Validity Time configuration for Immediate MDT Reporting

• US 20130065535A1
• Filed: 04/01/2010
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Zhou, Wei Hua, Zhang, Yi, Tomala, Malgorzata
• Granted Patent: US 9,020,493 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/67.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/067 using time frame reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and a computer program product for performing one or more minimizing Perform MDT drive test (MDT) measurements, defining a validity time threshold for each kind of MDT measurement, verifying, prior to reporting one of the MDT measurement results, whether the validity time threshold defined for the respective MDT measurement result to be reported, is exceeded, and, if the validity time threshold is not exceeded, reporting the MDT measurement result.

Claims

1. A method, comprising

performing one or more minimizing drive test (MDT) measurements;

defining a validity time threshold for each kind of MDT measurement;

verifying, prior to reporting one of the MDT measurement results, whether the validity time threshold defined for the respective MDT measurement result to be reported, is exceeded; and

,

if the validity time threshold is not exceeded, reporting the MDT measurement result.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising,

if the validity time threshold is exceeded, deleting the corresponding MDT measurement result.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising,

if the validity time threshold is exceeded, adding a time stamp to the MDT measurement result, and

reporting the MDT measurement result including the added time stamp.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the time stamp indicates the measurement time, being defined as:

“

time stamp=current time−

validity time threshold”

.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein

for each of the MDT measurements a different validity time threshold is defined.

11. A computer program product including a program for a processing device, comprising software code portions for performing the steps of claim 1 when the program is run on the processing device.

12. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein the computer program product comprises a computer-readable medium on which the software code portions are stored.

13. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein the program is directly loadable into an internal memory of the processing device.

6. An apparatus, comprising

a measuring unit configured to perform one or more minimizing drive test (MDT) measurements;

a defining unit configured to define a validity time threshold for each kind of MDT measurement;

a verifying unit configured to verify, prior to reporting one of the MDT measurement results, whether the validity time threshold defined for the respective MDT measurement result to be reported, is exceeded; and

a reporting unit configured to report, if the validity time threshold is not exceeded, the MDT measurement result.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising

a deleting unit configured to delete, if the validity time threshold is exceeded, the corresponding MDT measurement result.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising,

an adding unit configured to add, if the validity time threshold is exceeded, a time stamp to the MDT measurement result, wherein

the reporting unit is configured to report the MDT measurement result including the added time stamp.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the time stamp indicates the measurement time, being defined as:

“

time stamp=current time−

validity time threshold”

.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein

the defining unit is configured to define a different validity time threshold for each of the MDT measurements.

14. An apparatus, comprising

measuring means for performing one or more minimizing drive test (MDT) measurements;

defining means for defining a validity time threshold for each kind of MDT measurement;

verifying means for verifying, prior to reporting one of the MDT measurement results, whether the validity time threshold defined for the respective MDT measurement result to be reported, is exceeded; and

reporting means for reporting, if the validity time threshold is not exceeded, the MDT measurement result.