Failure event report extension for inter-RAT radio link failure

• US 9,661,510 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2012
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HFI Innovation, Inc. (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, Shiang-Jiun, Johansson, Per Johan Mikael, Chen, Yih-Shen, Plumb, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ko, Sithu
• Application Number:
  US13/688,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20130260745A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,637 Days
• Field of Search: 370216, 370221-225, 370328-332, 455436, 455507, 455525
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0631 using root cause analysis; using analysis of correlation between notifications, alarms or events based on decision criteria, e.g. hierarchy, tree or time analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0686 Additional information in the notification, e.g. enhancement of specific meta-data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00 Hand-off or reselection arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/36 by user or terminal equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment

Abstract

A method of inter-RAT failure event report is proposed. A UE detects a failure event in a first cell served by a first base station, and the first cell belongs to a first RAT. The failure event may include a radio link failure or a handover failure. The UE then performs an RRC establishment procedure with a second cell served by a second base station, and the second cell belongs to a second RAT. After the RRC establishment, the UE transmits a failure event report to the wireless network. The failure event can be a radio link failure, or be associated with a mobility command such as a handover command. By providing more reliable information in the failure event report than a network solution could provide, inter-RAT mobility performance can be improved.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting a failure event by a user equipment (UE) in a first cell served by a first base station in a wireless communication network, wherein the first cell belongs to a first radio access technology (RAT);

performing a radio resource control (RRC) establishment procedure with a selected second cell served by a second base station, wherein the second cell belongs to a second RAT;

receiving a mobility command by the UE to move a radio connection from the first RAT to the second RAT, wherein the failure event is associated with the mobility command, and wherein the mobility command is a handover command; and

transmitting a failure event report to the wireless communication network, wherein the failure event report comprises logged information related to the failure event, and wherein the logged information also comprises whether the handover command is blind indicating whether the handover is commanded by the network without the UE providing a measurement report of the second cell as a trigger for handover.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE also records the time from the failure event until successful RRC establishment with the selected second cell.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the failure event report comprises an identity, a carrier frequency and a radio access technology of the cell where RRC establishment is performed.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the UE transmits the failure event report to the first RAT where the failure event occurs.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the failure event report comprises an identity, a carrier frequency and a radio access technology of the cell wherein the failure event was triggered.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the UE transmits the failure event report to the second RAT.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE reports the logged information to the first RAT where UE receives the mobility command.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the logged information comprises the type of the mobility command to be one of a handover command, a redirection, an NACC (Network Assisted Cell Change), a CSFB (Circuit-switched Fallback), an Enhanced CSFB, and an SRVCC (Single Radio Voice Call Continuity).

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the logged information comprises a type of failure to be one of the target cell not found, the target not suitable, the target cell not allowed, or access failed in the target cell.

10. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a failure event management module that detects a failure event in a first cell served by a first base station, wherein the first cell belongs to a first radio access technology (RAT);

a connection management module that performs a radio resource control (RRC) establishment procedure with a second cell served by a second base station, wherein the second cell belongs to a second RAT;

a receiver that receives a mobility command to move a radio connection from the first RAT to the second RAT, wherein the failure event is associated with the mobility command, and wherein the mobility command is a handover command; and

a transmitter that transmits a failure event report to the wireless communication network, wherein the failure event report comprises logged information related to the failure event, and wherein the logged information also comprises whether the handover command is blind indicating whether the handover is commanded by the network without the UE providing a measurement report of the second cell as a trigger for handover.

11. The UE of claim 10, wherein the UE also records the time from the failure event until successful RRC establishment with the selected second cell.

12. The UE of claim 10, wherein the failure event report comprises an identity, a carrier frequency and a radio access technology of the cell where RRC establishment is performed.

13. The UE of claim 12, wherein the UE transmits the failure event report to the first RAT where the failure event occurs.

14. The UE of claim 10, wherein the failure event report comprises an identity, a carrier frequency and a radio access technology of the cell wherein the failure event was triggered.

15. The UE of claim 14, wherein the UE transmits the failure event report to the second RAT.

16. The UE of claim 10, wherein the UE reports the logged information to the first RAT where UE receives the mobility command.

17. The UE of claim 10, wherein the logged information comprises the type of the mobility command to be one of a handover command, a redirection, an NACC (Network Assisted Cell Change), a CSFB (Circuit-switched Fallback), an Enhanced CSFB, and an SRVCC (Single Radio Voice Call Continuity).

18. The UE of claim 10, wherein the logged information comprises a type of failure to be one of the target cell not found, the target not suitable, the target cell not allowed, or access failed in the target cell.