Apparatus and method for reporting radio link failure
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for report a Radio Link Failure (RLF) and discloses the operations of UE or an eNB and the operating schemes of a network according to a cause of RLF. More specifically, the operating efficiency of a network is improved by reporting the reception power or interference power or both of other transceivers within a device, from among causes that generate RLF. This specification includes elements for configuring detecting RLF, configuring an RLF report on the RLF, and transmitting the RLF report. The RLF report includes information about whether there was an influence of In-device COexistence interference (ICO) to the RLF.
1. A method of User Equipment (UE) reporting Radio Link Failure (RLF) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
detecting an RLF;
configuring an RLF report concerning the RLF; and
transmitting the RLF report to an eNodeB (eNB),
wherein if there is an influence of In-device COexistence interference (ICO) of the UE to the RLF, the RLF report comprises information indicating which communication system is the communication system that generates the ICO, and a measured value of reception power or interference power of a signal of the communication system that generates the ICO,
wherein the RLF report is transmitted as a response to a UE information request received from an Evolved-Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN),
a message including the UE information request includes a field to request RLF information, and
the field to request the RLF information is a field to instruct a report of logged measurement information or a field to indicate whether the RLF information has to be reported.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reception power of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is a value of reception power intensity of a signal of the communication system that generates the ICO, received within the band of the wireless communication system of the UE, which is measured based on a signal measurement method operating in the wireless communication system of the UE.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the value of the reception power intensity of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is represented in a Reference Signal Received Power range.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reception power of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is a value of the reception power intensity of a signal of the communication system that generates the ICO, received within the band of the wireless communication system of the UE, to the reception power intensities of all signals received within the band of the wireless communication system of the UE, which is measured based on a signal measurement method operating in the wireless communication system of the UE.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the value of the reception power intensity of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is represented in a Reference Signal Received Quality range.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication system that generates the ICO includes Wireless Local Area Network system, Bluetooth system, or Global Positioning system.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the RLF report includes an indicator indicating whether there is an influence of ICO of the UE to the RLF.
8. The method as claimed in 1 , wherein the measured value of reception power or interference power of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is measured based on a measurement method which is configured to perform Minimization Driving Test.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the RLF report is included in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection re-establishment request message and then transmitted, in an RRC connection re-establishment procedure performed after the RLF.
10. A User Equipment (UE) to report a Radio Link Failure (RLF) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a processor including a control unit to detect an RLF and to configure an RLF report which comprises information indicating which communication system is the communication system that generates an In-device COexistence interference (ICO) if there is an influence of the ICO of the UE to the RLF, and a measurement unit to measure a value of reception power or interference power of a signal of the communication system that generates the ICO; and
a Radio Frequency (RF) unit to transmit the RLF report to an eNodeB (eNB),
wherein the RLF report is transmitted as a response to a UE information request received from an Evolved-Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN),
a message including the UE information request includes a field to request RLF information, and
the field to request the RLF information is a field to instruct a report of logged measurement information or a field to indicate whether the RLF information has to be reported.
11. The UE as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the reception power of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is a value of reception power intensity of a signal of the communication system that generates the ICO, received within the band of the wireless communication system of the UE, which is measured based on a signal measurement method operating in the wireless communication system of the UE.
12. The UE as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the value of the reception power intensity of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is represented in a Reference Signal Received Power range.
13. The UE as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the reception power of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is a value of the reception power intensity of a signal of the communication system that generates the ICO, received within the band of the wireless communication system of the UE, to the reception power intensities of all signals received within the band of the wireless communication system of the UE, which is measured based on a signal measurement method operating in the wireless communication system of the UE.
14. The UE as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the value of the reception power intensity of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is represented in a Reference Signal Received Quality range.
15. The UE as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the communication system that generates the ICO includes Wireless Local Area Network system, Bluetooth system, or Global Positioning system.
16. The UE as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the RLF report includes an indicator indicating whether there is an influence of ICO of the UE to the RLF.
17. The UE as claimed in 10 , wherein the measured value of reception power or interference power of the signal of the communication system that generates the ICO is measured based on a measurement method which is configured to perform Minimization Driving Test.
18. The UE as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the RLF report is included in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection re-establishment request message and then transmitted, in an RRC connection re-establishment procedure performed after the RLF.