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

• US 9,137,697 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2011
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2010
• 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): Elpenord, Candal
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R
• Application Number:
  US13/634,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20130010631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,636 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/329, 370/331, 370/332, 455/67.11, 455/423, 455/456.1, 709/224
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for performing logged measurement in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives measurement setup and a terminal selection parameter from a base station. The terminal determines whether to apply the measurement setup on the basis of the terminal selection parameter. If it is determined that the measurement setup is to be applied, the terminal performs measurement logging on the basis of the measurement setup.

Claims

1. A method of performing logged measurement in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a measurement configuration from a Base Station (BS),

wherein the measurement configuration is a Minimization of Driving Tests (MDT) configuration for MDT measurement;

receiving, by the UE, a UE selection parameter from the BS,

wherein the measurement configuration is transmitted along with the UE selection parameter via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, and

wherein the UE selection parameter comprises an identifier of a UE group to which the measurement configuration will be applied;

determining, by the UE, whether or not to apply the measurement configuration by combining the UE selection parameter and a predefined parameter,

wherein the predefined parameter includes at least one of negotiations with the BS regarding a UE'"'"'s participation in the measurement, a support of a Minimization of Driving Tests (MDT), or previously received information;

starting a validity timer if it is determined to apply the measurement configuration;

logging, by the UE, measurement based on the measurement configuration if it is determined to apply the measurement configuration,

wherein the UE operates in Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle mode, and

wherein, when the validity timer expires, the logged measurement is maintained while the MDT configuration is discarded;

entering, by the UE, into an RRC connected mode; and

while in the RRC connected mode, sending, by the UE to the BS, a logging indicator that indicates an availability of the logged measurement,

wherein the logging indicator is included in at least a RRC connection setup complete message or a RRC connection reconfiguration complete message, and

wherein the logging indicator is represented in a bitmap format having two bits such that the logging indicator further indicates an occasion of the logged measurement.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the UE from the BS, an information request, the information request requesting the logged measurement; and

in response to the information request, sending, by the UE to the BS, the logged measurement via an information response.

3. An apparatus for performing logged measurement in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit that transmits and receives radio signals; and

a processor connected to the RF unit, wherein the processor is configured to;

receive a measurement configuration from a Base Station (BS),

wherein the measurement configuration is a Minimization of Driving Tests (MDT) configuration for MDT measurement;

receive a UE selection parameter from the BS,

wherein the measurement configuration is transmitted along with the UE selection parameter via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, and

wherein the UE selection parameter comprises an identifier of a UE group to which the measurement configuration will be applied;

determine whether or not to apply the measurement configuration by combining the UE selection parameter and a predefined parameter,

wherein the predefined parameter includes at least one of negotiations with the BS regarding a UE'"'"'s participation in the measurement, a support of a Minimization of Driving Tests (MDT), or previously received information;

start a validity timer if it is determined to apply the measurement configuration;

log measurement based on the measurement configuration if it is determined to apply the measurement configuration,

wherein the UE operates in Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle mode, and

wherein, when the validity timer expires, the logged measurement is maintained while the MDT configuration is discarded;

enter into an RRC connected mode; and

while in the RRC connected mode, send a logging indicator to the BS to indicate an availability of the logged measurement,

wherein the logging indicator is included in at least a RRC connection setup complete message or a RRC connection reconfiguration complete message, and

wherein the logging indicator is represented in a bitmap format having two bits such that the logging indicator further indicates an occasion of the logged measurement.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from the BS, an information request, the information request requesting the logged measurement; and

in response to the information request, send, to the BS, the logged measurement via an information response.