Base Station Performance Measurement Using Counter Rule Base
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for measuring base station performance in wireless communication networks are inefficient, leading to high bandwidth usage and complex calculations, making it difficult to adapt to varying performance measurement requirements.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize a counter rule base, loaded by the network management system, to collect and process performance data from base stations, reducing calculations and enabling flexible adaptation to changing measurement tasks by mapping original data to performance data using logical operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If all performance data is sent from base station to network management system, then complete performance measurement is achieved, but bandwidth resources are heavily occupied and data transmission burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and processes only the necessary performance data at the base station level using a performance measurement unit, rather than transmitting all raw performance data. This selective extraction approach maintains measurement completeness while significantly reducing the volume of data transmitted to the network management system, thereby lowering bandwidth consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary performance data processing and aggregation at the base station before transmission. The performance measurement unit pre-calculates and pre-processes performance indicators, so that when data is sent to the network management system, it is already in a condensed and optimized form, reducing transmission burden while preserving measurement accuracy.
2Adaptability or versatility
If performance rule configuration table is configured to base station, then flexible adaptation to varying requirements is achieved, but calculation complexity and data volume increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a performance measurement unit as an intermediary component at the base station that handles the complex calculation and processing tasks. This intermediary layer absorbs the computational complexity, allowing the base station to adapt to varying performance measurement requirements without directly burdening the main base station processing resources. The measurement unit acts as a buffer that manages the complexity internally while providing flexible adaptation externally.
3Loss of energy
If base station performs local performance data processing, then bandwidth usage is reduced, but base station processing capability requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the performance measurement functionality into a dedicated performance measurement unit within the base station. This segmentation isolates the processing-intensive tasks to a specific component, allowing the base station to perform local data processing without overloading the entire system. The segmented architecture reduces bandwidth usage by handling processing locally while managing processing power requirements through specialized component design.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for measuring performance of a base station are provided by the present disclosure, and the method includes that: a counter rule base is formulated according to needs and the counter rule base is loaded by a network management system (101); a measurement task is sent to a base station by the network management system (102), the original data is collected during a period reported by the measurement task and is reported to the network management system by the base station (103); then performance data is acquired by the network management system by using the counter rule base according to the reported original data (104). An apparatus for measuring performance of base station is also provided by the present disclosure. With the method and apparatus, the base station and the network management system are decoupled completely, therefore plenty of calculations in the performance measurement of the base station is greatly reduced, a new performance measurement task can be adapted by simple modification to the counter rule base, therefore the flexibility for different performance measurements by the base station and the network management system is increased.