METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MEASUREMENT INFORMATION REPORT IN 3GPP SYSTEM

• US 20120082051A1
• Filed: 10/04/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Sang Bum, JEONG, Kyeong In, VAN LIESHOUT, Gert-Jan, KIM, Soeng Hun, Van Der VELDE, Himke
• Application Number:
  US13/252,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20120082051A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

A method and apparatus for recording and reporting Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) measurement information in a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) system are provided. The method and apparatus includes supplementary information which is recorded and reported by the UE in connected/idle mode and useful for MDT performed by the User Equipment (UE). A process is provided for the location information acquisition time along with the location information in connected mode to verify the corresponding information and recording the measurement information at the cell reselection time in idle mode and the indicator information of the type of cell reselection. The information control method of a terminal includes measuring MDT information while the terminal is operating in idle mode and recording the MDT information in idle mode cell reselection.

Claims

1. An information control method of a terminal, the method comprising:

measuring Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) information while the terminal is in an idle mode; and

recording the MDT information when the terminal performs cell reselection in the idle mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording of the MDT information comprises recording a type of the cell reselection.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising reporting, when the terminal transitions from the idle mode to a connected mode, the recorded MDT information.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

collecting location information in the connected mode; and

reporting the location information along with MDT information measured in the connected mode.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the reporting of the location information and the MDT information comprises reporting a time when the location information is acquired.

6. An information control apparatus of a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a controller for measuring Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) information while the terminal is in an idle mode and for recording the MDT information when the terminal performs cell reselection in the idle mode; and

a memory for storing the recorded MDT information.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller records a type of the cell reselection along with the measured MDT information.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a transceiver for transmitting, when the terminal transitions from the idle mode to connected mode, the recorded MDT information.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a location receiver for collecting location information in the connected mode,

wherein the controller reports, when the location information is collected, MDT information measured in the connected mode along with the location information.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller further reports a time point the location information is acquired along with the MDT information.

11. An information reception method of a base station, the method comprising:

requesting Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) information recorded in an idle mode from a terminal; and

receiving the recorded MDT information along with a type of cell reselection performed by the terminal,

wherein the terminal measures the MDT information in the idle mode, records the MDT information and the type of the cell reselection when the terminal performs the cell reselection in the idle mode, and reports the recorded MDT information along with the type of the cell reselection when the terminal transitions from the idle mode to a connected mode.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving location information on the location where the terminal measures the MDT information in the connected mode and time information on a time point when the location information is acquired,

wherein the terminal reports, when the location information is acquired in the connected mode, the MDT information along with the location information and the time information.

13. An apparatus of a base station, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver for communicating with a terminal; and

a controller for requesting Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) information recorded in an idle mode from a terminal, and for receiving the MDT information along with a type of cell reselection performed by the terminal,

wherein the terminal measures the MDT information in the idle mode, records the MDT information and the type of the cell reselection when the terminal performs the cell reselection in the idle mode, and reports the recorded MDT information along with the type of the cell reselection when the terminal transitions from the idle mode to a connected mode.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller receives location information on a location where the terminal measures the MDT information in connected mode and time information on a time when the location information is acquired,

wherein the terminal reports, when the location information is acquired in the connected mode, the MDT information along with the location information and the time information.