Faulty wireless terminal detection

摘要

One or more embodiments of a method and apparatus taught herein provide for the detection of faulty wireless terminals in a wireless communication network (10; 30). According to an exemplary method (100), an occurrence of one or more service incidents occurring for a wireless terminal (14; 34) during an observation time period is detected (102). For each service incident, a service quality score indicative of the severity of incident is determined (104). A performance metric is calculated responsive to the service quality scores of the wireless terminal (14; 34) occurring during the observation time period (106). The wireless terminal (14; 34) is determined to be faulty if the performance metric exceeds a service quality threshold (108). A corresponding network node (60) operable to implement the method is also disclosed.