Metod och apparat för bestämning av prestanda hos tjänster.

摘要

A method and apparatus for measuring a performance indicator reflecting the performance of an IP service consumed or invoked by a user terminal in a service session. A message detector (604) detects service-related messages communicated with a policy control node (106) for the service session. A session database (110) logs a message type with a timestamp for each detected message as raw data in a session entry. A filter engine (112) selects a predefined performance filter associated with the performance indicator based on information in the session entry, applies the selected performance filter on the raw data, and calculates the performance indicator from the filtered data using a predefined algorithm corresponding to the applied performance filter. Thereby, performance indicators can be measured for IP services with a minimum of complexity, using the logged service-related messages communicated with the policy control node.