Measurement report method in wireless communication system and apparatus for supporting same

• US 9,497,656 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2013
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Sunghoon, Lee, Youngdae, Park, Sungjun, Yi, Seungjune
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Chuong A
• Application Number:
  US14/419,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20150208267A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,198 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Abstract

Provided is a measurement report method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises acquiring a measurement result, activating or inactivating positioning for acquiring location information, and transmitting a measurement report message via a network. The method further comprises acquiring location information related to the measurement result when the positioning is activated. The measurement report message includes the measurement result and the location information. The measurement report message includes the measurement result when the positioning is not activated.

Claims

1. A method for performing a measurement report in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a measurement configuration for acquiring a measurement result;

acquiring, by the terminal, the measurement result based on the measurement configuration;

activating or deactivating a positioning for acquiring location information,

wherein the positioning is activated if the measurement configuration indicates an acquisition of the location information and if a user consent for the acquisition of the location information is valid,

wherein the positioning is deactivated if the measurement configuration indicates the acquisition of the location information and if the user consent for the acquisition of the location information is not valid, and

wherein the user consent is valid if the terminal camps on a specific cell in a specific cell list; and

transmitting a measurement report message to a network,

wherein if the positioning is activated, the measurement report message includes the measurement result and the location information related to the measurement result, and

wherein if the positioning is not activated, the measurement report message includes only the measurement result.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein if the positioning is not activated, the measurement report message further includes a failure cause indicator indicating a failure cause in the acquisition of the location information related to the measurement result.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific cell list is related to a specific tracking area list.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific cell list is related to a public land mobile network (PLMN) list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the positioning is further activated if a remaining battery level of the terminal is greater than or equal to a specific threshold, and

wherein the positioning is further deactivated if the remaining battery level of the terminal. is less than the specific threshold.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the positioning is further activated if the measurement configuration indicates the acquisition of the location information and the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC)_CONNECTED state.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the activated positioning is deactivated if the terminal enters an RRC_IDLE state.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement configuration is related to a logged minimization driving test (MDT) configuration.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the activated positioning is deactivated if the terminal enters an RRC_CONNECTED state.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the measurement configuration includes information indicating a time duration during which the terminal performs a measurement and logging, and further comprising deactivating the activated positioning if the time duration elapses from a time of receiving the logged measurement configuration.

11. A terminal for reporting a measurement result, the terminal comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit for transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and

a processor operatively coupled to the RE unit, wherein the processor is configured for;

receiving a measurement configuration for acquiring a measurement result;

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acquiring the measurement result based on the measurement configuration;

activating or deactivating a positioning for acquiring location information,

wherein the positioning is activated if the measurement configuration indicates an acquisition of the location information and if a user consent for the acquisition of the location information is valid,

wherein the positioning is deactivated if the measurement configuration indicates the acquisition of the location information and if the user consent for the acquisition of the location information is not valid, and

wherein the user consent is valid if the terminal camps on a specific cell in a specific cell list; and

transmitting a measurement report message to a network,

wherein if the positioning is activated, the measurement report message includes the measurement result and the location information related to the measurement result, and

wherein if the positioning is not activated, the measurement report message includes only the measurement result.