Communication device, mobile terminal, method for requesting information and method for providing information

• US 8,891,396 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2012
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Schmidt, Andreas, Bienas, Maik, Luft, Achim
• Primary Examiner(s): Elhag, Magdi
• Application Number:
  US13/658,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20140113656A1
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/252
• 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

Abstract

A communication device is provided comprising a message generator configured to generate a message indicating that a mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected a need for a data communication with a mobile communication network and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network and a transmitter configured to transmit the message.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a message generator configured to generate a measurement configuration information element (IE) in a radio resource configuration (RRC)connection reconfiguration message to indicate that a mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with a mobile communication network and a type of an application running on the mobile terminal requiring the data communication at each location of the list of locations, and to transmit the determined list of locations and types of applications to the mobile communication network; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the RRC connection reconfiguration message.

2. The communication device according to claim 1, the transmitter configured to transmit the message to the mobile terminal.

3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which a data communication with the mobile communication network has not been carried out and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.

4. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which a data communication with the mobile communication network has not been possible and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.

5. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which there is no coverage by the mobile communication network and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.

6. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which a communication connection to the mobile communication network has not been available for the mobile terminal and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.

7. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the message indicates that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which a data communication with the mobile communication network has not been possible due to overload situations on the air interface and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.

8. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the message indicates that the mobile terminal is to further provide, for at least one of the determined locations,

a class of a communication service requiring the data communication at the at least one determined location;

or

an indication of the volume of data that needs to be communicated in the data communication at the at least one determined location.

9. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which the delay between the time of the detection of the need for the data communication and the time of carrying out the data communication is above a predetermined delay threshold and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.

10. The communication device according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined delay threshold is specified in the RRC connection reconfiguration message.

11. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which the volume of data that needs to be communicated in the data communication is above a predetermined volume threshold and transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.

12. The communication device according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined volume threshold is specified in the RRC connection reconfiguration message.

13. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the data communication is an uplink data communication, a downlink data communication or both.

14. The communication device according to claim 13, wherein the data communication is the exchange of data over the air interface of a cellular mobile communication system.

15. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the message indicates that the mobile terminal is to log locations of the mobile terminal at which the mobile terminal detects an unmet need for a data communication with the mobile communication network.

16. The communication device according to claim 15, wherein the message indicates that the mobile terminal is to log locations of the mobile terminal at which the mobile terminal detects an unmet need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which a data communication with the mobile communication network has not been carried out.

17. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the communication device is part of the mobile communication network.

18. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the communication device is a base station.

19. The communication device of claim 1, the message generator configured to generate the message m accordance with Minimization of Drive Tests and the transmitter configured to transmit the message in accordance with Minimization of Drive Tests.

20. The communication device according to claim 1, the communication device being part of the mobile communication network and the transmitter configured to transmit the message to another communication device of the mobile communication network.

21. A method for requesting information comprising:

generating a measurement configuration information element (IE) in a radio resource configuration (RRC) connection reconfiguration message to indicate that a mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with a mobile communication network and a type of an application running on the mobile terminal requiring the data communication at each location of the list of locations, and to transmit the determined list of locations and types of applications to the mobile communication network; and

transmitting the RRC connection reconfiguration message.

22. The method according to claim 21, comprising transmitting the RRC connection reconfiguration message to the mobile terminal.

23. A mobile terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a measurement configuration information element (IE) in a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message from a communication device to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with a mobile communication network and a type of an application running on the mobile terminal requiring the data communication at each location of the list of locations, and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network;

a detector configured to detect whether the mobile terminal has a need for a data communication with a mobile communication network;

a determiner configured to determine the list of locations at which the detector has detected a need for data communication with the mobile communication network and the type of an application running on the mobile terminal requiring the data communication at each location of the list of locations;

a message generator configured to generate a message including the determined list and types of applications; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the message.

24. The mobile terminal according to claim 23, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected a need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which the delay between the time of the detection of the need for the data communication and the time of carrying out the data communication is above a predetermined delay threshold, specified in the RRC connection reconfiguration message, and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.

25. The mobile terminal according to claim 23, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected a need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which the volume of data that needs to be communicated in the data communication is above a predetermined volume threshold, specified in the RRC connection reconfiguration message, and transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.

26. A method for providing information comprising:

receiving a measurement configuration information element (IE) in a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message from a communication device to indicate that a mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected an unmet need for a data communication with a mobile communication network and a type of an application running on the mobile terminal requiring the data communication at each location of the list of locations, and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network;

detecting whether the mobile terminal has a need for a data communication with a mobile communication network;

determining a list of locations at which a need for data communication with the mobile communication network has been detected and the type of application running on the mobile terminal requiring the data communication at each location of the list of locations;

generating a message including the determined list and types of applications; and

transmitting the message.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is to indicate that the mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected a need for a data communication with the mobile communication network and at which the delay between the time of the detection of the need for the data communication and the time of carrying out the data communication is above a predetermined delay threshold, specified in the RRC connection reconfiguration message, and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network.