TWI622306B - Public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a public wireless local area network (PWLAN) circuit product quality measurement system and method, which provides a circuit manufacturer to establish a public wireless local area network service circuit quality measurement system and method to grasp each PWLAN. Establish the circuit service quality of the point. The network connection system remotely activates the telecommunication terminal device to perform the PWLAN service required service connection access procedures such as dynamic network setting and service authentication equivalent capability to grasp the routing and network quality of the PWLAN service circuit. Effectively eliminate problems such as PWLAN service equipment, such as AP equipment, customer mobile phones or poor wireless signals, and clarify whether it is a problem at the fixed circuit side.

Description

Public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system and method

The invention belongs to a public wireless local area network circuit product quality measuring system and method.

With the popularity of 3G and 4G mobile Internet services, mobile operators have not only built a base station to enhance the coverage and capacity of mobile communications, but also established a public wireless LAN service (Public Wireless LAN) service has become an important value for mobile communication operators. service. Not only can it reduce the load on the base station, but it can also expand the area where customers can access the Internet. In addition, in addition to the need for mobile communication providers to establish PWLAN services, PWLAN services have also been widely established in chain convenience stores, restaurants and government agencies in recent years. Provide wireless Internet access for consumers and the public.

In addition to installing PWLAN AP equipment in various hotspots, PWLAN service providers also need to apply circuits to fixed network operators to connect PWLAN AP equipment to PWLAN service gateways and PWLAN authentication servers. The customer's wireless Internet access device can obtain the DHCP IP address of the PWLAN service gateway through the wireless interface of the AP (Access Point) device and complete the authentication to the PWLAN authentication server to access the PWLAN wireless Internet service. Therefore, the fixed network provider provides routing to the PWLAN service network, and should also ensure the network quality of the fixed network circuit.

However, when the PWLAN service is obstructed, in addition to the obstacles that may be fixed-line circuits, PWLAN AP devices and wireless signals are often the cause of the inability of the customer's wireless Internet access device to access the PWLAN service. For example: poor wireless signal, AP device failure, and PWLAN IP allotment or authentication issues. Therefore, as a fixed-line network provider providing a PWLAN service circuit, how to effectively clarify the problem of the fixed network circuit or the PWLAN-related service device when the PWLAN service has an obstacle, to ensure the quality of the PWLAN fixed network circuit. And the PWLAN quality monitoring technology of Xi is generally based on AP equipment as a quality monitoring device, and it cannot be used as a fixed network operator to provide a PWLAN circuit quality measurement system.

In view of the shortcomings derived from the above-mentioned conventional methods, the inventor of the present invention has improved and innovated, and after years of painstaking research, he finally successfully developed and completed the public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system and method.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a public wireless local area network circuit product quality measurement system and method, which utilizes a circuit terminal device to perform a circuit quality measurement of a public wireless area network (PWLAN) service, which can effectively exclude wireless signals and AP devices. As well as the impact of the customer's wireless Internet access device, and can clarify whether it is a fixed-line circuit. The measurement function includes quality measurement of PWLAN dynamic network settings and PWLAN service authentication, and access to the PLWAN service program close to the wireless Internet access device. Through the telecommunications network terminal equipment network management server remote implementation and regular scheduling as a fixed-line provider of the circuit to effectively grasp the quality and analysis of the PWLAN circuit end.

Public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system, the main To include: a telecommunications network terminal device, a network terminal device that provides a PWLAN (Public Wireless LAN) service circuit, and a PWLAN wireless AP (Access Point, wireless access point) device. It is able to provide a customer's wireless Internet access device through a telecommunication network terminal device to access a PWLAN service gateway, a PWLAN service authentication server, and an Internet service, and also integrate the TWLAN product quality measurement module to implement PWLAN dynamics. Network setting time and PWLAN certification time PWLAN product quality measurement; a telecommunication network terminal device network management server, connected to the remote management server of the telecommunication network terminal device, providing network management server functions, For example, the TR-069 and the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) remotely manage the telecommunication network terminal device, and access the telecommunication network terminal device TR-069 Data model (Technical Report-069 Data model, TR- 069 data model) database and SNMP MIB (Simple Network Management Protocol Management Information Base) The database) remotely manages the telecommunication network terminal device, and the telecommunication network terminal device network management server can remotely start the telecommunication network terminal device PWLAN product quality measurement module through the network management mechanism, and execute PWLAN quality measurement; PWLAN service gateway, connected to the telecommunication network to provide DHCP serve (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server), the customer wireless Internet access device access to the PWLAN wireless AP device wireless interface connection After that, dynamic network setting information such as IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and the like can be obtained through a DHCP client (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol client) to the PWLAN service gateway. DNS address; PWLAN service authentication server, connected to the circuit network to provide PWLAN service authentication function, customer wireless After completing the dynamic network setting information, the Internet device can transmit the PWLAN service account and password to the PWLAN authentication server to perform service authentication through http and https connection. After the service authentication, the customer wireless Internet access device can access the Internet. Road connection.

The PWLAN service gateway provides the dynamic network setting of the customer's wireless Internet access device, and also provides the PWLAN dynamic network setting module of the telecommunication network terminal device to obtain the dynamic network setting, as the PWLAN quality for performing the PWLAN dynamic network setting time. The PWLAN service authentication server provides the PWLAN service authentication for the customer's wireless Internet access device, and also provides the PWLAN service authentication module of the telecommunication network terminal device to perform the PWLAN service authentication as the PWLAN product quality test for performing the PWLAN service authentication time.

The PWLAN quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device is integrated into the PWLAN quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device, and provides the PWLAN product quality measurement including the PWLAN dynamic network setting time and the PWLAN service authentication time. The PWLAN product quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device activates the PWLAN product quality measurement module through the telecommunication network terminal device network management client module to perform PWLAN product quality measurement and access measurement results, and allows the telecommunication network terminal The device network management server can remotely start the telecommunication network terminal device PWLAN quality module of the telecommunication network terminal device to perform PWLAN product quality measurement.

A public wireless local area network circuit product quality measuring method, comprising: step one, a telecommunication network terminal device network management server remotely activates a telecommunication network terminal device PWLAN circuit product quality measuring module; step two, PWLAN circuit product quality Test module starts PWLAN dynamics The network sets the client module and records the measurement result of the dynamic network setting time. Step 3: The PWLAN circuit quality test module starts the PWLAN service authentication module and records the measurement result of the PWLAN service authentication time; step four The telecom network terminal device network management server remotely accesses the PWLAN circuit product quality measurement result.

In the first step, the network management server of the telecommunication network terminal device uses the network management mechanism to remotely start the PWLAN product quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device, and performs PWLAN product quality measurement.

Step 2: The PWLAN circuit quality measurement module first activates the PWLAN dynamic network setting client module to access the PWLAN service gateway dynamic network setting through the telecommunication network, and records the time of completing the dynamic network setting as the PWLAN dynamic. The network sets the measurement result of the time.

Step 3: The PWLAN quality measurement module starts the PWLAN service authentication module, transmits the PWLAN service account and password to the PWLAN service authentication server through the telecommunication network, and records the time when the PWLAN service authentication is completed as the PWLAN service authentication time. Measurement results.

Step 4: The network management server of the telecommunication network terminal device accesses the PWLAN circuit quality measurement result of the PWLAN quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device through the network management mechanism, including: PWLAN dynamic network setting time , as well as PWLAN service certification time.

The invention provides a public wireless local area network circuit product quality measuring system and method, which has the following advantages when compared with other conventional technologies:

1. The present invention is applied to a telecommunications network terminal device of a PWLAN service, Providing circuit providers to perform PWLAN circuit-side service quality.

2. The telecommunication network terminal device of the present invention performs the dynamic network setting procedure required by the customer wireless Internet access device to access the PWLAN service and the quality of the service authentication program, and the measurement result is close to the process of the customer wireless access device accessing the PWLAN service. .

3. The circuit and the network device routed by the quality network connection program and the service quality verification program of the telecommunication network terminal device are managed by the circuit provider, and the measurement result can be used as a circuit provider. Circuit quality indicators.

4. The present invention includes an SNMP or TR-069 pipe network management protocol through a remote management mechanism, and the remote end obtains the circuit quality result of the circuit terminal device, and quickly obtains the circuit quality of the PWLAN service construction point.

5. The invention utilizes the telecommunication network terminal device to perform PWLAN circuit product quality measurement, which can effectively eliminate the influence of the back-end PWLAN AP device, the wireless signal shortage and the customer wireless Internet access device, and can clarify whether it is a problem of the fixed network circuit end.

6. The invention is applied to the quality inspection of regular scheduled products to provide a circuit for the PWLAN circuit provider to effectively grasp the quality of the circuit end and find out the deterioration of the network service quality.

11‧‧‧Telecom network

12‧‧‧Telecom network terminal equipment

13‧‧‧Telecom network terminal equipment network management server

14‧‧‧PWLAN service gateway

15‧‧‧PWLAN service authentication server

16‧‧‧Customer wireless internet equipment

17‧‧‧PWLAN Unlimited AP Equipment

21‧‧‧Telecommunication network terminal equipment PWLAN circuit quality measurement module

22‧‧‧Online Love Client Module

23‧‧‧PELAN Dynamic Network Setting Client Module

24‧‧‧PWLAN Service Certification Module

25‧‧‧Network Interface Module

S31~S34‧‧‧ Process

Please refer to the detailed description of the present invention and its accompanying drawings, which can further understand the technical content of the present invention and its effect. The related drawings are: FIG. 1 is a public wireless local area network circuit quality measuring system and method of the present invention. Schematic diagram of architecture; FIG. 2 is an access architecture diagram of a public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system and method; 3 is a flow chart of a system and method for measuring quality of a public wireless local area network circuit according to the present invention.

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The present invention is further described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic structural diagram of a public wireless local area network circuit product quality measuring system and method. The telecommunications network terminal device 12 provides circuit connection services. The device integrates the TWLAN quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device to measure the PWLAN service quality, and the telecommunication network terminal device network management server 13 provides the telecommunications network terminal in addition to the remote network device management of the telecommunication network terminal device. The device network management server 13 can remotely start the PWLAN product quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device through the network management mechanism, and perform the PWLAN product quality measurement function. In addition to providing the dynamic network setting function of the customer's wireless Internet access device, the PWLAN service gateway 14 also provides the PWLAN dynamic network setting module of the telecommunication network terminal device to obtain the dynamic network setting as the PWLAN for performing the PWLAN dynamic network setting time. In addition to providing the PWLAN service authentication function of the customer's wireless Internet access device, the PWLAN service authentication server 15 also provides the PWLAN service authentication module of the telecommunication network terminal device to perform PWLAN service authentication as the PWLAN quality for performing the PWLAN service authentication time. Measurement function.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is an access architecture diagram of a public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system and method, and a telecommunication network terminal equipment PWLAN quality measurement module 21 is integrated in a telecommunication network terminal device. The PWLAN quality measurement module provides PWLAN quality measurement functions including PWLAN dynamic network setting time and PWLAN service authentication time. The telecommunication network terminal device network management server can access the telecommunication network terminal device through the network management protocol such as TR-069 and SNMP. The network management client module 22 remotely starts the PWLAN product quality measurement module to execute the PWLAN product quality. The measurement and access measurement result, the TWLAN quality measurement module 21 of the telecommunication network terminal device first executes the PWLAN dynamic network setting client module 23 to transmit the DHCP client protocol to the PWLAN service gateway through the telecommunication network to obtain the dynamic network. Set information such as: IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and DNS address, and record the time to complete the dynamic network setting as the measurement result of the PWLAN dynamic network setting time. After completing the PWLAN dynamic network setting client module, the PWLAN product quality testing module 21 successively starts the PWLAN service authentication module 24, establishes the http and https connection through the telecommunication network, and transmits the PWLAN service account and password to the PWLAN service authentication server. And record the time to complete the PWLAN service authentication as the measurement result of the PWLAN service authentication time. After the PWLAN product quality measurement module completes the PWLAN service product quality measurement, the telecommunication network terminal device network management server can obtain the PWLAN product quality test through the remote access network management client module 22 of the telecommunication network terminal device. The measurement results of the module.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flowchart of a public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system and method according to the present invention, including the following steps:

Step one, S31 telecommunications network terminal equipment network management server remote start circuit network terminal equipment PWLAN circuit product quality measurement module.

Step 2: S32 PWLAN circuit quality measurement module starts PWLAN dynamic network setting client module and records complete dynamic network The measurement result of the road setting time.

Step 3: The S33 PWLAN circuit quality test module starts the PWLAN service authentication module and records the measurement result of the PWLAN service authentication time.

Step 4: The S34 telecommunications network terminal equipment network management server remotely accesses the PWLAN circuit product quality measurement result and ends.

Therefore, the public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system can perform the PWLAN circuit quality measurement function through the telecommunication network terminal device network management server remote start telecommunication network terminal device, and obtain the PWLAN dynamic network setting time and PWLAN service certification time quality measurement results.

The detailed description of the present invention is intended to be illustrative of a preferred embodiment of the invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The patent scope of this case.

To sum up, this case is not only innovative in terms of technical thinking, but also has many of the above-mentioned functions that are not in the traditional methods of the past. It has fully complied with the statutory invention patent requirements of novelty and progressiveness, and applied for it according to law. Approved this invention patent application, in order to invent invention, to the sense of virtue.

Claims (9)

A public wireless local area network circuit quality measuring system, which mainly comprises: a telecommunication network terminal device, which is connected to a telecommunication network and a PWLAN (Public Wireless LAN) wireless AP (Access Point) Between the wireless access point devices, the telecommunication network terminal device provides PWLAN, so that a customer wireless internet device accesses a PWLAN service connected to the telecommunication network through the PWLAN wireless AP device and the telecommunication network terminal device. Gateway, a PWLAN service authentication server, and Internet service, wherein the telecommunication network terminal device also integrates the PWLAN quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device to perform the PWLAN dynamic network setting time and the PWLAN authentication time PWLAN. Product quality measurement; a telecommunication network terminal device network management server, which is connected to the remote management server of the telecommunication network terminal device, and provides network management server functions such as TR-069 and SNMP protocol ( Simple Network Management Protocol, remote management of telecommunications network terminal equipment, access to telecommunications network terminal equipment TR-069 Data model (Technical Report-069 Data model, TR-069 data model) and SNMP MIB (Simple Network Management Protocol Management Information Base) database for remote management of telecommunication network terminal devices, where The network management server of the telecommunication network terminal device remotely activates the PWLAN quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device through the network management mechanism, and performs PWLAN product quality measurement; the PWLAN service gateway device is connected to the telecommunication The network provides a DHCP server (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server, After the client wireless access device accesses the wireless interface of the PWLAN wireless AP device, the DHCP client (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol client) can be used to access the PWLAN service gateway. The device obtains dynamic network setting information such as IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and DNS address; the PWLAN service authentication server is connected to the circuit network to provide PWLAN service authentication function, and the client wirelessly After completing the dynamic network setting information, the Internet device can transmit the PWLAN service account and password to the PWLAN authentication server to perform service authentication through http and https connection. After the service authentication, the customer wireless Internet access device can access the Internet. Road connection. The public wireless local area network circuit quality measuring system according to claim 1, wherein the PWLAN service gateway is configured to provide a dynamic network setting of a customer wireless internet device, and also provides a PWLAN of the telecommunication network terminal device. The dynamic network setting module obtains the dynamic network setting as the PWLAN quality measurement for performing the PWLAN dynamic network setting time. For example, the public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system described in claim 1 wherein the PWLAN service authentication server provides PWLAN service authentication for the customer wireless Internet access device and PWLAN service for the telecommunication network terminal device. The authentication module performs PWLAN service authentication as the PWLAN quality measurement for performing the PWLAN service authentication time. For example, the public wireless local area network circuit quality measuring system described in claim 1, wherein the telecommunication network terminal device PWLAN product quality measuring module is a PWLAN product quality measuring module integrated in the telecommunication network terminal device. And provide PWLAN dynamic network setting time and PWLAN service PWLAN quality measurement of certification time. For example, the public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement system described in claim 1, wherein the telecommunication network terminal device PWLAN quality measurement module is started by the telecommunication network terminal device network management client module. The PWLAN quality measurement module performs PWLAN quality measurement and access measurement results, so that the telecommunication network terminal device network management server can remotely start the telecommunication network terminal device, and the PWLAN quality module performs PWLAN. Product quality measurement. A method for measuring the quality of a public wireless local area network circuit includes: Step 1: A network management server of a telecommunication network terminal device uses a network management mechanism to remotely start a circuit network terminal device PWLAN circuit product quality measurement module, and executes PWLAN (Public Wireless LAN, public wireless local area network) quality measurement, wherein the telecommunication network terminal device is connected between a telecommunication network and a PWLAN wireless AP (Access Point, wireless access point) device, the telecommunication The network terminal device provides a PWLAN, so that a customer wireless internet device accesses a PWLAN service gateway, a PWLAN service authentication server, and a PWLAN service authentication server connected to the telecommunication network through the PWLAN wireless AP device and the telecommunication network terminal device. Internet service, wherein the telecommunication network terminal device also integrates the PWLAN product quality measurement module of the telecommunication network terminal device to perform the PWLAN dynamic network setting time and the PWLAN product quality PWLAN quality measurement; Step 2: PWLAN circuit product quality measurement The module starts the PWLAN dynamic network to set the client module and records the measurement result of completing the dynamic network setting time; Step 3: The PWLAN circuit quality test module starts the PWLAN service authentication module and records the measurement result of the PWLAN service authentication time; Step 4: The telecommunication network terminal device network management server remote access PWLAN circuit product quality test result. For example, in the public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement method described in claim 6, wherein the second step, the PWLAN circuit quality measurement module first starts the PWLAN dynamic network setting client module to access through the telecommunication network. The PWLAN service gateway dynamically sets the network and records the time when the dynamic network setting is completed as the measurement result of the PWLAN dynamic network setting time. For example, in the public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement method described in claim 6, wherein the third step, the PWLAN product quality measurement module succeeds in starting the PWLAN service authentication module, and transmits the PWLAN service account number through the telecommunication network. The password is sent to the PWLAN service authentication server, and the time to complete the PWLAN service authentication is recorded as the measurement result of the PWLAN service authentication time. For example, in the public wireless local area network circuit quality measurement method described in claim 6, wherein the fourth step, the telecommunication network terminal device network management server remotely accesses the telecommunication network terminal device through the network management mechanism. The PWLAN circuit quality measurement result of the PWLAN quality measurement module includes: PWLAN dynamic network setting time, and PWLAN service authentication time.