement information when the mobile communication terminal analyzes the setting information and satisfies the conditions, and (d) And a step of transmitting the quality measurement information to the quality management server by the mobile communication terminal. Providing wireless Internet service quality measurement method using.

  According to the present invention, the quality of the wireless Internet service can be measured using a program in a mobile communication terminal.

  In addition, the quality of the wireless Internet service measured by the mobile communication terminal can be systematically managed by a specific server on the network.

  In addition, by measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service by section in the mobile communication terminal, it is possible to easily grasp the section where the quality is abnormal and quickly cope with the deterioration of the quality.

  In addition, since the mobile communication terminal measures the quality of the wireless Internet service while using the wireless Internet service, the quality experienced by the mobile communication subscriber can be measured.

  In addition, a specialist who measures or manages the quality of wireless Internet service can download the scenario for quality measurement to the mobile communication terminal and measure the quality of wireless Internet service according to the scenario. can do.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to components in each drawing, it should be noted that the same components are given the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on other drawings. Don't be. In the description of the present invention, when it is determined that a specific description of a related known configuration or function can obscure the gist of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  The wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a mobile communication network 120, a content providing server 130, and a quality management server 140.

  The mobile communication terminal 110 is a terminal that receives a mobile communication service including a voice call service and a wireless Internet service using the mobile communication network 120, and includes a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a cellular phone, and a PCS (Personal Communication). Service) Phone, Hand-Held PC, GSM (Global System for Mobile) Phone, WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) Phone, CDMA-2000 Phone, MBS (Mobile Broadband System) Phone, Notebook PC, Wireless Communication Function The portable multimedia player (Portable Multimedia Player: PMP), the PlayStation Portable (PSP), etc. which were equipped can be used.

  The mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention connects to a wireless Internet service provided by the mobile communication network 120, measures the quality of the wireless Internet service, collects and transmits quality measurement information, Receives and stores quality measurement information from a program, a wireless Internet platform that provides a base environment to connect to a wireless Internet service by performing a wireless Internet connection program, and transmits the quality measurement information to the quality management server 140 A mobile communication terminal that includes a quality measurement program, measures the quality of a wireless Internet service, and stores and transmits quality measurement information by linking the wireless Internet connection program and the quality measurement program.

  To this end, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a memory, a microprocessor, and the like that store and execute the above-described wireless Internet connection program, wireless Internet platform, quality measurement program, and the like.

  In addition, when the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention measures and stores the quality measurement information, the wireless Internet connection program and the quality measurement program are linked using the message handler of the wireless Internet platform. The quality measurement information is shared by sharing the quality measurement information or by using a shared memory.

  In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, information on the mobile communication system currently connected from the mobile communication network 120 and radio waves transmitted to and received from the mobile communication network 120. RF quality information including one or more of the information for the is collected as quality measurement information.

  In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention collects connection quality information, which is quality information for connection of a wireless Internet service, as quality measurement information when measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. Here, the connection quality information includes connection time information that is information on elapsed time required to use the wireless Internet service, and experience success rate information that is information on a success rate that occurs when using the wireless Internet service. Including one or more of them.

  In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention receives an initial page by connecting to a wireless Internet service and outputs an initial connection time, which is an elapsed time required for output on the screen, The connection time information described above is collected by measuring one or more of the menu movement times, which are the elapsed time required to move the menu on the page.

  Also, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a radio channel assignment time (Traffic Channel Assignment Time: TCAT), a radio link protocol setup time (Radio Link Protocol Setup Time: RST), a point-to-point protocol. Negotiation time (Pont-to-Point Protocol Negotiation Time: PPPNT), DNS request time (Domain Name Server Query Time: DNSQT), WAP gateway connection time (Wireless Application Protocol Gateway Access Time: WGAT), and initial page download time (Primary) The initial connection time described above is collected by measuring one or more of Page Download Time (PDT).

  In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a connection success rate that is a success rate of connection to a wireless Internet service, a search success rate that is a success rate of searching for content using the wireless Internet service, In addition, the above-described experience success rate information is collected by measuring one or more of the transmission success rates, which are the success rates of normal data transmission when using the wireless Internet service.

  Also, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention collects program error information, which is information on errors in a wireless Internet connection program that occurs when connecting to a wireless Internet service, as the quality measurement information described above. .

  The mobile communication network 120 is a communication network that provides mobile communication terminals 110 with mobile communication services such as a voice call service, a wireless Internet service, a short message service, and a multimedia messaging service, and is a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). For wireless Internet networks such as 2000 systems, WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) systems, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) systems, WiBro (Wireless Internet Broadband) systems, Wireless LAN (Wireless Local Area Network: WLAN) systems, etc. Can be.

  The mobile communication network 120 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a base station 122, a base station controller 124, a packet data serving node (PDSN) 126, and a WAP gateway (Wireless Application Protocol Gateway) 128. In addition, providing a wireless Internet service to the mobile communication terminal 110 provides a communication path so that the mobile communication terminal 110 can connect to the wireless Internet service and communicate with the content providing server 130 to search and transmit / receive content. To do. Here, it is assumed that the mobile communication network 120 is configured by a CDMA2000 system. However, in the present invention, the above-described assumption is for convenience of explanation, and the mobile communication network 120 can be not only a CDMA2000 system but also various wireless Internet networks as described above, and thereby mobile Each device constituting the communication network 120 can vary.

  Also, the mobile communication network 120 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when RF quality information is requested from the mobile communication terminal 110, information on the mobile communication system to which the mobile communication terminal 110 is connected when requested. In addition, RF quality information including one or more pieces of information regarding radio waves transmitted / received to / from the mobile communication terminal 110 is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 110.

  The content providing server 130 is implemented as a normal network server, and generates or receives and stores various contents, and generates a menu page for providing the mobile communication terminal 110 with a content download service or a content upload service. The above-described content download service or content upload service is provided by performing data communication with the mobile communication terminal 110 connected to the wireless Internet service.

  The quality management server 140 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is implemented as a normal network server, and receives and stores quality measurement information collected by the mobile communication terminal 110 by measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. Then, processing such as analyzing quality measurement information and extracting statistical information is performed.

  In addition, the quality management server 140 according to the first embodiment of the present invention generates and stores setting information specifying the conditions for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service in the mobile communication terminal 110, and stores the mobile communication terminal. When the mobile communication terminal 110 satisfies the condition by transmitting to the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the request of 110 or periodically, the quality of wireless Internet service is measured and the quality measurement information is collected and transmitted. Can be.

  Here, the setting information is information specifying conditions for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, and can be, for example, a start time and an end time for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 110 confirms the setting information, measures the quality of the wireless Internet service at the start time, stops measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service at the end time, and collects the collected quality measurements. Information can be transmitted to the quality management server 140.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a wireless Internet service quality measurement method using the mobile communication terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The quality management server 140 generates and stores setting information, converts the setting information into a short message type, and transmits the setting information to the mobile communication terminal 110 using a short message service provided by the mobile communication network 120 or mobile communication. By transmitting the setting information to the mobile communication terminal 110 via the network 120 by the push method, the setting information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 110, and the mobile communication terminal 110 receives the setting information from the quality management server 140. (S210).

  As described above, when the mobile communication terminal 110 stores the setting information and the user operates the mobile communication terminal 110 and selects the connection of the wireless Internet service in order to use the wireless Internet service, the mobile communication terminal 110 The terminal 110 connects to a wireless Internet service provided by the mobile communication network 120 (S220).

  In step S210, the mobile communication terminal 110 connected to the wireless Internet service confirms the stored setting information to confirm whether the condition specified in the setting information is satisfied (S230). If not, only the wireless Internet service is performed, and if the specified condition is satisfied, RF quality information is collected from the mobile communication network 120 (S240).

  The mobile communication terminal 110 collecting the RF quality information collects connection quality information in the process of performing the wireless Internet service (S250). The mobile communication terminal 110 that collected the connection quality information measures program errors that occur in the process of executing the wireless Internet connection program and collects the program error information (S260).

  Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal 110 may collect only one of the RF quality information, connection quality information, and program error information collected in steps S240, S250, and S260, or may collect all of them. it can. That is, at least one or more of each information can be collected selectively.

  Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 110 that has collected one or more of the RF quality information, the connection quality information, and the program error information generates quality measurement information including each collected information, and is designated in the setting information. The quality measurement information is transmitted to the quality management server 140 at the end time or when a request for transmission of the quality measurement information is received from the quality management server 140 (S270).

  The quality management server 140 receives and stores the quality measurement information, and analyzes and processes the quality measurement information (S280).

  In steps S210 to S280, when a normal mobile communication subscriber using a wireless Internet service uses the wireless Internet service, the mobile communication terminal 110 determines the quality of the wireless Internet service as a mobile communication subscriber. It describes the measurement of the quality of the wireless Internet service so that the measurement is not recognized. Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 110 can measure the quality of the wireless Internet service experienced by a normal mobile communication subscriber.

  Meanwhile, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a mobile communication subscriber who has specialized knowledge in quality measurement and management, such as quality measurement personnel and quality control personnel, who are not ordinary mobile communication subscribers, is connected to the mobile communication terminal 110. Can be used to measure the quality of the wireless Internet service.

  In this case, the mobile communication terminal 110 connects to the quality management server 140, downloads and stores a quality measurement scenario, which is a predetermined scenario for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, from the quality management server 140. The mobile communication terminal 110 that receives and stores the quality measurement scenario, when quality measurement of the wireless Internet service is selected, connects to the wireless Internet service according to the quality measurement scenario and collects quality measurement information, and then the quality management server 110 140.

  That is, when a mobile communication subscriber having specialized knowledge measures the quality of the wireless Internet service, the mobile communication terminal 110 is set from the quality management server 140 as in the case of a normal mobile communication subscriber. When the connection of the wireless Internet service is selected by a normal mobile communication subscriber with the information received and stored, the quality is not measured by connecting to the wireless Internet service and measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. The quality of the wireless Internet service is measured by performing communication with the mobile communication network 120 according to the procedure defined in the predetermined scenario already downloaded from the management server 140.

  Hereinafter, in the wireless Internet service quality measurement system using the mobile communication terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the detailed configuration of the mobile communication terminal for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service and the mobile communication terminal are described. A method for measuring the quality of wireless Internet service using the second embodiment of the present invention and the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  Here, the second embodiment of the present invention collects quality measurement information by using the message handler of the wireless Internet platform between the mobile communication terminal 110 and the wireless Internet connection program and the quality measurement program. In the third embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 110 uses a shared memory to link the quality measurement information between the wireless Internet connection program and the quality measurement program. It is about collecting and communicating.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a wireless Internet service quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a message handler according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

  A wireless Internet service quality measurement mobile communication terminal 110 using a message handler according to a second embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication processing unit 310, a wireless Internet processing unit 320, a wireless Internet connection unit 330, a quality measurement unit 340, and A setting information storage unit 350 is included.

  The mobile communication processing unit 310 performs a digital signal processing function for performing an equalizer function and performing an acoustic data processing function for coding or decoding a voice signal and removing multipath noise, and for a signal to be transmitted and received A baseband conversion function that converts the signal into a baseband signal and performs digital-analog conversion and analog-digital conversion processing, receives an RF (Radio Frequency) signal from the antenna 216, converts it to an IF (Intermediate Frequency) signal, The mobile communication processing means performs communication with the base station 122 of the mobile communication network 120 by performing an RF signal processing function that converts an IF signal into an RF signal and demodulates and amplifies the RF signal.

  The wireless Internet processing unit 320 provides an operating system that provides a base environment that can be connected to a wireless Internet service, such as WIPI (Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability), Brew (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless), and Java Virtual Machine (Java Virtual Machine). Wireless Internet processing means for storing and executing a wireless Internet platform, which is software or hardware that performs the functions described above.

  The wireless Internet connection unit 330 operates on the wireless Internet platform as described above, such as a web browser, a WAP browser, a new generation browser (NGB), and a custom-type video (Video on Demand: VOD) player. Wireless Internet connection means for storing and executing a wireless Internet connection program, which is software for searching for and transmitting / receiving content after connecting to an Internet service.

  The quality measurement unit 340 is a quality measurement unit that stores quality measurement information collected in conjunction with the wireless Internet connection program and stores and executes a quality measurement program that is software to be transmitted to the quality management server 140.

  The wireless Internet processing unit 320, the wireless Internet connection unit 330, and the quality measurement unit 340 are processing means for storing and executing a wireless Internet platform, a wireless Internet connection program, and a quality measurement program, respectively. Operates according to a predetermined algorithm. Accordingly, the wireless Internet processing unit 320, the wireless Internet connection unit 330, and the quality measurement unit 340 are the same as or similar to the operations of the wireless Internet platform, the wireless Internet connection program, and the quality measurement program. For convenience, the operations of the wireless Internet processing unit 320, the wireless Internet connection unit 330, and the quality measurement unit 340 will be described as the operation of the wireless Internet platform, the wireless Internet connection program, and the quality measurement program.

  Here, when the wireless Internet connection program according to the second embodiment of the present invention is driven by the wireless Internet connection unit 320, the wireless Internet connection program operates on the wireless Internet platform and controls to execute the quality measurement program. After connecting to the Internet service, the quality of the wireless Internet service is measured to collect quality measurement information, and the quality measurement information is converted into a message type to generate a quality measurement message, which is then transmitted to the wireless Internet platform. At this time, the wireless Internet connection program inserts an identifier for identifying the quality measurement program into the quality measurement message.

  In addition, the wireless Internet platform according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a message handler that distributes a message. Upon receiving a quality measurement message from the wireless Internet connection program, the wireless Internet platform confirms the identifier inserted in the quality measurement message and checks the quality. Confirm that the message is to be sent to the measurement program, and send the quality measurement message to the quality measurement program.

  In addition, the quality measurement program according to the second embodiment of the present invention is executed by the wireless Internet connection program, and when receiving a quality measurement message from the wireless Internet platform, the quality measurement program is converted into quality measurement information and stored. When the quality measurement information transmission request is received from 140, the quality measurement information is transmitted to the quality management server 140.

  On the other hand, when receiving the setting information from the quality management server 140, the quality measurement program according to the second embodiment of the present invention stores the setting information in the setting information storage unit 350, and the wireless Internet connection program according to the second embodiment of the present invention When driving, after connecting to the wireless Internet service, when the setting information is checked in the setting information storage unit 350 and the conditions specified in the setting information are satisfied, the quality of the wireless Internet service is measured for the first time as described above. be able to.

  The setting information storage unit 350 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a data storage unit that stores data shared by the wireless Internet connection program and the quality measurement program, and receives and stores setting information from the quality measurement program. The setting information can be verified by the wireless Internet connection program.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a wireless Internet service quality measurement method using a message handler according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  The quality management server 140 receives an input of a condition for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service or receives and receives and generates setting information specifying the aforementioned condition, and then a short message provided by the mobile communication network 120 The service is used or transmitted to the quality measurement program of the mobile communication terminal 110 by the push method (S402).

  When the quality management server 140 transmits the setting information, the quality measurement program is driven in the mobile communication terminal 110 (S404), and the quality measurement program stores the received setting information in the setting information storage unit 350 (S406). Here, Steps S402 to S406 can be selectively performed as necessary.

  When the mobile communication subscriber operates the mobile communication terminal 110 to select the connection of the wireless Internet service, the wireless Internet connection program is driven (S408), and the wireless Internet connection program drives the quality measurement program (S408). By connecting to the Internet service (S410) and performing communication with the content providing server 130, the content is retrieved and transmitted / received.

  The wireless Internet connection program collects quality measurement information (S416), converts the quality measurement information into a message format, and inserts an identifier for identifying the message to be transmitted to the quality measurement program, A quality measurement message is generated (S418), and the quality measurement message is transmitted to the wireless Internet platform (S420). On the other hand, if Steps S402 to S406 are performed, the wireless Internet connection program obtains the setting information from the setting information storage unit 350 after collation (S412), and whether or not the condition specified in the setting information is satisfied. (S414), and quality measurement information is collected only when it is satisfied.

  Upon receiving the quality measurement message, the wireless internet platform that has received the quality measurement message must transmit the quality measurement message to the quality measurement program by analyzing the quality measurement message using a message handler to confirm the identifier. The quality measurement message is transmitted to the quality measurement program (S422). Upon receiving the quality measurement message, the quality measurement program converts the quality measurement message into quality measurement information and stores it in the database provided in itself. (S424).

  Meanwhile, the quality management server 140 that has transmitted the setting information in step S402 requests that the quality measurement information be transmitted to the quality measurement program of the mobile communication terminal 110 at the least busy time such as at night or at night. The quality measurement program transmits the stored quality measurement information to the quality management server 140 (S428), and the quality management server 140 stores the received quality measurement information for analysis and processing (S430). On the other hand, the quality measurement program confirms the setting information and transmits the quality measurement information to the quality management server 140 at the end time specified in the setting information even if the quality management server 140 does not request transmission of the quality measurement information. Can do.

  The description of the method of FIG. 4 described above is that a normal mobile communication subscriber operates a mobile communication terminal to drive a wireless Internet connection program such as a next-generation browser or a VOD player, thereby connecting to a wireless Internet service. The process of measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service when the wireless Internet connection program drives the quality measurement program and satisfies the conditions specified in the stored setting information when receiving the content service has been described.

  On the other hand, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as described above, in addition to performing quality measurement when a normal mobile communication subscriber connects to a wireless Internet service, quality control personnel, quality measurement personnel, etc. An expert can directly operate the mobile communication terminal 110 to measure the quality of the wireless Internet service. Hereinafter, a method in which an expert directly operates the mobile communication terminal 110 to measure the quality of the wireless Internet service will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a wireless Internet service quality measurement method for professionals using a message handler according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  When the mobile subscriber, who is an expert, operates the mobile communication terminal 110 in order to preinstall the mobile communication terminal 110 with a quality measurement scenario for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, the mobile communication terminal 110 drives a quality measurement program (S502), and the quality measurement program downloads a quality measurement scenario for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service from the quality measurement server 140 (S504) and stores it (S506).

  When the quality measurement scenario is stored, the mobile subscriber who is an expert operates the mobile communication terminal 110 to drive the quality measurement program when quality measurement of the wireless Internet service is required (S508). ) The quality measurement program confirms the stored quality measurement scenario (S510).

  The quality measurement program that has confirmed the quality measurement scenario controls the wireless Internet connection program according to the quality measurement scenario (S512), drives the wireless Internet connection program (S514), and connects to the wireless Internet service using the wireless Internet connection program. In the process of connecting to the wireless Internet service, after measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service and collecting quality measurement information (S518), generating a quality measurement message (S520), the wireless Internet platform (S522). At this time, an identifier for identifying the quality measurement program is inserted into the quality measurement message.

  The wireless Internet platform confirms the received quality measurement message using the message handler, confirms the identifier inserted in the quality measurement message, knows that the message is to be transmitted to the quality measurement program, and determines the quality measurement message This is transmitted to the measurement program (S524).

  The quality measurement program that has received the quality measurement message converts the quality measurement message into quality measurement information and stores it (S526), transmits the quality measurement information to the quality management server 140 (S528), and the quality management server 140 performs the quality measurement. Information is stored, processed and analyzed (S530).

  As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 110 equipped with the wireless Internet platform is an application program for connecting to the wireless Internet service and measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. The quality measured by a certain wireless Internet connection program and the wireless Internet connection program is stored and managed by the mobile communication terminal 110, and the quality measurement program transmitted to the quality management server 140 is linked by using a message handler. It is possible to measure the quality of experience and professional quality of wireless Internet services experienced by typical mobile communication subscribers.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a wireless Internet service quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a shared memory according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

  A wireless Internet service quality measurement mobile communication terminal 110 using a shared memory according to a third embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication processing unit 310, a wireless Internet processing unit 610, a wireless Internet connection unit 620, a quality measurement unit 630, a setting. An information storage unit 350 and a shared memory 640 are included.

  The mobile communication processing unit 310 and the setting information storage unit 350 are the same as or similar to the configurations and functions of the wireless Internet service quality measurement mobile communication terminal using the message handler according to the second embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIG. Therefore, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  Also, the wireless Internet processing unit 610, the wireless Internet connection unit 620, and the quality measurement unit 630 are a wireless Internet service quality measurement mobile communication terminal using the message handler according to the second embodiment of the present invention described through FIG. Since the configuration and general functions are the same or similar, description of general functions is omitted, and only other functions are described.

  The wireless Internet processing unit 610 according to the third embodiment of the present invention is processing means for storing and executing a wireless Internet platform, like the wireless Internet processing unit 320 described with reference to FIG. Provide as a base environment. However, the wireless Internet platform according to the third embodiment of the present invention receives the quality measurement message from the wireless Internet connection program and does not transmit the quality measurement message to the quality measurement program using the message handler.

  As described with reference to FIG. 3, the wireless Internet connection unit 620 according to the third embodiment of the present invention stores and executes a wireless Internet connection program to connect to the wireless Internet service and measure the quality of the wireless Internet service. The collected quality measurement information is converted into a message format and is not transmitted to the wireless Internet platform, but the quality measurement information is stored in the shared memory 640, the quality measurement program is executed, and the quality measurement information is collated and acquired in the shared memory 640. To do.

  The quality measurement unit 630 according to the third embodiment of the present invention stores and executes a quality measurement program and stores quality measurement information collected by the wireless Internet connection program as described with reference to FIG. 140, the setting information is received in conjunction with the quality management server 140 and stored in the setting information storage unit 350, but instead of receiving and converting the quality measurement message from the wireless Internet platform and storing the quality measurement information. The shared memory 640 is periodically checked to check whether the quality measurement information has been updated. If there is updated quality measurement information, the quality measurement information is acquired from the shared memory 640 and stored.

  That is, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the third embodiment of the present invention shares the quality measurement information through the shared memory between the wireless Internet connection program and the quality measurement program, so that the quality of the wireless Internet service is linked to each other. Measure.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a wireless Internet service quality measurement method using a shared memory according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

Steps S702 to S716 are the same as or similar to steps S402 to S416 described with reference to FIG. 4, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.
In step S716, the wireless Internet connection program that has collected the quality measurement information stores the quality measurement information in the shared memory 640 (S718).

  In step S708, the quality measurement program driven by the wireless Internet connection program determines whether or not an update confirmation cycle is reached, which is a cycle for confirming whether or not there is periodically updated quality measurement information. (S720), if the update confirmation cycle does not arrive, it is confirmed whether or not the update confirmation cycle continues. If the update confirmation cycle has arrived, the shared memory 640 is checked (S722), It is confirmed whether there is updated quality measurement information (S724). If there is no updated quality measurement information, the process proceeds to step S720 to check again whether an update confirmation cycle has arrived and update it. If there is quality measurement information that has been received, the quality measurement information is received from the shared memory 640 (S726) and stored in its own database (S728).

  Steps S730 to S734 are the same as or similar to Steps S426 to S430 described with reference to FIG. 4, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a wireless Internet service quality measurement method for professionals using a shared memory according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  Steps S802 to S818 are the same as or similar to steps S502 to S518 described with reference to FIG. 5, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In step S818, the wireless Internet connection program that has collected the quality measurement information transmits the collected quality measurement information to the shared memory 640 and stores it in the shared memory 640 (S820).

  In step S808, the driven quality measurement program confirms whether or not the update confirmation cycle has arrived (S822), and if the update confirmation cycle has not arrived, confirms again whether or not the update confirmation cycle has arrived. If the update confirmation cycle has arrived, the shared memory 640 is collated (S824), whether there is updated quality measurement information (S826), and if there is no updated quality measurement information, In step S822, it is confirmed whether or not an update confirmation period has arrived. If there is updated quality measurement information, the quality measurement information is received from the shared memory 640 (S828) and stored (S830).

  Steps S832 and S834 are the same as or similar to steps S528 and S530 described with reference to FIG.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 110 equipped with a wireless Internet platform is an application program for connecting to a wireless Internet service and measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. The quality measured by a certain wireless Internet connection program and the wireless Internet connection program is stored and managed by the mobile communication terminal 110, and the quality measurement program transmitted to the quality management server 140 is linked by using a shared memory. It is possible to measure the quality of experience and professional quality of wireless Internet services experienced by typical mobile communication subscribers.

  FIG. 9 is an exemplary diagram for explaining quality measurement information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

  The quality measurement information according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes RF quality information, connection quality information, and program error information as described with reference to FIG.

  9A shows RF quality information collected in the process in which the mobile communication terminal 110 is connected to the wireless Internet service. The RF quality information according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes information on the mobile communication system and information on radio waves.

  Here, the information on the mobile communication system is information on the mobile communication system constituting the mobile communication network 120, and as shown in the figure, a system ID (System Identification: SID), a network ID (Network Identification: NID), a base A station controller ID (Base Station Controller Identification: BSCID), a base station ID (Base Transceiver Station Identification: BTSID), a pseudo noise (PN) assignment number, a used FA (Frequency Assignment), and the like are included.

  Also, information on radio waves includes received signal strength (Rx) of mobile communication terminal 110, signal-to-noise ratio (Ec / Io), transmission signal strength (Tx) of mobile communication terminal 110, and mobile communication terminal 110. Including a control value (Tx_Adj) of a transmission signal by the power control.

  9B shows connection quality information collected in the process of connecting the mobile communication terminal 110 to the wireless Internet service. The connection quality information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes connection time information and experience success rate information.

  The connection time information includes the initial connection time, which is the time required for the mobile communication terminal 110 to connect to the wireless Internet service, receive the initial page, and output it on the screen. It includes the menu travel time, which is the time it takes to do.

  The initial connection time is a time required for the mobile communication terminal 110 to receive a radio channel assignment from the base station 122, which is a radio channel assignment time (Traffic Channel Assignment Time: TCAT). Radio link protocol setup time (RST), which is the time required to set the radio link protocol with the station controller 124, and the mobile communication terminal 110 sets the packet data serving node 126 and the point-to-point protocol. Point-to-Point Protocol Negotiation Time (PPPNT), which is the time required to negotiate, and the time required for mobile communication terminal 110 to request DNS from packet data serving node 126 DNS request time (DNSQT: Domain Name Server Query Time) The WAP gateway connection time (Wireless Application Protocol Gateway Access Time: WGAT), which is the time required for the mobile communication terminal 110 to connect to the WAP gateway 128, and the mobile communication terminal 110 connects to the content providing server 130 to the initial page. The initial page download time (PDT: Primary Page Download Time), which is the time required to download the file.

  The experience success rate information includes a connection success rate that is a success rate at which the mobile communication terminal 110 has connected to the wireless Internet service, and a success in which the mobile communication terminal 110 has retrieved content from the content providing server 130 using the wireless Internet service. A search success rate that is a rate, a transmission success rate that is a success rate at which the mobile communication terminal 110 successfully transmits data to the content providing server 130 using the wireless Internet service, and the like.

  Here, the number of times the mobile communication terminal 110 has attempted to connect to the wireless Internet service is the number of attempts, the number of times the mobile communication terminal 110 has failed to connect to the wireless Internet service is the number of connection failures, and the mobile communication terminal 110 is the content. Assuming that the number of failures to connect to the providing server 130 and searching for content is the number of search failures, and the number of times the mobile communication terminal 110 fails to transmit data to the content providing server 130 is the number of transmission failures. Connection success rate = (number of attempts−number of connection failures) / number of attempts, search success rate = (number of attempts−number of connection failures−number of search failures) / (number of attempts−number of connection failures), transmission success rate = (number of attempts− Connection failure count−Search failure count−Transmission failure count) / (Trial count−Connection failure count−Search failure count).

  9C illustrates program error information collected in the process in which the mobile communication terminal 110 is connected to the wireless Internet service.

  The program error information according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an error log such as a network connection error, a content version (Version) error, and a security module connection failure during connection to the wireless Internet service by the wireless Internet connection program. .

  The program error information illustrated in FIG. 9C exemplifies an error code, an error content description, and a display method when an error occurs in the wireless Internet connection program.

  The above description is merely illustrative of the present invention, and a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs does not depart from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Various modifications are possible. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present specification are not intended to limit the present invention but to explain them, and the spirit and scope of the present invention are not limited by such embodiments. The scope of the present invention should be understood by the following claims, and it should be understood that all technologies within the scope equivalent thereto are included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a wireless Internet service quality measurement method using the mobile communication terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a wireless Internet service quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a message handler according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a wireless Internet service quality measurement method using a message handler according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring wireless Internet service quality for professionals using a message handler according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a wireless Internet service quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a shared memory according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a wireless Internet service quality measurement method using a shared memory according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a wireless Internet service quality measurement method for professionals using a shared memory according to a third embodiment of the present invention. It is an illustration figure for demonstrating the quality measurement information which concerns on preferable embodiment of this invention.

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110 Mobile communication terminal 120 Mobile communication network 122 Base station 124 Base station controller 126 Packet data serving node 128 WAP gateway 130 Content providing server 140 Quality management server 310 Mobile communication processing units 320 and 610 Wireless Internet processing units 330 and 620 Wireless Internet Connection unit 340, 630 Quality measurement unit 350 Setting information storage unit 640 Shared memory

Claims (13)

A system for measuring the quality of a wireless Internet service,
A mobile communication network providing the wireless Internet service;
A quality management server that receives, stores and manages quality measurement information which is information obtained by measuring the quality;
A wireless Internet connection program that collects and transmits the quality measurement information by connecting to the wireless Internet service using the mobile communication network and measuring the quality, and the wireless Internet connection program that performs the wireless Internet connection program A wireless Internet platform that provides a base environment to connect to the wireless Internet platform, and a quality measurement program that receives and stores the quality measurement information transmitted from the wireless Internet connection program and transmits the quality measurement information to the quality measurement server, and the wireless Internet A mobile communication terminal that measures the quality, collects the quality measurement information, and transmits it to the quality management server in conjunction with a connection program and the quality measurement program;
A wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal is
The wireless Internet service quality measurement using a mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the quality measurement information is transmitted from a wireless Internet connection program to the quality measurement program using a message handler of the wireless Internet platform. system. The mobile communication terminal is
The wireless Internet connection program and the quality measurement program further include a shared memory, and the wireless Internet program transmits the quality measurement information to the quality measurement program using the shared memory. A wireless Internet service quality measurement system using the mobile communication terminal according to claim 1. The mobile communication terminal is
The setting information for measuring the quality from the quality management server is received and stored, and the wireless Internet connection program confirms the setting information and designates the setting information when connecting to the wireless Internet service. 2. The wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the quality is measured only when the specified condition is satisfied. The quality measurement program is
A quality measurement scenario for measuring the quality from the quality management server is received and stored, and the wireless Internet connection program is controlled to measure the quality according to the quality measurement scenario. A wireless Internet service quality measurement system using the mobile communication terminal according to Item 1. The quality measurement information is
RF quality information that is information on radio wave quality of the mobile communication network, connection quality information that is quality information on connection of the wireless Internet service, and information on a program error that occurs when connecting to the wireless Internet service The wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, comprising at least one of program error information. The RF quality information is
The method of claim 6, comprising one or more of information on a mobile communication system constituting the mobile communication network and information on radio waves transmitted and received between the mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication network. Wireless Internet service quality measurement system using mobile communication terminals. The connection quality information is
One or more of connection time information, which is information on the elapsed time required to use the wireless Internet service, and sensation success rate information, which is information on the success rate generated when using the wireless Internet service The wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal according to claim 6, comprising: The connection time information is
The mobile communication terminal connects to the wireless Internet service, receives an initial page, and takes an initial connection time, which is a time required to output on the screen, and a required time for moving the menu on the initial page. 9. The wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 8, wherein the system includes one or more menu movement times. The initial connection time is
Radio Channel Acquisition Time (Traffic Channel Assignment Time: TCAT), Radio Link Protocol Setup Time (Radio Link Protocol Setup Time: RST), Point-to-Point Protocol Negotiation Time (PPPNT), DNS Request Time It includes one or more of (Domain Name Server Query Time: DNSQT), WAP Gateway Connection Time (Wireless Application Protocol Gateway Access Time: WGAT), and Initial Page Download Time (Primary Page Download Time: PDT). A wireless Internet service quality measurement system using the mobile communication terminal according to claim 9. The experience success rate information is:
Successful connection rate, which is the success rate of connecting to the wireless Internet service, search success rate, which is a success rate of searching for content using the wireless Internet service, and data transmitted normally when using the wireless Internet service 9. The wireless Internet service quality measurement system using a mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, comprising at least one of a transmission success rate, which is a success rate. A method of measuring the quality in a system including a mobile communication terminal that provides a wireless Internet service, a mobile communication network that provides the wireless Internet service, and a quality management server that manages the quality of the wireless Internet service,
(A) receiving and storing setting information specifying conditions for the mobile communication terminal to measure the quality from the quality management server;
(B) connecting the mobile communication terminal to the wireless Internet service provided by the mobile communication network;
(C) if the mobile communication terminal analyzes the setting information and satisfies the conditions, measuring the quality and collecting quality measurement information;
(D) the mobile communication terminal transmitting the quality measurement information to the quality management server;
A wireless Internet service quality measurement method using a mobile communication terminal, comprising: The step (c)
(C1) When the mobile communication terminal analyzes the setting information and satisfies the condition, collecting RF quality information, which is information on radio wave quality of the mobile communication network, as the quality measurement information;
(C2) when the mobile communication terminal analyzes the setting information and satisfies the condition, collecting connection quality information, which is quality information for the connection of the wireless Internet service, as the quality measurement information;
(C3) When the mobile communication terminal analyzes the setting information and satisfies the condition, program error information that is information on a program error that occurs when connecting to the wireless Internet service is collected as the quality measurement information And steps to
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile communication terminal uses the mobile communication terminal according to claim 12.

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