Mobile communication method and radio base station

• US 8,903,410 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2011
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Hapsari, Wuri Andarmawanti, Takahashi, Hideaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Rampuria, Sharad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zewari, Sayed T
• Application Number:
  US13/993,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20130267238A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes: a step of transmitting, by an operation and maintenance server EM, “MDT config” to a radio base station eNB; a step of selecting, by the radio base station eNB, a target mobile station UE on the basis of the “MDT config”; a step of inquiring, by the radio base station eNB, of a mobility management node MME or a subscriber management server HSS about whether the target mobile station UE is approved for performing an MDT measurement process; and a step of instructing, by the radio base station eNB, the target mobile station UE to perform the MDT measurement process when the target mobile station UE is approved for performing the MDT measurement process.

Claims

1. A mobile communication method, in which a target mobile station performs a measurement process designated by an operation and maintenance server and reports a result of the measurement process, comprising:

a step of transmitting, by the operation and maintenance server, instruction information for instructing execution of the measurement process, the instruction information including designation of a target area, to a radio base station;

a step of selecting, by the radio base station, the target mobile station in the target area on the basis of the instruction information;

a step of inquiring, by the radio base station, of a predetermined node about whether the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process; and

a step of instructing, by the radio base station, the target mobile station to perform the measurement process when the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process, wherein

in the step of selecting, a predetermined number of mobile stations for performing the measurement process are selected from mobile stations in a connected state with the radio base station as the target mobile station.

2. A mobile communication method, in which a target mobile station performs a measurement process designated by an operation and maintenance server and reports a result of the measurement process, comprising:

a step A of transmitting, by the operation and maintenance server, instruction information for instructing execution of the measurement process, the instruction information including designation of a target area, to a radio base station;

a step B of selecting, by the radio base station, the target mobile station in the target area on the basis of the instruction information;

a step C of determining, by the radio base station, whether the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process; and

a step D of instructing, by the radio base station, the target mobile station to perform the measurement process when it is determined that the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process, wherein

in the step B, a predetermined number of mobile stations for performing the measurement process are selected from mobile stations in a connected state with the radio base station as the target mobile station.

3. The mobile communication method according to claim 2, wherein in the step C, the radio base station determines whether the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process, on the basis of information received from a predetermined node.

4. A radio base station, which is used in a mobile communication system configured such that a target mobile station is able to perform a measurement process designated by an operation and maintenance server and to report a result of the measurement process, comprising:

a selection unit that selects the target mobile station in a target area on the basis of instruction information for instructing execution of the measurement process, the instruction information including designation of a target area, when the instruction information is received from the operation and maintenance server;

an inquiry unit that inquires a predetermined node of whether the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process; and

an instruction unit that instructs the target mobile station to perform the measurement process when the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process, wherein

the selection unit selects a predetermined number of mobile stations for performing the measurement process from mobile stations in a connected state with the radio base station as the target mobile station.

5. A radio base station, which is used in a mobile communication system configured such that a target mobile station is able to perform a measurement process designated by an operation and maintenance server and to report a result of the measurement process, comprising:

a selection unit that selects the target mobile station in a target area on the basis of instruction information for instructing execution of the measurement process, the instruction information including designation of a target area, when the instruction information is received from the operation and maintenance server;

a determination unit that determines whether the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process; and

an instruction unit that instructs the target mobile station to perform the measurement process when it is determined that the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process, wherein

the selection unit selects a predetermined number of mobile stations for performing the measurement process from mobile stations in a connected state with the radio base station as the target mobile station.

6. The radio base station according to claim 5, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the target mobile station is approved for performing the measurement process, on the basis of information received from a predetermined node.