QoE-oriented edge network busy time detection and analysis

As an important data communication technology, the purpose of EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution) network is to provide rich multimedia 3G communication services by directly enhancing the rate of exist network, before 3G network completes the commercialization. Combined with the user experience-oriented characteristic of EDGE network operation, this paper first analyses the important factors of EDGE QoE(Quality of Experience) architecture, and puts forward the concept of “Busy Time Throughput” as an important KPI (Key Performance Indicator)that impact the value of EDGE network QoE. As the period which is difficult for Service Providers (SPs) to control customers' Quality of Experience (QoE), Busy Time effective detection and analysis is an import premise to achieve the overall EDGE network QoE promotion. Then, Information Theory model is put forward to detect the Busy Time dynamically. At the end of this paper, typical EDGE data network is taken as an example to analyze this model.