Patent ID: 8880689

Claim:
An apparatus communicable with an application server and a mobile terminal, comprising: a processor, wherein the processor includes a first measuring unit configured to measure a first QoE (Quality of Experience) for an application between the apparatus and the mobile terminal based on information related to the application; a second measuring unit configured to measure a second QoE for the application between the apparatus and the application server that provides services of the application; and an estimating unit configured to estimate, based on the first QoE for the application and the second QoE for the application between the apparatus and the application server that provides services of the application, a third QoE for the application between the mobile terminal and the application server, wherein the first and second measuring units respectively measure the first QoE and the second QoE for the application, based on at least one of a bandwidth, a time delay, a jitter, and a loss between the apparatus and the mobile terminal and between the apparatus and the application server, respectively.