Method for reporting mobility state information in wireless communication system, and apparatus for supporting same

• US 9,578,485 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2013
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Sunghoon, Lee, Youngdae, Park, Sungjun, Yi, Seungjune, Kim, Sangwon
• Primary Examiner(s): CATTUNGAL, AJAY P
• Application Number:
  US14/413,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20150172907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,321 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer

Abstract

Provided is a method for a terminal to report mobility state information in a wireless communication system. The method comprises estimating a mobility state, grouping the estimated mobility state in order to calculate a mobility group state, and reporting mobility state information relating to the mobility group state to a network.

Claims

1. A method of reporting mobility state information performed by user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

estimating, by the UE, a mobility state of the UE, wherein the mobility state is one of a normal mobility state, a medium mobility state, or a high mobility state;

determining, by the UE, a mobility group state of the mobility state, wherein the mobility group state is one of a first mobility group state or a second mobility group state; and

reporting, by the UE, mobility state information for the mobility group state to a network,

wherein the mobility state is estimated based on a number of cell movements performed by the UE during a specific time interval on a basis of a Mobility State Estimation (MSE).

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

determining whether the report condition of the mobility state information is satisfied; and

wherein the reporting the mobility state information is performed when the report condition of the mobility state information is satisfied.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein if the mobility group state has been changed as a result of a comparison between the mobility group state and a previous mobility group state, the mobility group state satisfies the report condition of the mobility state information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the mobility state information indicates that the mobility group state has been changed.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the mobility state information is indicative of the mobility group state.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein if the mobility group state is a specific mobility group state, the mobility group state satisfies the report condition of the mobility state information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the mobility state information indicates that the computed mobility group state corresponds to the specific mobility group state.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the specific mobility group state is configured by the network.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the mobility group state comprises:

determining the mobility group state to be the first mobility group state if the estimated mobility state is the normal mobility state or the medium mobility state; and

determining the mobility group state to be the second mobility group state if the estimated mobility state is the high mobility state.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from the network, a grouping configuration indicating a criterion for the determining the mobility group state,

wherein the determining the mobility group state is based on the grouping configuration.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the mobility group state comprises:

determining the mobility group state to be the first mobility group state if the estimated mobility state is the normal mobility state; and

determining the mobility group state to be the second mobility group state if the estimated mobility state is the high mobility state or the medium mobility state.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving a grouping configuration indicative of a criterion for grouping the estimated mobility state from the network, wherein grouping the estimated mobility state is performed based on the grouping configuration.

13. The method of claim 1,

wherein the mobility state information is reported via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection configuration-complete message when the UE establishes a RRC connection with the network, or

the mobility state information is reported via a RRC connection reestablishment-complete message when the UE reestablishes the RRC connection with the network.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobility state information is reported via a handover-complete message.

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

receiving, from the network, a UE information request; and

reporting, to the network, a UE information message in response to the UE information request,

wherein the mobility state information is reported via the UE information message.

16. A user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit configured to send and receive radio signals; and

a processor functionally coupled with the RF unit and driven, wherein the processor is configured to;

estimate a mobility state of the UE, wherein the mobility state is one of a normal mobility state, a medium mobility state, or a high mobility state,

determine a mobility group state of the mobility state, wherein the mobility group state is one of a first mobility group state or a second mobility group state,

and

report, to a network via the RF unit, mobility state information for the mobility group state,

wherein the mobility state is estimated based on a number of cell movements performed by the UE during a specific time interval on a basis of a Mobility State Estimation (MSE).