Patent ID: 9628358
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, stored in a memory and executed on a processor, for measuring end-to-end path condition indicators of a mobile subscriber device connection, said method comprising: sending a test packet from a network node to a mobile subscriber device connected to a radio access node, said test packet configured with a destination address assigned to the mobile subscriber device connection and having a packet version indicator requesting at least one of said mobile subscriber device to include radio bearer conditions and said radio access node to include radio cell conditions in a test packet reply, said mobile subscriber device acting as a test traffic reflector; and receiving at said network node, a test packet reply said test packet reply including at least one of current radio bearer conditions from said mobile subscriber device and current radio cell conditions from said radio access node impacting the performance of the mobile subscriber device connection.