Minimization of drive tests uplink measurements
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- one or more non-transitory, computer readable media including instructions; and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media to execute the instructions to cause an access node of a radio access network to;
separate a network measurement configuration command into at least first network measurement parameters and second network measurement parameters, wherein the second network parameters include a first parameter to turn on or off uplink received interference power (RIP) measurements on a physical layer and a second parameter to provide a threshold value;
forward the first network measurement parameters of the network measurement configuration command over an air interface to a user equipment to perform first network measurements on downlink communication channels;
receive, from the user equipment, the first network measurements on downlink communication channels to form first network measurement results;
perform, based on the second network measurement parameters, second network measurements on uplink communication channels to form second network measurement results, the second network measurement results to include a measured value of RIP;
compare the measured value to the threshold value; and
transmit the second network measurement results to a core network entity based on comparison of the measured value to the threshold value.
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Abstract
A method and radio access network device includes a processing unit configured to: separate a network measurement configuration command into at least first network measurements and second network measurements; forward the first network measurements of the network measurement configuration command over an air interface to a user equipment; receive, from the user equipment, the first network measurements on downlink communication channels to form first network measurement results; perform, in the radio access network device, the second network measurements on uplink communication channels to form second network measurement results; and combine, in the radio access network device, the first network measurement results from the user equipment with the second network measurement results from the radio access network device to form an aggregated network measurement report.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more non-transitory, computer readable media including instructions; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media to execute the instructions to cause an access node of a radio access network to; separate a network measurement configuration command into at least first network measurement parameters and second network measurement parameters, wherein the second network parameters include a first parameter to turn on or off uplink received interference power (RIP) measurements on a physical layer and a second parameter to provide a threshold value; forward the first network measurement parameters of the network measurement configuration command over an air interface to a user equipment to perform first network measurements on downlink communication channels; receive, from the user equipment, the first network measurements on downlink communication channels to form first network measurement results; perform, based on the second network measurement parameters, second network measurements on uplink communication channels to form second network measurement results, the second network measurement results to include a measured value of RIP; compare the measured value to the threshold value; and transmit the second network measurement results to a core network entity based on comparison of the measured value to the threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A radio access network device, comprising:
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a memory element; and a processing unit coupled to the memory element, the processing unit to; separate a network measurement configuration command into at least first network measurement parameters and second network measurement parameters wherein the second network parameters include a first parameter to turn on or off uplink received interference power (RIP) measurements on a physical layer and a second parameter to provide a threshold value; forward the first network measurement parameters of the network measurement configuration command over an air interface to a user equipment to perform first network measurements on downlink communication channels; receive, from the user equipment, the first network measurements on downlink communication channels to form first network measurement results; perform, based on the second network measurement parameters, second network measurements on uplink communication channels to form second network measurement results, the second network measurement results to include a measured value of RIP; compare the measured value to the threshold value; and combine, based on said comparison, the first network measurement results from the user equipment with the second network measurement results from the radio access network device to form an aggregated network measurement report. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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