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Granted Patent B2
US 11,470,494 · App. 16/991,981 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

User equipment

Inventors: Noriyoshi Fukuta (Kawasaki, JP); Henry Chang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W24/10H04W16/18H04W24/08H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 11,470,494
App. No.
16/991,981
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment according to one aspect is a user equipment of a cellular communication system, the user equipment comprising a communicator configured to perform a radio communication by WLAN and/or Bluetooth, a cellular receiver configured to receive a configuration message which is transmitted from a network of the cellular communication system and sets an MDT measurement in which the cellular communication system is set as a measurement target, a controller configured to perform a radio measurement on the cellular communication system based on the configuration message, and a cellular transmitter configured to transmit, to the network, MDT measurement information including a measurement result for the cellular communication system. The controller is configured to include the measurement result for the WLAN and/or the Bluetooth in the MDT measurement information when the measurement result for the WLAN and/or the Bluetooth is available.

Claims (31)

1. A user equipment of a cellular communication system comprising:

a communicator configured to perform a radio communication by at least one of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Bluetooth;

a cellular receiver configured to receive a configuration message which is transmitted from a network of the cellular communication system and sets a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) measurement in which the cellular communication system is set as a measurement target;

a controller configured to perform a radio measurement on the cellular communication system based on the configuration message; and

a transmitter, wherein

the controller is configured to record MDT measurement information including a measurement result for the cellular communication system,

the controller is configured to include the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth in the MDT measurement information when the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth is available,

the transmitter is configured to transmit, to the network, a first availability indicator indicating that the measurement result for the cellular communication system is included in the MDT measurement information, and

when the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth is included in the MDT measurement information, the transmitter is configured to transmit, to the network, a second availability indicator indicating that the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth is further included in the MDT measurement information.

2. The user equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver configured to acquire GNSS location information, wherein

the controller is configured to include the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth in the MDT measurement information when the GNSS location information is not acquirable, and the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth is available.

3. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to autonomously include the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth in the MDT measurement information when the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth is available although the configuration message does not set the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth as a measurement target.

4. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein

the cellular receiver is further configured to receive a system information block configured to be broadcasted in a cell of the network and include an identifier list,

the identifier list includes at least one of the following: one or more WLAN identifiers and one or more Bluetooth identifiers, and

the controller is configured to perform a radio measurement on the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth only for identifiers in the identifier list.

5. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmitter is further configured to transmit, to the base station, the measurement result of the WLAN including an identifier of a source transmitting a radio signal of the WLAN, an Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) of the radio signal, and a Round trip time of the WLAN.

6. An apparatus controlling a user equipment of a cellular communication system, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the processor configured to:

perform a radio communication by at least one of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Bluetooth;

receive a configuration message which is transmitted from a network of the cellular communication system and sets a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) measurement in which the cellular communication system is set as a measurement target;

perform a radio measurement on the cellular communication system based on the configuration message;

record MDT measurement information including a measurement result for the cellular communication system,

include the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth in the MDT measurement information when the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth is available,

transmit, to the network, a first availability indicator indicating that the measurement result for the cellular communication system is included in the MDT measurement information, and

when the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth is included in the MDT measurement information, transmit, to the network, a second availability indicator indicating that the measurement result for the at least one of the WLAN and the Bluetooth is further included in the MDT measurement information.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the processor is further configured to:

transmit, to a base station, the measurement result of the WLAN including an identifier of a source transmitting a radio signal of the WLAN, an Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) of the radio signal, and a Round trip time of the WLAN.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: FUKUTA, NORIYOSHI; CHANG, HENRY
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053479/0277 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTJP2019005566 · Feb 15, 2019
Provisional Application 62630922 · Feb 15, 2018
Related Publication 20200374736A1 · Nov 26, 2020
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