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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Péter Hága, Budapest, HU;
Zsolt Kenesi, Budapest, HU;
András Veres, Budapest, HU;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
One or more embodiments of a method and apparatus taught herein provide for the detection of faulty wireless terminals in a wireless communication network. According to an exemplary method, an occurrence of one or more service incidents occurring for a wireless terminal during an observation time period is detected. For each service incident, a service quality score indicative of the severity of incident is determined. A performance metric is calculated responsive to the service quality scores of the wireless terminal occurring during the observation time period. The wireless terminal is determined to faulty if the performance metric exceeds a service quality threshold. A corresponding network node operable to implement the method is also disclosed.