Radio communication system, radio terminal, radio base station, and information collection method

• US 8,472,970 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2010
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Nakano, Shinji
• Primary Examiner(s): PHUONG, DAI
• Application Number:
  US13/510,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20120231813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.2, 4554321-453, 4554561-4563, 455/457
• US Class Current: 455/452.2
• 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 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

Disclosed is a radio communication system provided with an information collection apparatus (300) for collecting: location information which indicates the location of a radio terminal (100a); downlink radio quality information which indicates a measurement result for the radio quality of the downlink between the radio terminal (100a) and a radio base station (200a); and uplink radio quality information which indicates a measurement result for the radio quality of the uplink between the radio terminal (100a) and the radio base station (200a). The radio terminal (100a) measures the radio quality of the downlink when an outgoing call is made therefrom. The radio base station (200a) measures the radio quality of the uplink when the radio terminal (100a) makes an outgoing call.

Claims

1. A radio communication system comprising:

a mobile phone;

a radio base station configured to perform radio communications with the mobile phone; and

an information collection apparatus configured to collect location information indicating a location of the mobile phone, downlink radio quality information indicating a measurement result of a downlink radio quality between the mobile phone and the radio base station, and uplink radio quality information indicating a measurement result of an uplink radio quality between the mobile phone and the radio base station, wherein

the mobile phone measures the downlink radio quality during call connection processing executed along with an outgoing call made by the mobile phone,

the radio base station measures the uplink radio quality during the call connection processing executed along with the outgoing call,

the call connection processing is processing to establish a connection between the mobile phone and the radio base station, and

the information collection apparatus is configured to check whether or not the mobile phone has been registered as a reference terminal and to collect the location information, the downlink radio quality information, and the uplink radio quality information when the information collection apparatus has registered the mobile phone as a reference terminal.

2. A mobile phone configured to perform radio communications with a radio base station in a radio communication system that includes an information collection apparatus configured to check whether or not the radio terminal has been registered as a reference terminal and collect location information, downlink radio quality information, and uplink radio quality information of the mobile phone when the information collection apparatus has registered the mobile phone as a reference terminal, the mobile phone comprising:

a call processor configured to make an outgoing call;

a mobile phone side measurement unit configured to measure a downlink radio quality between the mobile phone and the radio base station, and a location of the mobile phone; and

a mobile phone side transmitter configured to transmit location information indicating the measured location, and downlink radio quality information indicating the measured downlink radio quality to the radio base station, wherein

the mobile phone side measurement unit measures the downlink radio quality during call connection processing executed along with the outgoing call, and

the call connection processing is processing to establish a connection between the mobile phone and the radio base station.

3. A radio base station configured to perform radio communications with a mobile phone, comprising:

a base station side measurement unit configured to measure an uplink radio quality between the radio base station and the mobile phone;

a base station side receiver configured to receive, from the mobile phone, location information indicating a location of the mobile phone, and downlink radio quality information indicating a downlink radio quality measured by the mobile phone; and

a base station side transmitter configured to transmit uplink radio quality information indicating the uplink radio quality measured by the base station side measurement unit, the location information, and the downlink radio quality information to an information collection apparatus, said information collection apparatus configured to check whether or not the mobile phone has been registered as a reference terminal and to collect the location information, the downlink radio quality information, and the uplink radio quality information when the information collection apparatus has registered the mobile phone as a reference terminal, wherein

the base station side measurement unit measures the uplink radio quality during call connection processing executed along with an outgoing call made by the mobile phone, and

the call connection processing is processing to establish a connection between the mobile phone and the radio base station.

4. An information collection method comprising:

making an outgoing call by a mobile phone;

measuring a downlink radio quality between the mobile phone and a radio base station by the mobile phone during call connection processing executed along with the outgoing call;

measuring an uplink radio quality between the radio base station and the mobile phone by the radio base station during call connection processing executed along with the outgoing call; and

collecting by an information collection apparatus, location information indicating a location of the mobile phone, downlink radio quality information indicating a measurement result of the downlink radio quality, and uplink radio quality information indicating a measurement result of the uplink radio quality, wherein

the call connection processing is processing to establish a connection between the mobile phone and the radio base station, and

the information collection apparatus is configured to check whether or not the mobile phone has been registered as a reference terminal and to collect the location information, the downlink radio quality information, and the uplink radio quality information when the information collection apparatus has registered the mobile phone as a reference terminal.