Patent ID: 6674847
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for performing a traffic measurement in a telecommunication network, comprising:determining a total reservation time of a measurement object regardless of a traffic load associated with the measurement object, wherein said total reservation time is a cumulative total reservation time determined at each traffic change of said measurement object by multiplying a value of an updated instantaneous load by a time period since the last determination of said cumulative total reservation time; and calculating a traffic intensity by dividing a change of said cumulative total reservation time by a corresponding time period, wherein determining a total reservation time comprises updating values of the instantaneous load, a previous change time, a current time, the cumulative total reservation time, a previous cumulative total reservation time, and a last report time, wherein calculating a traffic intensity comprises reading the counting means and calculating the change of the cumulative total reservation time by subtracting a read value of the previous cumulative total reservation time from a read value of the cumulative total reservation time, and calculating a value of the corresponding time period by subtracting a read value of the last report time from a read value of the current time, and wherein determining the total reservation time determines the cumulative total reservation time by reading the counting means and by multiplying a read value of the instantaneous load by a difference between a read value of the last report time and a read value of the current time.