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

• US 9,526,014 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2011
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2010
• 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): Kim, Wesley
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chakraborty, Raj
• Application Number:
  US13/816,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20130137379A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,958 Days
• Field of Search: 455/67.11
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing a logged measurement in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives a measurement configuration and a terminal selection parameter from a base station. The terminal determines whether or not to apply the measurement configuration based on the terminal selection parameter. If the measurement configuration is determined to be applied, the terminal logs a measurement based on the measurement configuration.

Claims

1. A method for reporting a logged measurement in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment, a measurement configuration;

selecting, by the user equipment, a serving cell identifier, a neighboring cell identifier, and a neighboring cell measurement result, to be logged in each log entry of a measurement report based on the measurement configuration;

reporting, by the user equipment, the measurement report to a base station; and

comparing the neighboring cell measurement result to a predetermined threshold,

wherein, when a serving cell of the user equipment is changed, the serving cell identifier is included in a corresponding log entry,

wherein, at a first time when the neighboring cell measurement result is less than the predetermined threshold, both of the neighboring cell identifier and the neighboring cell measurement result are included in the corresponding log entry,

wherein, at a second time when the neighboring cell measurement result is greater than the predetermined threshold, only the neighboring cell identifier except for the neighboring cell measurement result is included in the corresponding log entry, and

wherein the predetermined threshold is determined based on a radio access technology of the neighboring cell.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, when a specific event occurs, the logging time is included in a corresponding log entry.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, when a distance between a current location and a logging location included in a previous log entry is larger than a threshold value, the current location is included as the logging location in a corresponding log entry.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurements are logged in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle mode.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the measurement configuration is a Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) configuration for MDT measurement.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

starting a validity timer upon receiving the measurement configuration,

wherein, while the validity timer is running, the user equipment is in the RRC idle mode logs the measurements based on the MDT configuration to collect the logged measurement.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, when the validity timer expires, discarding the MDT configuration while keeping the logged measurement.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

entering, by the user equipment, into an RRC connection mode; and

transmitting, by the user equipment, a logging indicator indicating an availability of the logged measurement to the base station.

9. A wireless device configured for reporting a logged measurement in a wireless communication system, the wireless device comprising:

a radio frequency unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor operably connected to the radio frequency unit and configured to;

receive a measurement configuration;

select, by the user equipment, a serving cell identifier, a neighboring cell identifier, and a neighboring cell measurement result, to be logged in each log entry of a measurement report based on the measurement configuration;

report the measurement report to a base station; and

compare the neighboring cell measurement result to a predetermined threshold,

wherein, when a serving cell of the user equipment is changed, the serving cell identifier is included in a corresponding log entry,

wherein, at a first time when the neighboring cell measurement result is less than the predetermined threshold, both of the neighboring cell identifier and the neighboring cell measurement result are included in the corresponding log entry,

wherein, at a second time when the neighboring cell measurement result is greater than the predetermined threshold, only the neighboring cell identifier except for the neighboring cell measurement result is included in the corresponding log entry, and

wherein the predetermined threshold is determined based on a radio access technology of the neighboring cell.

10. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein, when a specific event occurs, the logging time is included in a corresponding log entry.

11. The wireless device of claim 9, wherein, when a distance between a current location and a logging location included in a previous log entry is larger than a threshold value, the current location is included as the logging location in a corresponding log entry.