Real-Time Call Detail Record Encapsulation and Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile telephony network monitoring tools face challenges in real-time analysis of Call Detail Records (CDRs) due to the delay in storing and processing these records, making it difficult for users to identify and address network issues promptly.
Innovation Solution
A system that generates CDRs in real-time, encapsulates them in a network transport protocol immediately upon call termination, and stores or notifies users via a user input, allowing for immediate analysis and action through a graphical user interface and notification engine.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If CDRs are stored in a file or memory for later transport to an analysis system, then the system can handle large volumes of data, but real-time monitoring and analysis become difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent encapsulates CDRs in network transport protocol immediately when a call is terminated, rather than waiting for batch processing. This preliminary action enables real-time transport and analysis of CDRs while maintaining the capability to handle large volumes of data through automated encapsulation and transport mechanisms.
2Ease of manufacture
If CDRs are deposited en masse into a CDR storage area, then data storage is efficient, but users cannot access or analyze CDRs immediately
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an encapsulator/decapsulator unit as an intermediary component that automatically encapsulates CDRs in network transport protocol and transports them to the analysis system. This intermediary enables both efficient storage (through automated batch encapsulation) and real-time user access (through immediate transport upon call termination).
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary encapsulation of CDRs in network transport protocol immediately when calls are terminated, preparing the data for immediate transport and analysis while maintaining efficient storage capabilities through automated processing.
3Reliability
If monitoring tools collect vast amounts of data at the network element level, then comprehensive performance monitoring is achieved, but problem identification and data analysis become difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The encapsulator/decapsulator unit acts as an intermediary that automatically processes and transports CDRs from network elements to the analysis system in real-time. This intermediary mechanism maintains comprehensive data collection while significantly improving the speed of problem identification through immediate data availability for analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary processing and encapsulation of CDRs immediately upon call termination, preparing comprehensive monitoring data for immediate analysis. This preliminary action maintains data comprehensiveness while enabling rapid problem identification without waiting for batch processing cycles.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of monitoring, and a system to perform the method of monitoring, a mobile network, the method including receiving a data stream from one or more monitoring points of the mobile network and generating a detail record of an information transaction in the mobile network, storing the generated detail record in a data record storage unit immediately upon completion of the information transaction, and notifying a user that the detail record is available to be viewed.