Proposal of a System Architecture for Real Time Quality of Service Monitoring of Mobile Telephony Networks

In the telecommunications industry, currently to determine the quality of service of a cellular network in a certain area, measurements are made of some RF parameters; this operation is called a "Drive Test", and it is done using dedicated equipment which is often costly. This process is slow, expensive and must be repeated several times manually by some institutions (operators and government regulatory entities) in order to optimize the network. On the other hand, there is currently a great interest in transforming cities into smart cities. One way to do that is applying some techniques related to Industry 4.0, which aims to improve industrial processes using enabling technologies such as IoT and Cloud Computing, automating processes and making them smarter. This paper aims to characterize these enabling technologies applied to the scenario of the telecommunication industry. In this sense, to improve the test drive, an architecture is proposed for monitoring the quality of service for mobile telephony, collecting RF parameters and processing in real time. In addition, a proof of concept of the system with free platforms is presented.