Method for allowing terminal to report measurement result for MDT to base station in wireless communication system and device therefor

• US 9,560,539 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2011
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Kyungjun, Chun, Sungduck, Yi, Seungjune, Jung, Sunghoon, Lee, Youngdae, Park, Sungjun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hanh N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Perez, Jose L
• Application Number:
  US13/810,640
• Publication Number:
  US 20130121204A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,001 Days
• Field of Search: 370/241, 370/252, 455/422.1, 455/423, 455/115.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for a terminal to report the measurement result of a minimization of drive test (MDT) in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving MDT setup information from said base station; performing cell measurement on the basis of said MDT setup information; storing the result of said cell measurement in an MDT log on the basis of a valid time that precedes as much as the second interval from storage times, at every storage time of a first interval unit that is contained in said MDT setup information; and reporting to said base station the MDT log in which the result of said cell measurement is stored.

Claims

1. A method for reporting a result of a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) measurement to a base station at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment, MDT configuration information from the base station;

performing, by the user equipment, a cell measurement for a serving cell periodically with a first interval;

performing, by the user equipment, a cell measurement for a neighboring cell;

logging, by the user equipment, a measurement result for the neighboring cell periodically with a second interval, based on the MDT configuration information,

wherein information on the second interval is included in the MDT configuration information; and

reporting, by the user equipment, the logged measurement for the neighboring cell result to the base station,

wherein the logging comprises;

when there is at least one measurement result for the neighboring cell within a window having a length of a third interval ending at the logging, logging, by the user equipment, the at least one measurement result for the neighboring cell, and

when there is not any measurement result for the neighboring cell within the window, logging, by the user equipment, a latest measurement result for the neighboring cell external to the window and an indicator for indicating that there is not any measurement result for the neighboring cell within the window,

wherein the third interval is smaller than the second interval, and

wherein the third interval comprises a plurality of the first intervals.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the logging further comprises:

when there are a plurality of measurement results within the window, logging, by the user equipment, a latest measurement result among the plurality of measurement results.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the logging further comprises:

when there are a plurality of measurement results within the window, logging, by the user equipment, an average value of the plurality of measurement results.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the MDT configuration information includes information on the second interval.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user equipment is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second period and the third interval are defined as a unit of a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle.

7. A user equipment for reporting a result of a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) measurement to a base station in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a transmitter and a receiver for communicating with the base station; and

a processor operatively connected to the transmitter and the receiver,

wherein the processor is configured to;

receive MDT configuration information from the base station;

perform a cell measurement for a serving cell periodically with a first interval;

perform a cell measurement for a neighboring cell;

log a measurement result for the neighboring cell periodically with a second interval, based on the MDT configuration information,

wherein information on the second interval is included in the MDT configuration information; and

report the logged measurement result for the neighboring cell to the base station,

wherein, when there is at least one measurement result for the neighboring cell within a window having a length of a third interval ending at the logging, the processor logs at least one measurement result for the neighboring cell,

wherein, when there is not any measurement result for the neighboring cell within the window, the processor logs a latest measurement result for the neighboring cell external to the window and an indicator for indicating that there is not any measurement result for the neighboring cell within the window,

wherein the third interval is smaller than the second interval, and

wherein the third interval comprises a plurality of the first intervals.

8. The user equipment of claim 7, wherein when there are a plurality of measurement results within a window, the processor logs a latest measurement result among the plurality of measurement results.

9. The user equipment of claim 7, wherein when there are a plurality of measurement results within the window, the processor logs an average value of the plurality of measurement results.

10. The user equipment of claim 7, wherein the MDT configuration information includes information on the second interval.

11. The user equipment of claim 7, wherein the user equipment is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state.

12. The user equipment of claim 7, wherein the second period and the third interval are defined as a unit of a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle.