Patent ID: 8934371
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, for use in a network element, of monitoring broadcast or multicast streaming service in a communications network, the method comprising: collecting, by the network element, values era parameter indicative of quality of the streaming service each value associated with a user equipment receiving the streaming service; automatically determining, by the network element, attributes that form a cluster for neighboring user equipment receiving the streaming service, the automatically determining attributes that form the cluster of neighboring user equipment comprising determining, by the network element, a maximum geographical distance between two neighbor user equipments of the cluster, wherein the determining, the maximum distance is based on the collected values that are above a predefined level; and determining, by the network element, a minimum number of the collected values required to form the cluster, wherein the determining the minimum number of the collected values is based on the collected values that are above the predefined level; grouping, by the network element, the collected values that are below the predefined level into clusters based on the automatically determined attributes that form the cluster; mapping, by the network element, the clusters onto a topology of the network; and determining, by the network element, a location of a problem causing degradation of the streaming service based on the mapping.