Method and apparatus for reporting a logged measurement in a wireless communication system

• US 8,731,543 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2011
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Sung Hoon, Yi, Seung June, Lee, Young Dae, Chun, Sung Duck, Park, Sung Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Suhail
• Application Number:
  US13/700,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20130072182A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/423
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• 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 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reporting a logged measurement in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives a minimization of drive tests (MDT) configuration from a cell of a first radio access technology (RAT), and logs a measurement based on the MDT configuration so as to collect the logged measurements. The terminal transmits a logging indicator, which indicates the availability of the logged measurements, to a cell of a second RAT.

Claims

1. A method of reporting logged measurements in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment from a cell of a first radio access technology (RAT), a minimization of drive tests (MDT) configuration;

logging, by the user equipment, measurements based on the MDT configuration in order to collect the logged measurements;

transmitting, from the user equipment to a cell of a second RAT, a logging indicator indicating an existence of the logged measurements based on the received MDT configuration from the cell of the first RAT;

receiving, by the user equipment from the cell of the second RAT, a reporting request for reporting the logged measurements,

wherein the reporting request includes information indicating that the MDT configuration is received from the cell of the first RAT,

wherein the reporting request further includes another information related to the first RAT; and

in response to the reporting request, transmitting, by the user equipment to the cell of the second RAT, a measurement result including the logged measurements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user equipment logs the measurements in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

transitioning, by the user equipment, from the RRC idle mode into an RRC connection mode prior to transmitting the logging indicator.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement result further includes the MDT configuration.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first RAT or the second RAT is one of GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN), Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), and Evolved-UTRAN (E-UTRAN).

6. A wireless apparatus for reporting logged measurements in a wireless communication system, the wireless apparatus comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor operably connected to the RF unit and configured to;

receive a minimization of drive tests (MDT) configuration from a cell of a first radio access technology (RAT);

log measurements based on the MDT configuration in order to collect the logged measurements;

transmit a logging indicator to a cell of a second RAT,

wherein the logging indicator indicates an existence of the logged measurements based on the received MDT configuration from the cell of the first RAT,

receive a reporting request for reporting the logged measurements from the cell of the second RAT,

wherein the reporting request includes information indicating that the MDT configuration is received from the cell of the first RAT,

wherein the reporting request further includes another information related to the first RAT; and

transmit a measurement result including the logged measurements to the cell of the second RAT in response to the reporting request.

7. The wireless apparatus of claim 6, wherein the measurement result further includes the MDT configuration.

8. The wireless apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first RAT or the second RAT is one of GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN), Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), and Evolved-UTRAN (E-UTRAN).