Radio communication system, radio terminal, radio network, radio communication method and program

• US 10,356,639 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2018
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Futaki, Hisashi, Aminaka, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Khai M
• Application Number:
  US15/996,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20180279148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/06 Generation of reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A radio terminal, which has a function to collect and report measurement information designated by a radio network, comprises: means for receiving collection/reporting control information related to the radio terminal'"'"'s execution of at least one of the collection of measurement information and the reporting of the measurement information to the radio network; and control means for executing, based on the collection/reporting control information, at least one of the collection and the reporting if execution determination information, which is related to at least one of the collection of the measurement information and the reporting of the measurement information to be executed by the local terminal, satisfies a given determination criterion.

Claims

1. A radio terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from a radio network, configuration information for measurement logging, the configuration information including a PLMN-ID (Public Land Mobile Network Identity) and logging interval information; and

a processor configured to perform logging of measurement results at a logging interval indicated by the logging interval information when a first condition related to the PLMN-ID is satisfied, and

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the radio network, a report of the logged measurement results when the first condition related to the PLMN-ID is satisfied.

2. The radio terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the configuration information further includes area information, wherein the area information includes at least one of a Cell-ID and a location area to which the radio terminal belongs,

wherein the processor is further configured to perform logging of measurement results at a logging interval indicated by the logging interval information when both of the first condition related to the PLMN-ID and a second condition related to the area information are satisfied.

3. The radio terminal according to claim 2,

wherein the first condition is whether the a PLMN-ID of the radio terminal is same the PLMN-ID included in the configuration information, and

the second condition is whether the radio terminal camp on a cell belonging to an area indicated by the area information included in the configuration information.

4. The radio terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is further configured to perform logging of measurement results based on a third condition related to usage of a memory implemented in the radio terminal for the logged measurement result.

5. A radio network comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit, to a radio terminal, configuration information for measurement logging, the configuration information including a PLMN-ID (Public Land Mobile Network Identity) and logging interval information; and

a receiver configured to receive, from the radio terminal, a report of logged measurement results which have been logged by the radio terminal,

wherein the configuration information causes the radio terminal to perform logging of measurement results at a logging interval indicated by the logging interval information when a first condition related to the PLMN-ID is satisfied, and to transmit, to the radio network, the report of logged measurement results when the first condition related to the PLMN-ID is satisfied.

6. The radio network according to claim 5,

wherein the configuration information further includes area information, wherein the area information includes at least one of a Cell-ID and a location area to which the radio terminal belongs,

wherein the logging of measurement results is performed by the radio terminal at a logging interval indicated by the logging interval information when both of the first condition related to the PLMN-ID and a second condition related to the area information are satisfied.

7. The radio network according to claim 6,

wherein the first condition is whether the a PLMN-ID of the radio terminal is same the PLMN-ID included in the configuration information, and

the second condition is whether the radio terminal camp on a cell belonging to an area indicated by the area information included in the configuration information.

8. The radio network according to claim 5,

wherein the logging of measurement results is performed by the radio terminal based on a third condition related to usage of a memory implemented in the radio terminal for the logged measurement result.

9. A method of a radio terminal comprising:

receiving, from a radio network, configuration information for measurement logging, the configuration information including a PLMN-ID (Public Land Mobile Network Identity) and logging interval information;

logging measurement results at a logging interval indicated by the logging interval information when a first condition related to the PLMN-ID is satisfied; and

transmitting, to the radio network, a report of the logged measurement results when the first condition related to the PLMN-ID is satisfied.

10. A method of a radio network comprising:

transmitting, to a radio terminal, configuration information for measurement logging, the configuration information including a PLMN-ID (Public Land Mobile Network Identity) and logging interval information; and

receiving, from the radio terminal, a report of the logged measurement results which have been logged by the radio terminal,

wherein the configuration information causes the radio terminal to perform logging of measurement results at a logging interval indicated by the logging interval information when a first condition related to the PLMN-ID is satisfied, and to transmit, to the radio network, the report of the logged measurement results when the first condition related to the PLMN-ID is satisfied.