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US 11,159,967 · App. 16/911,193 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Apparatus and method for measurement in wireless communication system

Inventors: Sangbum Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Himke Van Der Velde (Staines, GB)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W24/08H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 11,159,967
App. No.
16/911,193
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 th -Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4 th -Generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). The disclosure relates to the collection and reporting of measurement information in a wireless communication system, in which an operation method of a terminal may include receiving configuration information for a logged minimization drive test (MDT) disclosed by a secondary node (SN), storing a measurement result by performing the logged MDT in one of a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode or an RRC inactive mode, based on the received configuration information, transmitting a message including an indicator for indicating that the stored measurement result exists after the terminal is switched to the RRC connected mode, receiving a request message for requesting the logged MDT measurement result, and transmitting a message for reporting the logged MDT measurement result.

Claims (48)

1. A method performed by a secondary node (SN) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a master node (MN), configuration information for an immediate minimization of drive test (MDT);

transmitting, to a terminal, the configuration information; and

receiving, from the terminal, an immediate MDT measurement result,

wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode when the MDT measurement result is measured,

wherein a first radio access technology (RAT) of the MN is different from a second RAT of the SN, and

wherein the terminal communicates with the MN and the SN.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the immediate MDT measurement result received from the terminal is received through the MN.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forwarding the immediate MDT measurement result to a master node (MN) in order to transmit the immediate MDT measurement result received from the terminal to a trace collection entity (TCE) server.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the immediate MDT measurement result received from the terminal to a trace collection entity (TCE) server.

5. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a secondary node (SN), configuration information for an immediate minimization of drive test (MDT); and

transmitting, to the SN, an immediate MDT measurement result,

wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode when the immediate MDT measurement result is measured,

wherein a first radio access technology (RAT) of a master node (MN) is different from a second RAT of the SN, and

wherein the terminal communicates with the MN and the SN.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the configuration information for the immediate MDT received from the SN is received through a master node (MN), and

wherein the immediate MDT measurement result is transmitted to the SN through the MN.

7. A secondary node (SN) in a wireless communication system, the SN comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor operably coupled to the transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a master node (MN), configuration information for an immediate minimization of drive test (MDT),

transmit, to a terminal, the configuration information, and

receive, from the terminal, an immediate MDT measurement result,

wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode when the immediate MDT measurement result is measured,

wherein a first radio access technology (RAT) of the MN is different from a second RAT of the SN,

wherein the terminal communicates with the MN and the SN.

8. The SN of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit the configuration information for the immediate MDT to the terminal through a master node (MN), and

receive the immediate MDT measurement result received from the terminal through the MN.

9. The SN of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

forward the immediate MDT measurement result to a master node (MN) in order to transmit the immediate MDT measurement result received from the terminal to a trace collection entity (TCE) server.

10. The SN of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit the immediate MDT measurement result received from the terminal to a trace collection entity (TCE) server.

11. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor operably coupled to the transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a secondary node (SN) configuration information for an immediate minimization of drive test (MDT), and

transmit, to the SN, an immediate MDT measurement result,

wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode when the immediate MDT measurement result is measured,

wherein a first radio technology (RAT) of a master node (MN) is different from a second RAT of the SN, and

wherein the terminal communicates with the MN and the SN.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive the configuration information for the immediate MDT received from the SN through a master node (MN), and

transmit the immediate MDT measurement result to the SN through the MN.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2020
From: KIM, SANGBUM; KIM, SOENGHUN; VAN DER VELDE, HIMKE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053033/0789 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2019-0075114 · Jun 24, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0088530 · Jul 22, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0062525 · May 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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