Communication Device Event Capture and Packet Log Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network monitoring systems lack the ability to effectively integrate user interactions and timer events into packet log files, making it difficult for service technicians to identify the root cause of communication failures.
Innovation Solution
A system that detects user interactions and timer events in communication devices, associates timestamps with these events, and stores them in packet log files along with packet traces, allowing for chronological display and analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If only packet trace capture is implemented, then the network monitoring system can record packet traffic, but service technicians cannot quickly identify the root cause of communication failures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines packet trace capture with event logging into a unified packet log file. The event detector detects user interactions and timer events, then the logging module stores these events together with packet traces in the same file, ensuring that both packet information and event information are preserved without loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The packet log file serves multiple functions: it stores packet traces, event details, timestamps, and diagnostic information all in one place. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate logging systems while comprehensive information is captured for troubleshooting.
2Ease of operation
If event detection and logging is added to packet trace capture, then comprehensive debugging information is available, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication device performs self-diagnosis by automatically detecting events, generating logs, and storing them with timestamps. The device serves itself by capturing its own operational state and packet traffic, eliminating the need for external monitoring tools to manually track events.
Solution Approach 2:
The logging module acts as an intermediary between the event detector, timer module, and packet capture functionality. It coordinates these components and unifies their output into a single structured log file, simplifying the overall system architecture while enabling comprehensive debugging.
3Loss of time
If events are logged without timestamps, then event information is stored, but chronological correlation with packet traces is lost
Solution Approach 1:
Timestamps are generated and associated with events at the moment they occur, before the logging process completes. This preliminary timing action ensures that temporal information is captured accurately and can be used for chronological correlation with packet traces later during analysis.
Data Source
AI summary
A user interaction or a timer event is detected in a communication device. A timestamp is associated with the user interaction or the timer event. In response to detecting the user interaction or the timer event in the communication device, the user interaction or the timer event and the timestamp are stored in a packet log file associated with the communication device. The packet log file can also include a packet trace of packets that are sent to and received by the communication device. This allows the user interactions and/or the timer events to be displayed chronologically in relation to the packets sent to and received by the communication device.