Real-Time WLAN Monitoring in a 4G Multiplatform Environment

Real-time monitoring in 4G networks is of prime importance for network operators of present and future generation. Nowadays operators utilize stored historical data from their data warehouses to improve networks and services, at the same time the number of mobile subscribers rapidly increases and additionally, the new data-technologies for wireless access add extra traffic to the already overloaded networks, often causing serious problems to their performance. A real-time monitoring tool is necessary to operators in order to guarantee high quality of service. In this paper a novel 4G multiplatform real-time monitoring system is presented and analyzed, giving emphasis to WLAN part. The main idea of this system is to collect reports from numerous network elements in such way that the system is compatible and operational in any kind of network of any manufacturer and operator. Additionally the system architecture discussed in this paper is capable of accommodating and supporting 4G networks effectively