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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Aircom International Ltd, Leatherhead, GB;
Colin Gordon Bowdery, Plano, TX (US);
Gerard Terence Foster, Marston Meysey, GB;
Aircom International LTD., Surrey, GB;
Abstract
A method for assessing performance of a cell in a network in which data is passed between layers in a protocol stack implemented by the cell. The method comprises calculating a data efficiency of data passing through a physical layer in the protocol stack via one or more higher layers in the protocol stack based on a comparison of a number of physical resource data units allocated to that data at the physical layer with a data throughput of one or more of the layers of the protocol stack. The method further comprises calculating an average efficiency by averaging the data efficiency over a predetermined time and normalizing the average efficiency with respect to a predetermined efficiency so as to generate a normalized average efficiency. The method also comprises comparing the normalized average efficiency with a target threshold and adjusting the operation of the cell if the normalized average efficiency differs from the target threshold by greater than a threshold amount.