KR20080014489A - Method and mobile communication terminal for measuring quality of wireless internet service by using message handler - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for measuring the quality of a wireless Internet service using a message handler and a mobile terminal for the same are provided to measure and store the quality of a wireless Internet service and transmit the measured quality to a quality management server by adding a wireless Internet service measurement function to a wireless Internet access program, installing a quality measurement program to communicate with the quality management server, and linking the wireless Internet access program and the quality measurement program through a message handler. A mobile terminal(110) comprises a mobile communication processing part(310), a wireless Internet access part(330), a quality measurement part(340), and a wireless Internet processing part(320). The mobile communication processing part(310) executes communication with a mobile communication network. The wireless Internet access part(330) stores and drives a wireless Internet access program. The wireless Internet access program accesses a wireless Internet service, measures the quality of the wireless Internet service, collects quality measurement information, converts the collected information into a message, and transmits the quality measurement information message. The quality measurement part(340) stores and drives a quality measurement program. The quality measurement program receives the quality measurement information message and converts it into the quality measurement information. The wireless Internet processing part(320) stores and drives a wireless Internet platform. When the quality measurement information message is received from the wireless Internet access program, the wireless Internet platform forwards the received message to the quality measurement program using a message handler.

Description

METHODS AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINATION FOR MEASUREMENT OF WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE QUALITY USING MESSAGE Handler

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;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring wireless internet service quality using a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

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;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring wireless Internet service quality using a message handler according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring professional wireless internet service quality using a message handler according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

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;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring wireless internet service quality using a shared memory according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring professional wireless internet service quality using a shared memory according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

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

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

110: mobile communication terminal 120: mobile communication network

122: base station 124: base station controller

126: packet data serving node 128: swap gateway

130: content providing server 140: quality management server

310: mobile communication processing unit 320, 610: wireless internet processing unit

330, 620: Wireless Internet access unit 340, 630: Quality measuring unit

350: setting information storage unit 640: shared memory

The present invention relates to a wireless internet service quality measurement method using a message handler and a mobile communication terminal. More specifically, the mobile communication terminal has a quality measurement program that adds a function for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service to the wireless Internet access program provided in the mobile communication terminal and communicates with a quality control server that manages the quality of the wireless Internet service. By interworking between the quality measurement program and the wireless Internet access program using the message handler of the wireless Internet platform in the mobile communication terminal, the quality of the wireless Internet service is measured and stored, and the quality measured by the mobile communication terminal is stored. A method for transmitting to a quality management server and a mobile communication terminal.

As information technology advances to the information society, the Internet is becoming an important and essential medium in all fields such as society, culture, and economy. In addition, in recent years, advances in communication and network technology have allowed Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 2000 systems, WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) systems, WiBro (Wireless Internet Broadband) systems, and high-speed downlink packet access. Mobile communication systems such as HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) system have been developed and evolved, and accordingly, wireless Internet technology that can use the Internet wirelessly has emerged.

Thus, various kinds of content services using wireless internet technology, for example, wireless internet services such as chat, clubs, games, shopping malls, etc., are widely used. As such, the wireless Internet service can perform various activities such as conversations, games, purchases, and sales with a remote counterpart in real time, and demand is rapidly spreading.

On the other hand, the wireless Internet service using the above-described mobile communication system is provided to the mobile communication subscriber using multiple intervals and multiple protocols. That is, the mobile communication system was initially developed based on a voice call, and not only the voice call section and the data communication section are distinguished, but also the protocol used to communicate between the wired Internet and the wireless Internet and between the devices of the mobile communication system. Because of the differences, various protocols are used to provide wireless Internet services.

Therefore, the wireless Internet service requires a systematic management of the quality of service experienced by the mobile subscribers such as access success rate, access speed, etc. compared to the general voice call service. It is required to develop a specific technology that can be used to improve the service quality by quickly grasping the section where there is an error.

In order to solve this problem and to meet such demands, the present invention provides a quality management server that adds a function for measuring the quality of a wireless Internet service to a wireless Internet access program provided in a mobile communication terminal and manages the quality of a wireless Internet service. The mobile communication terminal is provided with a quality measurement program communicating with the mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal interoperates between the quality measurement program and the wireless internet access program using a message handler of the wireless internet platform, thereby measuring and storing the quality of the wireless internet service. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for transmitting a quality measured by a mobile communication terminal to a quality management server and a mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wireless Internet service from a mobile communication network providing a wireless Internet service, the mobile communication terminal for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, the mobile communication that performs communication with the mobile communication network Processing unit; A wireless Internet access point that stores and executes a wireless Internet access program, which is software that accesses wireless Internet services, measures quality, collects quality measurement information, converts quality measurement information into message formats, and generates and delivers quality measurement information messages. ; A quality measuring unit which stores and executes a quality measuring program, which is software for converting and storing the quality measuring information into quality measuring information upon receiving the quality measuring information message; And providing a base environment for the wireless Internet access program to access the wireless Internet service by using the mobile communication processing unit, and receiving the quality measurement information message from the wireless internet access program, using the message handler to transmit the quality measurement information message to the quality measurement program. It provides a wireless Internet quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a message handler, characterized in that it comprises a wireless Internet processing unit for storing and executing a wireless Internet platform that is software to deliver.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, in a mobile communication terminal including a setting information storage unit, a wireless Internet access unit, a quality measuring unit and a wireless Internet processing unit, and receives a wireless Internet service provided by a mobile communication network, CLAIMS 1. A method of measuring quality for a computer, the method comprising: (a) a wireless internet access unit accessing a wireless internet service using a wireless internet processing unit; (b) the wireless internet access unit measuring quality to collect quality measurement information; (c) the wireless internet access unit converting the quality measurement information into a message format to generate and transmit a quality measurement message to the wireless internet processing unit; (d) transmitting, by the wireless Internet processor, the quality measurement message to the quality measurement unit using a message handler which distributes the message; And (e) receiving, by the quality measuring unit, the quality measurement message, converting the quality measurement information into quality measurement information, and storing the quality measurement information.

According to yet another object of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal including a wireless internet access unit, a quality measuring unit, and a wireless internet processing unit and receiving a wireless internet service provided by a mobile communication network, measures the quality of the wireless internet service. A method comprising: (a) a quality measuring unit receiving a predetermined scenario for measuring quality from a quality management server; (b) controlling, by the quality measuring unit, the wireless Internet access unit to collect quality measurement information by measuring quality according to a predetermined scenario; (c) the wireless internet access unit converting the quality measurement information into a message format to generate and transmit a quality measurement message to the wireless internet processing unit; (d) transmitting, by the wireless Internet processor, the quality measurement message to the quality measurement unit using a message handler that distributes the message; And (e) receiving, by the quality measuring unit, the quality measurement message, converting the quality measurement information into quality measurement information, and storing the quality measurement information.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

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

The wireless Internet service quality measurement system using the 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 by using the mobile communication network 120. A personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, and a personal communication service (PCS) are provided. Phones, Hand-Held PCs, Global System for Mobile (GSM) Phones, Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) Phones, CDMA-2000 Phones, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) Phones, Notebook PCs, Wireless Communications A portable multimedia player (PMP) and a Play Station Portable (PSP) may 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, and transmits the wireless internet access program. And a quality measurement program for receiving and storing quality measurement information from a wireless internet platform and a wireless internet access program for providing a base environment for a wireless internet access program to access a wireless internet service, and transmitting the quality measurement information to the quality management server 140. The mobile communication terminal stores and transmits quality measurement information by measuring the quality of a wireless Internet service through interworking between a wireless Internet access program and a 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 for storing and executing the aforementioned wireless Internet access program, wireless Internet platform, quality measurement program, and the like.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention measures and stores the aforementioned quality measurement information, and the wireless Internet access program and the quality measurement program are interlocked by using a message handler of the wireless Internet platform. By sharing the quality measurement information or by using a shared memory to share the quality measurement information.

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

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

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention displays a menu in the initial access time and the initial page, which is an elapsed time required to access the wireless Internet service and to receive the initial page and output it on the screen. The above-described access time information is collected by measuring at least one of menu moving time which is an elapsed time required to move.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a radio channel assignment time (TCAT), a radio link protocol setup time (RST), and point-to-point protocol negotiation. Pont-to-Point Protocol Negotiation Time (PPPNT), Domain Name Server Query Time (DNSQT), Wireless Application Protocol Gateway Access Time (WGAT), and Initial Page Download Time (PDT: By collecting one or more of the primary page download time), the aforementioned initial access time is collected.

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

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention collects program error information, which is information on an error on a wireless Internet access program generated when accessing a wireless Internet service, as the quality measurement information described above.

The mobile communication network 120 is a communication network that provides a mobile communication service such as a voice call service, a wireless Internet service, a short message service, and a multimedia messaging service to the mobile communication terminal 110, and includes a code division multiple access (CDMA) 2000 system; Wireless Internet networks such as Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) systems, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) systems, Wireless Internet Broadband (WiBro) systems, and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems 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). By providing a wireless Internet service to the mobile communication terminal 110, including a gateway 128, the mobile communication terminal 110 may access the wireless Internet service and communicate with the content providing server 130 to retrieve and transmit and receive content. To provide a communication path. Here, it is assumed that the mobile communication network 120 is composed of a CDMA 2000 system. However, in the present invention, the above-described assumption is merely for convenience of description, and the mobile communication network 120 may be not only the CDMA 2000 system but also the various wireless Internet networks described above, and accordingly, each of the mobile communication networks 120 is configured. The device may vary.

In addition, when the RF quality information is requested from the mobile communication terminal 110, the mobile communication network 120 according to the first embodiment of the present invention provides a method for a mobile communication system connected to the mobile communication terminal 110 at the requested time. RF quality information including at least one of information and information on radio waves transmitted and received with the mobile communication terminal 110 is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 110.

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

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

In addition, the quality management server 140 according to the first embodiment of the present invention generates and stores setting information designating conditions for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service to the mobile communication terminal 110, and stores the mobile communication terminal 110. By transmitting to the mobile communication terminal 110 at the request of the or periodically, the mobile communication terminal 110 may collect and measure quality measurement information by measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service when the mobile terminal 110 satisfies the corresponding condition. .

Here, the setting information is information specifying conditions for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. For example, the setting information may be a start time and an end time for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 110 checks the setting information and 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 quality measurement information. The management server 140 may transmit.

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

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

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

The mobile communication terminal 110 accessing the wireless Internet service checks the setting information stored in the step S210 to determine whether the condition specified in the setting information is satisfied (S230). If only the service is performed and 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 access quality information in the process of performing the wireless Internet service (S250). The mobile communication terminal 110 that collects the access quality information collects program error information by measuring a program error occurring during a process of executing a wireless Internet access program (S260).

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

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 110 that collects one or more of the RF quality information, the access quality information, and the program error information generates the quality measurement information including the collected information, and at the end time specified in the setting information or the quality management server. When the request for transmission of the quality measurement information is received from 140, the quality measurement information is transmitted to 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).

Steps S210 to S280 described above prevent the mobile subscriber from recognizing that the mobile terminal 110 measures the quality of the wireless Internet service when the conventional mobile subscriber using the wireless Internet service uses the wireless Internet service. It describes the measurement of the quality of wireless Internet service. Through this, the mobile communication terminal 110 can measure the quality of wireless Internet service experienced by a typical mobile communication subscriber.

Meanwhile, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a mobile communication subscriber having expertise in quality measurement and management, such as a quality measurement agent and a quality control agent, is not a normal mobile communication subscriber, but uses a wireless communication terminal 110. Measure the quality of your Internet service.

In this case, the mobile communication terminal 110 accesses the quality control server 140 and downloads and stores a quality measurement scenario, which is a predetermined scenario for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, from the quality control server 140. After downloading and storing the quality measurement scenario, when the quality measurement of the wireless Internet service is selected, the mobile communication terminal 110 accesses the wireless Internet service according to the quality measurement scenario and collects quality measurement information, and then the quality management server 140. Send to

That is, when a mobile subscriber with expert knowledge measures the quality of a wireless Internet service, the mobile communication terminal 110 receives the setting information from the quality management server 140 as in the case of a typical mobile communication subscriber. In the stored state, when the connection of the wireless Internet service is selected by the ordinary mobile communication subscriber, the predetermined downloading downloaded from the quality control server 140 is performed instead of measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service simultaneously with accessing the wireless Internet service. By performing communication with the mobile communication network 120 according to the procedure defined in the scenario of the, the quality of the wireless Internet service is measured.

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

Here, the second embodiment of the present invention relates to collecting and transmitting quality measurement information by interworking between the wireless Internet access program and the quality measurement program using the message handler of the wireless Internet platform in the mobile communication terminal 110. The third embodiment of the present invention relates to collecting and transmitting quality measurement information by interworking between a wireless Internet access program and a quality measurement program using a shared memory in the mobile communication terminal 110.

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.

Wireless Internet Service Quality Measurement Using Message Handler According to Second Embodiment of the Present Invention The mobile communication terminal 110 includes a mobile communication processor 310, a wireless Internet processor 320, a wireless Internet access unit 330, and a quality measurer ( 340 and the setting information storage unit 350.

The mobile communication processor 310 encodes or decodes a voice signal, performs an equalizer function to remove multipath noise, and performs a digital signal processing function for performing an acoustic data processing function, and converts a signal to be transmitted and received into a baseband signal. A baseband conversion function that performs digital-to-analog conversion and analog-to-digital conversion processing, and receives an RF (Radio Frequency) signal from the antenna 216 and converts it into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal, and converts the IF signal into an RF signal. Converting the signal to a base station 122 of the mobile communication network 120 by performing the RF signal processing function for demodulating and amplifying the RF signal.

The wireless internet processing unit 320 may provide a base environment for accessing wireless internet services, such as a wireless internet platform for interoperability (WIPI), a binary runtime environment for wireless (Brew), a Java virtual machine, and the like. A wireless internet processing means for storing and executing a wireless internet platform, which is software or hardware for performing a function as an operating system to provide.

The wireless Internet access unit 330 operates on the aforementioned wireless Internet platform such as a web browser, a swap browser, a new generation browser (NGB), a video on demand (VOD) player, and the like to access a wireless Internet service. And a wireless internet access means for storing and executing a wireless internet access program, which is software for searching and transmitting and receiving contents.

The quality measuring unit 340 is a quality measuring means for storing and executing a quality measuring program, which is software for storing quality measurement information collected in association with a wireless Internet access program and transmitting the quality measurement information to the quality management server 140.

The wireless internet processing unit 320, the wireless internet access unit 330, and the quality measuring unit 340 are processing means for storing and executing a wireless internet platform, a wireless internet access program, and a quality measuring program, respectively. It works according to. Therefore, the wireless internet processing unit 320, the wireless internet access unit 330, and the quality measuring unit 340 are the same as or similar to the operations of the wireless internet platform, the wireless internet access program, and the quality measuring program. The operations of the wireless internet processing unit 320, the wireless internet access unit 330, and the quality measuring unit 340 will be described as the operation of the wireless internet platform, the wireless internet access program, and the quality measuring program.

Herein, when the wireless Internet access program according to the second embodiment of the present invention is driven by the wireless Internet access unit 320, the wireless Internet access program operates on the wireless Internet platform to control to execute the quality measurement program, and after accessing the wireless Internet service, It collects quality measurement information by measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, converts the quality measurement information into a message format, generates a quality measurement message, and delivers it to the wireless Internet platform. At this time, the wireless Internet access program inserts an identifier for identifying the quality measurement program in the quality measurement message.

In addition, the wireless Internet platform according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a message handler for distributing a message, and upon receiving the quality measurement message from the wireless Internet access program, check the identifier inserted in the quality measurement message to determine the quality measurement program. Confirm that the message is to be transmitted, and transmits 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 access program, when receiving the quality measurement message from the wireless Internet platform, after converting and storing the quality measurement information, the quality management server 140 When the request for transmission of the quality measurement information is received from the quality management server 140, the quality measurement information is transmitted.

Meanwhile, when the quality measurement program according to the second embodiment of the present invention receives the setting information from the quality management server 140, the quality measurement program stores the setting information in the setting information storage unit 350, and accesses the wireless Internet according to the second embodiment of the present invention. When the program is started, after accessing the wireless Internet service, the setting information storage unit 350 inquires the setting information, and when the condition specified in the setting information is satisfied, the quality of the wireless Internet service is measured as described above. Can be.

The configuration information storage unit 350 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a data storage means for storing data shared by a wireless Internet access program and a quality measurement program, and receives and stores configuration information from a quality measurement program. Allows you to query the configuration information from the Internet connection program.

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

The quality management server 140 receives or receives a condition for measuring the quality of a wireless Internet service, generates and stores setting information specifying the above conditions, and then uses a short message service provided by the mobile communication network 120. In operation S402, the mobile terminal 110 transmits the quality measurement program of the mobile communication terminal 110 in a push method.

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

If the mobile subscriber selects the connection of the wireless Internet service by operating the mobile communication terminal 110, the wireless Internet access program is driven (S408), the wireless Internet access program drives the quality measurement program (408), and the wireless Internet Accessing the service (S410), by communicating with the content providing server 130 to search and send and receive the content.

In addition, the wireless Internet access program collects the quality measurement information (S416), converts the quality measurement information into a message format and generates a quality measurement message by inserting an identifier for identifying the message to be sent to the quality measurement program (S418). In operation S420, the quality measurement message is transmitted to the wireless internet platform. On the other hand, the wireless Internet access program is obtained by querying the setting information from the setting information storage unit 350, if step S402 to step S406 is performed (S412), and checks whether or not the condition specified in the setting information is satisfied ( S414), collect quality measurement information only if satisfied.

Upon receiving the quality measurement message, the wireless Internet platform receives the quality measurement message and analyzes the quality measurement message using a message handler to confirm the identifier, thereby confirming that the quality measurement message should be delivered to the quality measurement program, and confirming the quality measurement message. In step S422, the quality measurement program converts the quality measurement message into quality measurement information when the quality measurement message is received, and stores the quality measurement message in its own database (S424).

On the other hand, the quality management server 140, which has transmitted the setting information in step S402, requests to transmit the quality measurement information to the quality measurement program of the mobile communication terminal 110 at the minimum time of low traffic volume, such as at night or dawn ( S426), the quality measurement program transmits the stored quality measurement information to the quality management server 140 (S428), and the quality management server 140 stores, analyzes, and processes the received quality measurement information (S430). On the other hand, the quality measurement program may check the setting information and transmit the quality measurement information to the quality management server 140 at the end time specified in the setting information even if the transmission of the quality measurement information from the quality management server 140 is not requested. .

The description of the method of FIG. 4 described above is performed when a conventional mobile subscriber operates a wireless Internet access program such as a next-generation browser or a VOD player by operating a mobile communication terminal to access a wireless Internet service and receive a content service. The process of measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service when the Internet access program runs the quality measurement program and satisfies the conditions specified in the stored configuration information has been described.

On the other hand, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as described above, in addition to measuring the quality when a typical mobile communication subscriber accesses the wireless Internet service, an expert such as a quality control agent, a quality measurement agent, or the like may be used. The quality of the wireless Internet service can be measured by directly operating the 110). Hereinafter, a method for measuring a quality of a wireless Internet service by directly operating a mobile communication terminal 110 will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring professional wireless internet service quality using a message handler according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

When the mobile subscriber who is an expert operates the mobile terminal 110 to mount the quality measurement scenario for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service on the mobile terminal 110 in advance, the mobile terminal 110 measures the quality. The program is driven (S502), and the quality measurement program downloads (S504) and stores a quality measurement scenario for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service from the quality measurement server 140 (S506).

In the state where the quality measurement scenario is stored, the expert mobile communication subscriber, when the quality measurement of the wireless Internet service is required, operates the quality measurement program by operating the mobile communication terminal 110 (S508), and the quality measurement program measures the stored quality. Check the scenario (S510).

After confirming the quality measurement scenario, the quality measurement program controls the wireless Internet access program according to the quality measurement scenario (S512), drives the wireless Internet access program (S514), and causes the wireless Internet access program to access the wireless Internet service (S514). In operation S516, the quality of the wireless Internet service is measured and the quality measurement information is collected in the process of accessing the wireless Internet service (S518), and a quality measurement message is generated (S520) and controlled to be transmitted to 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 checks the received quality measurement message using the message handler, identifies the identifier inserted in the quality measurement message, identifies the message to be transmitted to the quality measurement program, and transmits the quality measurement message to the quality measurement program (S524). ).

The quality measurement program receiving the quality measurement message converts and stores the quality measurement message as quality measurement information (S526), transmits the quality measurement information to the quality management server 140 (S528), and the quality management server 140 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 having the wireless Internet platform is connected to a wireless Internet service, and is an application program for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. By using the message handler to interoperate between the quality measurement program stored in the mobile communication terminal 110 and the quality measured in the access program and the wireless Internet access program and transmitted to the quality management server 140, a typical mobile communication subscriber You can measure the quality of experience and professional quality of the wireless Internet service you experience.

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.

Wireless Internet Service Quality Measurement Using Shared Memory According to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 110 includes a mobile communication processor 310, a wireless Internet processor 610, a wireless Internet access unit 620, and a quality measurer ( 630, the setting information storage unit 350, and the shared memory 640.

The mobile communication processing unit 310 and the setting information storage unit 350 have the same configuration and function in 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. Similar, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the wireless Internet processing unit 610, the wireless Internet access unit 620 and the quality measuring unit 630 in the wireless Internet service quality measurement using the message handler according to the second embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIG. Since the configuration and the general function are the same or similar, the description of the general function will be omitted and only the other functions will be 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 as the wireless internet processing unit 320 described with reference to FIG. 3. to provide. However, the wireless Internet platform according to the third embodiment of the present invention receives the quality measurement message from the wireless Internet access 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 access unit 620 according to the third embodiment of the present invention stores and executes the wireless Internet access program, accesses the wireless Internet service, and measures the quality of the wireless Internet service. Instead of converting the collected quality measurement information into a message format and transmitting it to the wireless Internet platform, the quality measurement information is stored in the shared memory 640 so that the quality measurement program can obtain and obtain the quality measurement information from the shared memory 640. do.

As described with reference to FIG. 3, the quality measuring unit 630 according to the third embodiment of the present invention stores and executes a quality measuring program to store quality measurement information collected from a wireless Internet access program, and the quality management server ( 140, and receives the setting information in conjunction with the quality management server 140 and stores the setting information in the setting information storage unit 350, but storing the quality measurement information by receiving and converting the quality measurement message from the wireless Internet platform. Rather, the shared memory 640 is periodically queried to check whether the quality measurement information has been updated, and if there is updated quality measurement information, the quality measurement information is obtained from the shared memory 640 and stored.

That is, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the third embodiment of the present invention measures the quality of the wireless Internet service by interworking with each other by sharing the quality measurement information through the shared memory between the wireless Internet access program and the quality measurement program.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring wireless Internet service quality using a shared memory according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Since steps S702 to S716 are the same as or similar to the steps S402 to S416 described with reference to FIG. 4, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

The wireless internet access program which collected the quality measurement information in step S716 stores the quality measurement information in the shared memory 640 (S718).

In step S708, the quality measurement program driven by the wireless Internet access program checks whether an update check cycle, which is a cycle for checking whether there is periodically updated quality measurement information, arrives (S720), and the update check cycle is performed. If not, it continuously checks whether an update check cycle arrives, and if an update check cycle arrives, the shared memory 640 is queried (S722) to check whether there is an updated quality measurement information (S722). S724), if there is no updated quality measurement information, the flow advances to step S720 to check again whether or not an update confirmation cycle arrives, and if there is updated quality measurement information, receives the quality measurement information from the shared memory 640. (S726), it stores 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 a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for measuring professional wireless internet service quality using a shared memory according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Since steps S802 to S818 are the same as or similar to steps S502 to S518 described with reference to FIG. 5, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The wireless internet access program which collected the quality measurement information in step S818 transmits the collected quality measurement information to the shared memory 640 and stores it in the shared memory 640 (S820).

The quality measurement program driven in step S808 checks whether an update check cycle arrives (S822), and if the update check cycle does not arrive, continuously checks again whether or not the update check cycle arrives, and the update check cycle In case of arrival, the shared memory 640 is queried (S824) to check whether there is updated quality measurement information (S826). If there is no updated quality measurement information, the process proceeds to step S822 and an update confirmation cycle arrives. If there is an 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. 5, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 110 having the wireless Internet platform is an application program for accessing the wireless Internet service and measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service. By using a shared memory between the program and the quality measurement program stored and managed in the mobile communication terminal 110 and transmitted to the quality control server 140, the quality measured by the program and the wireless Internet access program, the ordinary mobile subscribers feel You can measure the quality of experience and professional quality of wireless Internet service.

9 is an exemplary diagram for describing 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. 1.

9A illustrates RF quality information collected by the mobile communication terminal 110 while accessing a 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, a system ID (SID: System Identification), network ID (NID: Network Identification), base station controller Base Station Controller Identification (BSCID), Base Transceiver Station Identification (BTSID), Pseudo Noise (PN) assignment number, Frequency Assignment (FA), and the like.

In addition, the information on the radio wave is received signal strength (Rx), signal-to-noise ratio (Ec / Io) of the mobile communication terminal 110, the transmission signal strength (Tx) of the mobile communication terminal 110, of the mobile communication terminal 110 Control value Tx_Adj of the transmission signal by the power control, and the like.

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

Here, the access time information is required to move the menu from the initial access time and the initial page, which is the time required for the mobile communication terminal 110 to access the wireless Internet service, receive the initial page, and output it on the screen. Includes menu travel time, which is time.

In addition, an initial access time is a radio channel assignment time (TCAT), which is a time required for the mobile communication terminal 110 to be allocated a radio channel from the base station 122, and the mobile communication terminal 110 is a base station controller ( 124) and a Radio Link Protocol Setup Time (RST), which is a time required for establishing a radio link protocol, and the mobile communication terminal 110 negotiating a point-to-point protocol with the packet data serving node 126. Point-to-Point Protocol Negotiation Time (PPPNT), which is the time it takes, DNS, which is the time required for the mobile communication terminal 110 to request the dies to the packet data serving node 126. Request time (DNSQT: Domain Name Server Query Time), WAPT (WGAT: Wireless Application), which is a time required for the mobile communication terminal 110 to access the swap gateway 128. Protocol Gateway Access Time (PTT), a primary page download time (PDT) which is a time required for the mobile communication terminal 110 to download the initial page by accessing the content providing server 130, and the like.

In addition, the haptic success rate information is a success rate that the mobile communication terminal 110 accesses to the wireless Internet service, the success rate that the mobile communication terminal 110 retrieves content from the content providing server 130 using the wireless Internet service. Search success rate, a transmission success rate which is a success rate at which the mobile communication terminal 110 normally transmits data to the content providing server 130 using a wireless Internet service.

Here, the number of times that the mobile communication terminal 110 attempts to access the wireless Internet service is referred to as the number of attempts, and the number of times that the mobile communication terminal 110 fails to access the wireless Internet service is referred to as connection failure number, and the mobile communication terminal 110 The number of times that a user fails to search content by accessing the content providing server 130 is referred to as the number of search failures, and the number of times that the mobile communication terminal 110 fails to transmit data to the content providing server 130 is referred to as a transmission failure number. Suppose, success rate = (attempts-connection failures) / attempts, search success rate = (attempts-connection failures-discovery failures) / (attempts-connection failures), transmission success rate = (attempts) -Connection failure count-search failure count-transmission failure count) / (try count-connection failure count-search failure count).

9C illustrates program error information collected by the mobile communication terminal 110 in the process of accessing a 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 error, a failure to access a security module, and the like while accessing a wireless Internet service in a wireless Internet access program.

The program error information shown in 9C is an example of an error code, error description, and display method when an error occurs in the wireless Internet access program.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, the quality of the wireless Internet service can be measured using a program in the 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 identify the section where the abnormality occurs in quality and to quickly cope with the degradation.

In addition, since the quality of the wireless Internet service is measured while the mobile terminal uses the wireless Internet service, the quality of the mobile subscribers can be measured.

In addition, the expert who measures or manages the quality of the wireless Internet service can download the scenario for quality measurement to the mobile communication terminal and measure the quality of the wireless Internet service according to the corresponding scenario, thereby measuring the professional quality.

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In the mobile communication terminal receiving the wireless Internet service from a mobile communication network providing a wireless Internet service, and measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, A mobile communication processor for communicating with the mobile communication network; Storing and executing a wireless Internet access program, which is software for accessing the wireless Internet service, measuring the quality to collect quality measurement information, and converting the quality measurement information into a message format to generate and transmit a quality measurement information message. Wireless internet access; A quality measuring unit configured to store and execute a quality measuring program, which is software for converting and storing the quality measuring information message when the quality measuring information message is received; And Provide a base environment for the wireless Internet access program to access the wireless Internet service by using the mobile communication processor, and when the quality measurement information message is received from the wireless internet access program, the quality measurement information using a message handler. A wireless internet processor for storing and executing a wireless internet platform, which is software for delivering a message to the quality measuring program. Wireless internet quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a message handler comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal, And a setting information storage unit for storing setting information designating the condition for measuring the quality, wherein the quality measuring program receives the setting information from the quality management server and stores the setting information in the setting information storage unit. The access program measures the quality only when the condition is satisfied by querying the setting information in the setting information storage unit. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting information, A mobile terminal for measuring a wireless internet quality using a message handler, characterized in that it comprises at least one of a start time and an end time for measuring the quality. According to claim 2, The wireless Internet access program, The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the setting information is checked every time the wireless Internet service is accessed. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile communication terminal, Wireless quality control mobile communication using a message handler, characterized in that the quality management server for managing the quality and the mobile communication network is connected, the quality measurement program transmits the quality measurement information to the quality management server. terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal, The quality management server managing the quality is connected to the mobile communication network, and the quality measuring program receives and stores a predetermined scenario for measuring the quality from the quality control server, and causes the wireless Internet access program to be stored. And a wireless internet quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a message handler, characterized in that the control is performed to measure the quality according to the scenario. According to claim 1, The wireless Internet access program, When accessing the wireless Internet service, the wireless Internet quality measurement mobile communication using the message handler, characterized in that for measuring the RF quality information, which is information on the quality of radio waves of the mobile communication network from the mobile communication network and collect as the quality measurement information terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein the RF quality information, The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises at least one 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. According to claim 1, The wireless Internet access program, When accessing the wireless Internet service, the wireless Internet quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a message handler, characterized in that for measuring the connection quality information that is the quality information for the connection of the wireless Internet service and collect as the quality measurement information. The method of claim 9, wherein the connection quality information, Wireless using a message handler, characterized in that it comprises one or more of the connection time information that is information on the time spent using the wireless Internet service and the haptic success rate information that is information about the success rate that occurs using the wireless Internet service Mobile terminal with internet quality measurement. The method of claim 10, wherein the access time information, Among the initial access time, which is the time it takes for the mobile communication terminal to access the wireless Internet service, receive an initial page and output it on the screen, and the menu move time, which is the time required to move the menu from the initial page. Wireless internet quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a message handler, characterized in that it comprises one or more. The method of claim 11, wherein the initial connection time, Traffic Channel Assignment Time (TCAT), Radio Link Protocol Setup Time (RST), Point-to-Point Protocol Negotiation Time (PPPNT), DS Request Time Message handler comprising one or more of Domain Name Server Query Time (DNSQT), Wireless Application Protocol Gateway Access Time (WGAT), and Primary Page Download Time (PDT). Wireless Internet Quality Measurement Mobile Communication Terminal. The method of claim 10, wherein the haptic success rate information, One or more of a connection success rate that is a success rate of accessing the wireless Internet service, a search success rate that is a success rate of searching for content using the wireless Internet service, and a transmission success rate that is a success rate of normally transmitting data when using the wireless Internet service. Wireless internet quality measurement mobile communication terminal using a message handler, characterized in that. According to claim 1, The wireless Internet access program, And collecting program error information, which is information about an error on a program, generated as the quality measurement information when accessing the wireless Internet service. A mobile communication terminal including a setting information storage unit, a wireless internet access unit, a quality measuring unit, and a wireless internet processing unit, and receiving a wireless internet service provided by a mobile communication network, the method for measuring the quality of the wireless internet service, (a) the wireless internet access unit accessing the wireless internet service using the wireless internet processing unit; (b) collecting, by the wireless Internet access unit, quality measurement information by measuring the quality; (c) the wireless internet access unit converting the quality measurement information into a message format to generate a quality measurement message and transmit the quality measurement message to the wireless internet processing unit; (d) forwarding the quality measurement message to the quality measurement unit by using a message handler in which the wireless Internet processing unit distributes a message; And (e) the quality measuring unit receiving the quality measurement message, converting the quality measurement information, and storing the quality measurement information; Wireless internet quality measurement method using a message handler comprising a. The method of claim 15, wherein the method is Before the step (a), (a-1) the quality measuring unit receives the setting information specified in the condition for measuring the quality from the quality management server and stores in the setting information storage unit; And After the step (a), (a1) the wireless Internet access unit to query the configuration information storage unit to confirm the configuration information, and to determine whether the condition is satisfied Wireless internet quality measurement method using a message handler, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 16, wherein the method is After the step (e), (f) the quality measuring method further comprises the step of transmitting the quality measurement information to the quality management server, characterized in that the wireless Internet quality measurement method using a message handler. The method of claim 16, wherein the condition is And a start time and an end time for measuring the quality. In a mobile communication terminal including a wireless Internet access unit, a quality measuring unit and a wireless Internet processing unit, receiving a wireless Internet service provided by a mobile communication network, the method for measuring the quality of the wireless Internet service, (a) receiving, by the quality measuring unit, a predetermined scenario for measuring the quality from a quality management server; (b) controlling, by the quality measuring unit, the wireless Internet access unit to collect quality measurement information by measuring the quality according to the predetermined scenario; (c) the wireless internet access unit converting the quality measurement information into a message format to generate a quality measurement message and transmit the quality measurement message to the wireless internet processing unit; (d) forwarding the quality measurement message to the quality measurement unit by using a message handler in which the wireless Internet processing unit distributes a message; And (e) the quality measuring unit receiving the quality measurement message, converting the quality measurement information, and storing the quality measurement information; Wireless internet quality measurement method using a message handler comprising a. The method of claim 19, wherein the method is After the step (e), (f) the quality measuring method further comprises the step of transmitting the quality measurement information to the quality management server, characterized in that the wireless Internet quality measurement method using a message handler.

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