WO2014205651A1

WO2014205651A1 - Network monitoring method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2014205651A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/077885
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张小强; 陈复春; 徐东兴
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2013-06-25
Filing date: 2013-06-25
Publication date: 2014-12-31
Also published as: CN103621132A

Abstract

Disclosed are a network monitoring method and device, which are used for improving the efficiency and accuracy of network state monitoring. The method comprises: a core network device sending information about a service to a user equipment with a customized transmission protocol, according to the information about the service, the user equipment running the service and performing a network measurement, and reporting a measurement result to the core network device, so that the core network device performs network monitoring, according to the received measurement result, when it is required. In this way, since the user equipment can report the network state to the core network device in real time by means of the measurement result, the core network device can position and reproduce the problem of an external field in time, so that the network state can be accurately monitored in real time.

Description

Network monitoring method and device

Technical field

The embodiments of the present invention relate to mobile communication technologies, and in particular, to a network monitoring method and apparatus. Background technique

In mobile communication technologies, wireless networks need to be monitored and maintained to ensure the quality of services provided by the network to users. At present, the way to monitor the wireless network is the external field road test. The method of external field test is mainly to use the road test terminal to collect the data of the external field (that is, the wireless network environment that actually provides services for the user), and then export the collected data and analyze it to reproduce the problem of the external field.

The use of this type of monitoring requires the use of dedicated road test terminals and drive test times, which is inefficient; and it is not possible to reproduce field problems in real time and accurately (eg, low problem recurrence rate), so that the network environment cannot be effectively monitored. . Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a network monitoring method and apparatus for improving efficiency and accuracy of network state monitoring.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

In a first aspect, a network monitoring method includes:

The user equipment receives information about a service sent by the core network device;

The user equipment runs the service according to the information of the service, and measures the network status; the user equipment reports the measurement result of the network status to the core network device.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the information about the service includes a flag bit, a user equipment identifier, and a type of service.

In conjunction with the first possible implementation of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the information of the service further includes one or all of the following information:

The execution parameters of the business; Measurement parameters of the business.

With reference to the first or second possible implementation of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the information about the service further includes: a measurement start time.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the foregoing aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner, the information of the service includes: a non-access stratum NAS short message, an earthquake tsunami warning ETWS message Or commercial mobile phone warning CMAS message. In a second aspect, a network monitoring method includes:

The core network device sends information about the service to the user equipment, where the information of the service is used to instruct the user equipment to run the service and measure the network status.

The core network device receives a measurement result of the network state after the service operation reported by the user equipment.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the information of the service includes a flag bit, a user equipment identifier, and a type of service.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in the second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the information about the service further includes one or all of the following information:

The execution parameters of the business;

Measurement parameters of the business.

With reference to the first or second possible implementation of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the information about the service further includes: a measurement start time.

With reference to the second aspect or any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the information about the service includes: a non-access layer NAS short message, an earthquake Tsunami warning ETWS message or commercial mobile phone warning CMAS message.

With reference to the second aspect or any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the second aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the method further includes:

The core network device transmits the measurement result reported by the user equipment to the storage device on the core network side for storage. In a third aspect, a user equipment includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive information about a service sent by a core network device;

a processing unit, configured to: run the service according to the information of the service, and measure a network status; and send, by the sending unit, the measurement result of the network status to the core network device. In combination with the third aspect, In a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the information about the service received by the receiving unit includes a flag bit, a user equipment identifier, and a type of service.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the information about the service received by the receiving unit further includes one or all of the following information: an execution parameter of the service;

Measurement parameters of the business.

With reference to the first or second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the information about the service received by the receiving unit further includes: a measurement start time.

With reference to the third aspect, or any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the information about the service received by the receiving unit includes: a non-access layer NAS Short message, earthquake tsunami warning ETWS message or commercial mobile phone warning CMAS message. In a fourth aspect, a core network device includes:

a sending unit, configured to send information about a service to the user equipment, where the information of the service is used to instruct the user equipment to run the service and measure a network status;

And a receiving unit, configured to receive a measurement result of the network status of the service after the service is reported by the user equipment.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the information about the service sent by the sending unit includes a flag bit, a user equipment identifier, and a type of service.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the information about the service sent by the sending unit further includes one or all of the following information: The execution parameters of the business;

Measurement parameters of the business.

With reference to the first or second possible implementation of the fourth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the information about the service sent by the sending unit further includes: a measurement start time.

With reference to the fourth aspect, or any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the sending, by the sending unit, the information usage form of the service includes:

Non-access layer NAS short message, earthquake tsunami warning ETWS message or commercial mobile phone warning CMAS message.

With reference to the fourth aspect, or any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the method further includes:

The interface unit is configured to transmit the measurement result reported by the user equipment to the storage device on the core network side for storage. In a fifth aspect, a user equipment includes a receiving port, a processor, and a sending port, where the receiving port and the sending port are respectively connected to the processor, and

a receiving port, configured to receive information about a service sent by the core network device;

a processor, configured to run a service according to information of the service and measure a network status;

A sending port is used to report the measurement result of the network status to the core network device.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the information about the service received by the receiving port includes the flag bit, the user equipment identifier, and the type of the service.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the information of the service received by the receiving port is one or all of the following information:

The execution parameters of the business;

Measurement parameters of the business.

With reference to the first or second possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, in the third possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the information about the service received by the receiving port further includes: a measurement start time. With reference to the fifth aspect or any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the information about the service received by the receiving port includes: a NAS short message, an ETWS message, or CMAS message. In a sixth aspect, the core network device includes a sending port, a receiving port, and a processor, where the sending port and the receiving port are respectively connected to the processor, and

a sending port, configured to send information about the service to the user equipment, where the information of the service is used to indicate that the user equipment runs the service and measures the network status;

The receiving port is configured to receive a measurement result of the network state after the service running by the user equipment, and the processor is configured to provide information about the service, and control the sending port to send the information of the service. With reference to the sixth aspect, in the first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the information about the service sent by the sending port 70 includes the flag bit, the identifier of the user equipment 10, and the type of the service.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the information about the service sent by the sending port includes one or all of the following information: an execution parameter of the service;

Measurement parameters of the business.

With reference to the first or second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the information about the service sent by the sending port further includes: a measurement start time.

With the sixth aspect or any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the sixth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the information usage form of the sending port sending service includes: a NAS short message, an ETWS message Or CMAS message.

With the sixth aspect or the foregoing any possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the processor is further configured to save the measurement result received by the receiving port to the core network. On the side of the storage device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the core network device uses a customized transmission protocol to send service information to the user equipment, and the user equipment runs the service according to the service information, performs network measurement, and reports the measurement result to the core network device. The network device then conducts network monitoring based on the received measurement results. In this way, the user equipment can report the network status to the core network device in real time through the measurement result, so that the core network device can locate and reproduce the external field problem in time, so that the network status can be accurately and accurately monitored in real time; further, Since it is not necessary to use dedicated road test user equipment for road test, the measurement cost is reduced, the measurement efficiency and stability are improved, the network regulation and network optimization are facilitated, and the same can be used for different user equipments. The customized transmission protocol transmits the information of the service, thereby shielding various user equipment differences and improving the scalability and application range of the measurement scheme. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of an LTE system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of performing network monitoring by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of network monitoring performed by a core network device control terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a core network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is a partial embodiment of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that the technical solution of the present invention can be applied to various communication systems, for example, a Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, and a wideband code division. Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, Advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE-A) System, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, UMTS), etc.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal refers to a user equipment (UE), that is, a commercial terminal, that is, a terminal used by the user in daily life. The UE may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), including but not limited to a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal (Mobile Terminal), and a mobile phone (Mobile). Telephone ). Handset and portable equipment, 1" port, computer with wireless communication function, portable, pocket, handheld, computer built-in or mobile device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the access network element may refer to a device in the access network that communicates with the user equipment through one or more sectors on the air interface, for example, an access point, a base station, and the like. The base station can be used to convert the received air frame to the IP packet as a router between the user equipment and the rest of the access network, wherein the rest of the access network can include an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The base station can also coordinate attribute management of the air interface. For example, the base station may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, or may be a base station (NodeB) in WCDMA, or may be an evolved base station in LTE (NodeB or eNB or e-NodeB, evolutional Node B), the invention is not limited.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment of the access network is tested based on the air interface control device, and the road test is performed in this manner, so that the problem existing in the network environment can be accurately located and played back, and the positioning efficiency is improved.

In the following embodiments, the LTE system is used as an example. Referring to FIG. 1 , the LTE system includes a user equipment 10 and a core network device 11 , where

The user equipment 10 accesses the access network element 12, and is connected to the core network device 11 through the access network element 12. The information of the service sent by the core network device 11 to the user equipment 10 is transparently transmitted to the user through the access network element 12. The device 10, the user equipment 10 runs the service according to the information of the received service, and measures the network state within the jurisdiction of the access network element 12, and then the user equipment 10 reports the measurement result to the core network device 11 and the core network device. 11 Save the received measurement results on the core network side. Then, when you need to analyze the network environment and understand the external field problem, you can use the core network to save. The measurement results, while accurately and timely locating network problems.

The above service is a kind of service, that is, it is necessary to measure the network status of such a service operation to monitor the status of the network. The service can be configured according to the network monitoring requirements of the service. For example, if the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) needs to download the status of the service runtime network, the service is a TCP download service.

Referring to FIG. 2, in the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed process of network monitoring by the user equipment 10 is as follows:

Step 200: The user equipment 10 receives the information of the service sent by the core network device 11.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment 10 receives the information of the service sent by the core network device 11 through the access network element 12 (ie, the access device, such as the base station). For example, the base station receives the core network device

After receiving the information of the service, the user equipment 10 obtains the information of the service carried in the air interface message by receiving the air interface message sent by the base station.

Optionally, when the core network device 11 sends the information of the service, the information of the service may be in the form of a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) short message or an earthquake tsunami warning (Earthquake and

Tsunami Warning System , ETWS ) Messaging and Business Mobile Alert System (Commercial

Mobile Alert System, CMAS ) Any of a variety of messages.

Step 210: The user equipment 10 runs the service according to the information of the service and measures the network status. In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the information of the service received by the user equipment 10 includes a flag bit, a user equipment identifier, and a type of the service. Further, the service information may further include: an execution parameter of the service or/and a measurement parameter of the service, and a measurement start time.

For example, as shown in Table 1, in the embodiment of the present invention, the information of the service uses a customized message format, and the format is: flag bit + International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) + control message. The IMSI is a user equipment identifier and is used for user equipment identity authentication.

Control messages, used to define user device behavior, are marked with a binary stream. As shown in Table 1, in this embodiment, the control message includes the following contents:

Type of service (recorded in the ACTION field): Used to define the type of service performed, such as network access, network exit, hibernation, and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). One or any combination of Load and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) downloads. Execution parameters or/and measurement parameters of the service (recorded in the Msg field): where the execution parameters are used to define the execution mode of the executed service, such as the number of measurement cycles, the service level, whether it is executed immediately, etc.; The measured content of the executed service, such as Received Signal Code Power (RSCP), Block Error Ratio (BLER), and so on. On the other hand, optionally, the execution parameters or/and measurement parameters of the service may not be notified by the core network device 11, but are pre-agreed by the network side and the user equipment side.

Measurement start time (recorded in the StartDate field) · Used to record the start time of the executed service. Optionally, when the network status is measured by multiple user equipments 10, the startup times of different user equipments may be set to be the same, which facilitates the aggregation of measurement results for the overall analysis of the network status.

Table 1

In this way, after receiving the information of the service sent by the core network device 11, the user equipment 10 may perform identity authentication according to the IMSI therein, and after verifying, read the information recorded in the control message to run the service. Measure network status.

Step 220: The user equipment 10 reports the measurement result of the network status to the core network device 11. For example, the user equipment 10 can report the measured network card flow, RSRP, BLER, Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), etc. to the core network device 11, and the core network device 11 can save the obtained measurement result in the core. On the network side, when the network environment needs to be analyzed and the external field problem is known, the saved measurement results are used to monitor the network environment within the jurisdiction of the access network element 12 to accurately and timely locate the network problem.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed process of the core network device 11 controlling the user equipment 10 for network monitoring is as follows: Step 300: The core network device 11 sends information about the service to the user equipment 10, where the information of the service is used to indicate that the user equipment 10 runs the service and measures the network status.

The information of the service sent by the core network device 11 is sent to the user equipment 10 through an access network element (i.e., an access network device, such as a base station). For example, after receiving the information of the service sent by the core network device 11, the base station carries the information of the service to the user equipment 10 in the air interface message sent by the base station to the user equipment 10.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the information of the service sent by the core network device 11 includes a flag bit, a user equipment identifier, and a service type. Further, the service information may further include: an execution parameter of the service or/and a measurement parameter of the service, and a measurement start time.

For example, as shown in Table 1, in the embodiment of the present invention, the information of the service uses a customized message format, and the format is: flag bit + IMSI + control message. among them,

IMSI is the user equipment identifier used for user equipment identification.

Type of service (recorded in the ACTION field): Used to define the type of service being executed, such as one or any combination of network access, network exit, hibernation, TCP download, and FTP download.

Execution parameters or/and measurement parameters of the service (recorded in the Msg field): where the execution parameters are used to define the execution mode of the executed service, such as the number of measurement cycles, the service level, whether it is executed immediately, etc.; The measured content of the executed business, such as RSCP, BLER, etc. On the other hand, optionally, the execution parameters or/and measurement parameters of the service may not be notified by the core network device 11, but are pre-agreed by the network side and the user equipment side.

Step 310: The core network device 11 receives the measurement result of the network state after the service operation of the user equipment 10. In this embodiment, after receiving the measurement result reported by the user equipment 10, the core network device 11 saves the measurement result, so that the core network device 11 collects multiple measurement results reported by different user equipments 10 after a period of time. These measurements can be aggregated to provide a more comprehensive analysis of the network environment.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1 , a log server may be configured on the core network to save the measurement result reported by each user equipment 10 collected by the core network device. The log server may be embedded in the core network device 11 or may be An independent network element connected to the core network device 11.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the core network device 11 may be a virtual core network or a real core network. The difference between the virtual core network and the real core network is that the former is specifically used for monitoring the network, and is not necessarily commercially available, and the latter is used. In the current network operating environment.

For example, if the core network device 11 is located in the virtual core network, the core network device 11 may be a device that is functionally built in a laboratory and has the same function as the real core network server.

For another example, if the core network device 11 is located in the real core network, the core network device 11 may be a commercial real core network server.

In this way, the core network device 11 can monitor the network state of the user equipment 10 when running various types of services in real time by transmitting the information of the service to the user equipment 10, thereby improving the probability of recurring the external field problem, and facilitating accurate positioning of the external field problem. . The services run by the user equipment 10 include but are not limited to: network access, network exit, traffic test, (file transfer) FileAccess, (web browsing) Web Browsing, short message (SMS), streaming (Streaming), Streaming/point to Point video service (p2p), by SMTP POP, point-to-point download BT service (P2P BT download), voice service fallback 2G/3G (CSFB/PSHO), tracking area update (TAU), signaling paging Switching (IMS paging HO), same out-of-synchronization, and other services in various commercial scenarios, and supporting service scalability. Referring to FIG. 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment 10 includes a receiving unit 40, a processing unit 41, and a sending unit 42, wherein

The receiving unit 40 is configured to receive information about a service sent by the core network device 11;

The processing unit 41 is configured to run the service according to the information of the service and measure the network status. The sending unit 42 is configured to report the measurement result of the network status to the core network device 11.

The information of the service received by the receiving unit 40 includes the flag bit, the identity of the user equipment 10, and the type of the service.

The information of the service received by the receiving unit 41 includes one or all of the following information:

The execution parameters of the business;

Measurement parameters of the business.

The information of the service received by the receiving unit 41 further includes: a measurement start time.

The form of the information of the service received by the receiving unit 41 includes: a NAS short message, an ETWS message or a CMAS message. Referring to FIG. 5, in the embodiment of the present invention, the core network device 11 includes a sending unit 50, a processing unit 51, and a sending unit 52.

The sending unit 50 is configured to send information about the service to the user equipment 10, where the information of the service is used to indicate that the user equipment 10 runs the service and measures the network status;

The receiving unit 51 is configured to receive a measurement result of the network status after the service operation reported by the user equipment 10.

The information of the service transmitted by the transmitting unit 50 includes the flag bit, the identifier of the user equipment 10, and the type of the service.

The information of the service sent by the sending unit 50 also includes one or all of the following information:

The execution parameters of the business;

Measurement parameters of the business.

The information of the service sent by the sending unit 50 further includes: a measurement start time.

The form in which the sending unit 50 transmits the information of the service includes: a NAS short message, an ETWS message, or a CMAS message.

Further includes:

The interface unit 52 is configured to transmit the measurement reported by the user equipment 10 to the storage device on the core network side for storage. It should be noted that the above processing unit 41 may be separately set in hardware form independently of the processor of the user equipment 10, and may be in the form of a microprocessor; or may be embedded in the processor of the user equipment 10 in hardware. In the memory of the user equipment 10, the processor of the user equipment 10 can be invoked to perform the operations corresponding to the processing unit 41 above. The above processor may be a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a single chip microcomputer or the like. The receiving unit 40 can be a receiver of the user equipment 10, the transmitting unit 42 can be a transmitter of the user equipment 10, and the receiver and transmitter can be integrated to form a transceiver. Referring to FIG. 6, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment 10 includes a receiving port 60, a processor 61, and a sending port 62, wherein the receiving port 60 and the transmitting port 62 are respectively connected to the processor 61, and

a receiving port 60, configured to receive information about a service sent by the core network device 11;

The processor 61 is configured to run a service according to information of the service and measure a network status.

The sending port 62 is configured to report the measurement result of the network status to the core network device 11.

The information of the service received by the receiving port 60 includes the flag bit, the identity of the user equipment 10, and the type of the service.

The information of the service received by the receiving port 61 is one or all of the following information:

The execution parameters of the business;

Measurement parameters of the business.

The information of the service received by the receiving port 61 further includes: a measurement start time.

The form of the information of the service received by the receiving port 61 includes: a NAS short message, an ETWS message, or a CMAS message. Referring to FIG. 7, in the embodiment of the present invention, the core network device 11 includes a sending port 70, a receiving port 71, and a processor 72, wherein the sending port 70 and the receiving port 71 are respectively connected to the processor 72, and a sending port 70, configured to send information about the service to the user equipment 10, where the information of the service is used to indicate that the user equipment 10 runs the service and measures the network status;

The receiving port 71 is configured to receive a measurement result of the network state after the service operation reported by the user equipment 10;

The processor 72 is configured to provide information about the foregoing service, and control the sending port 70 to send information about the service.

The information of the service sent by the sending port 70 includes the flag bit, the user equipment 10 identifier, and the type of the service.

The information of the service sent by the sending port 70 includes one or all of the following information:

The execution parameters of the business;

Measurement parameters of the business.

The information of the service sent by the sending port 70 also includes: The measurement start time.

The form of the information used by the sending port 70 to send the service includes: NAS short message, ETWS message or CMAS message.

The processor 72 is further configured to save the measurement results received by the receiving port 71 in a local (i.e., core network side) storage device. Specifically, the storage device may be a memory built in the core network device 11, or may be a network element independent of the core network device 11, for example, a log server.

In summary, in the embodiment of the present invention, the core network device uses a customized transmission protocol to send service information to the user equipment, and the user equipment runs the service according to the service information, performs network measurement, and reports the measurement result to the The core network device and the core network device perform network monitoring according to the received measurement result. Therefore, the user equipment can report the network status to the core network device in real time through the measurement result, so that the core network device can locate and reproduce the external field problem in time. Therefore, the network state can be accurately and accurately monitored in real time; further, since the road test can be performed without using a dedicated road test user equipment, the measurement cost is reduced, the measurement efficiency and stability are improved, and the network regulation and the network are facilitated. Network optimization, and, for different user equipments, the same custom transmission protocol can be used to transmit service information, thereby shielding various user equipment differences, and improving the scalability and application range of the measurement scheme. The embodiments of the present invention can be applied to air interface testing in all wireless fields at present, and the unified encapsulation protocol layer parsing is performed for the receiving of the user equipment side, and the same application layer interface is encapsulated for different operating system platforms. For other wireless areas such as GSM/WCSMA/TD-LTE/W-MAX, a customized message pipeline is adopted, and the user equipment side uniformly receives and parses. Has a great promotion value.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the invention can be embodied in the form of one or more computer program products embodied on a computer-usable storage medium (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) in which computer usable program code is embodied.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (system), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowcharts and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flow and/or blocks in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device. The apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been described, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize Additional changes and modifications to these embodiments can be made in the basic inventive concept. Therefore, the appended claims are intended to be interpreted as including the preferred embodiments and the modifications and The spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present invention are departed. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and modifications of the embodiments of the invention.

Claims

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1. A network monitoring method, characterized by including:

User equipment receives service information sent by core network equipment;

The user equipment runs the service and measures network status according to the service information; and the user equipment reports the measurement result of the network status to the core network device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the service information includes a flag, a user equipment identification and a service type.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the business information also includes one or all of the following information:

Business execution parameters;

Business measurement parameters.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the service information further includes: measurement start time.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the form of the business information includes:

Non-access layer NAS short message, earthquake and tsunami warning ETWS message or commercial mobile phone warning CMAS message.

6. A network monitoring method, characterized by including:

The core network equipment sends service information to the user equipment, and the service information is used to instruct the user equipment to run the service and measure network status;

The core network device receives the measurement result of the network status after the service is run reported by the user device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the service information includes a flag, a user equipment identification and a service type.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the business information also includes one or all of the following information: Business execution parameters;

Business measurement parameters.

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the service information further includes: measurement start time.

10. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that the form of the business information includes:

11. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, further comprising: the core network device transmitting the measurement results reported by the user equipment to a storage device on the core network side for storage.

12. A user equipment, characterized by: including:

The receiving unit is used to receive service information sent by the core network equipment;

A processing unit, configured to run the service and measure network status according to the service information; a sending unit, configured to upload the measurement results of the network status to the core network device.

13. The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein the service information received by the receiving unit includes a flag bit, a user equipment identification and a service type.

14. The user equipment according to claim 13, wherein the service information received by the receiving unit also includes one or all of the following information:

Business execution parameters;

Business measurement parameters.

15. The user equipment according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the service information received by the receiving unit further includes: measurement start time.

16. The user equipment according to any one of claims 12 to 15, characterized in that the form of service information received by the receiving unit includes:

17. A core network equipment, characterized by: including:

A sending unit, configured to send service information to user equipment, where the service information is used to instruct the user equipment to run the service and measure network status;

The receiving unit is configured to receive the measurement result of the network status after the service is run reported by the user equipment.

18. The core network device according to claim 17, wherein the service information sent by the sending unit includes a flag bit, a user equipment identification and a service type.

19. The core network equipment according to claim 18, characterized in that the service information sent by the sending unit also includes one or all of the following information:

Business execution parameters;

Business measurement parameters.

20. The core network device according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that the service information sent by the sending unit further includes: measurement start time.

21. The core network equipment according to any one of claims 17 to 20, characterized in that the form used by the sending unit to send the information of the service includes:

22. The core network equipment according to any one of claims 17 to 20, further comprising:

The interface unit is configured to transmit the measurement results reported by the user equipment to the storage device on the core network side for storage.