Background technology
In existing technical scheme, MDT (Minimization Drive Test, minimum road test mechanism) measure and be divided into Immediate MDT (instant type minimum road test mechanism, IMD MDT) and two types of Logged MDT (log type minimum road test mechanism, LOG MDT):
Immediate MDT, the MDT that terminal equipment carries out at connected state measures and reports, multiplexing RRM (Radio Resource Management, RRM) measure form, once meet report condition, terminal equipment carries out reporting of measurement result to eNB (evolved Node B, evolved base station)/RNC (Radio NetworkController, radio network controller) immediately.
Logged MDT, the MDT that terminal equipment carries out at Idle state measures, and reports at follow-up connected state.Once meet the trigger condition of configuration, will obtain measurement result and store (Log), report eNB/RNC on follow-up suitable opportunity.
The Log configuration of MDT is handed down to terminal equipment by network at connected state, does not expand based on existing RRM measurement, but has defined a kind of new collocation method.
Terminal equipment side: when terminal equipment discharges RRC (Radio Resource Control, radio resource control) connect time, the Log receiving can not configured simultaneously and discharges, but the Log measurement and measurement result collection that continue to retain and open Idle state.
Network side: for Logged MDT, network can not retain MDT context (context) information, more can not carry out MDT context the transmission of network side, and in the time of RRC Connection Release, the MDT context of network side preservation also discharges simultaneously.
Following 7 UE measuring amount have been determined in existing MDT measurement:
1, Periodical downlink pilot measurements (cycle descending pilot frequency is measured)
2, Serving Cell becomes worse than threshold (it is poorer than setting thresholding that service district becomes)
3, Transmit power headroom becomes less than threshold (it is poorer than setting thresholding that PHR becomes)
4, Random access failure (random access failure)
5, Paging Channel Failure (paging channel takes defeat)
6, Broadcast Channel failure (broadcast channel takes defeat)
7, Radio link failure report (Radio Link Failure report)
Except above-mentioned 7 measuring amount, in follow-up standard process, do not get rid of the measuring amount that increases other, as the relevant measuring amount of the QoS of terminal equipment (Quality ofService, service quality).If several in these measuring amount are during for the immediate MDT of connected state, when network has issued after the configuration of these measurements, terminal equipment will be monitored at connected state, and after having event to be triggered, still multiplexing RRM measures the reporting message using and proceeds to reporting of network side.
In the situation of Logged MDT, in the time that terminal equipment stores effective MDT Log information, if this terminal equipment enters connected state or moves to new community, terminal equipment will can report network by RRC signaling by instruction (Logavailable) message Log.
With LTE (Long Term Evolution, Long Term Evolution) system is example, the schematic flow sheet of RRC connection process of establishing as shown in Figure 1, when successfully having set up after RRC connection, terminal equipment will send RRCConnectionSetupComplete (RRC connection has been set up) message to network, now, in this message, whether carried terminal equipment preserves the indication information (being that aforesaid Log can use Indication message) of available MDT Log information, network is received after this instruction, can the MDT Log information of preservation be reported subsequent request terminal equipment.
Equally, the community of LTE system switch and community process of reconstruction in, the base station of community of giving the Target cell of switching/be reconstructed into is sent Log by terminal equipment can use Indication message, notifies new community whether in terminal equipment, to preserve available MDT Log information.
At UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, universal mobile telecommunications system) system, if there is SRNS (Serving Radio Network Subsystem, SRNS Serving Radio Network Subsystem) relocation (change) process, terminal equipment also can send to Target cell with Indication message by Log.
The current conclusion that location information provides in standard discussion is, terminal equipment is at every less important Log (under IDLE state) or trigger while reporting (under connected state), best effort (best effort) to providing of precise position information, if precise position information can not be provided, so, terminal equipment will provide RFfingerprint (radio-frequency fingerprint), its form is the current adjacent cell signal quality that meets certain condition of surveying, current is to provide based on threshold (thresholding) to adjacent cell signal reporting, or restriction does not also have conclusion based on maximum number.
Because providing of precise position information is best effort, and probably the Log moment of obtaining moment and MDT of this precise information or triggering report the moment not simultaneously, therefore, also have how precise position information is carried out to associated problem with measurement result.
In standards meetings is discussed, what have company's proposition precise position information provides very necessary to operator's optimized network, and its importance even exceedes cycle pilot measurement, is best effort because the latter's precise position information provides the requirement of terminal equipment.Introducing the MDT affair triggering based on precise position information refers to, in the time that terminal equipment place has new precise position information to upgrade result, terminal equipment under connected state reports network by the radio signal quality now measuring together with precise position information, terminal equipment under IDLE state just gets off the radio signal quality measuring together with precise position information Log, and enters afterwards connected state and report under the polling of network (poll).
Realizing in process of the present invention, inventor finds that prior art at least exists following problem:
The MDT affair that introducing triggers based on precise position information can be conducive to operator and carry out the network optimization more accurately.If but the accurate location frequency of terminal equipment very high (such as car steering navigation), so, Log or the measurement that while obtaining new positional information, all can trigger MDT report at every turn, and this will inevitably cause the equipment memory (memory space) crossing to consume and eat dishes without rice or wine to report expense.In standard discussion, mentioned the mechanism of a kind of prohibit timer (forbidding timer),, before timer (timer) is overtime, terminal equipment does not trigger Log or measurement reports behavior.But depend timer alone and not can solve the demand that operator provides for precise position information.Because the mechanism of timer does not consider the rate travel of terminal equipment, there is twice Log or the measurement position between reporting the very near possibility of being separated by.For this problem, in prior art, also there is no corresponding solution.
Embodiment
In following mobile communication system, wish the mechanism by introducing network self-organization, reduce the artificial participation of the network planning and Operation and Maintenance, according to statistic Automatic Optimal parameter, reduce construction and the operation cost of network by network.In order to reduce the O&M cost of network, hope can be taked network configuration UE report method, reduces the work of artificial drive test, i.e. minimum road test (MDT) scheme.On the other hand, also wish to obtain the wireless measurement information in the region that common drive test cannot arrive.
The object that MDT collects is for network operation optimization, if terminal equipment can only provide wireless signal measurement result and can not provide positional information that accurate positional information maybe can not be provided, operator is difficult to the concrete deployed position of network to be optimized so.
The embodiment of the present invention has proposed a kind of feedback method of MDT metrical information, in reaching status requirement, just carry out MDT measurement, and according to corresponding tactful reporting measurement result and corresponding positional information, thereby, solve the problem how precise position information is provided when MDT collects.
As shown in Figure 2, the schematic flow sheet of the feedback method of a kind of MDT metrical information providing for the embodiment of the present invention, the method specifically comprises the following steps:
Step S201, network equipment send the MDT configuration messages that records demand information that comprises network side location information to terminal equipment.
In concrete application scenarios, before this step, also comprise:
Network equipment receives the message that records demand information that comprises current network side location information that operation management maintain OAM system sends.
In actual application; the recording demand information and can be specially minimum position interval information of network side location information; can be other information that can embody the positional information registration accuracy demand of network side, as block information etc., such variation affect protection scope of the present invention yet.
Step S202, terminal equipment receive the MDT configuration messages that records demand information that comprises network side location information that network equipment sends.
In actual applications, be IMD MDT if the MDT of terminal equipment application measures type, MDT configuration messages, is specially RRC Connect Reconfiguration (radio resource control connection reconstruct) message;
If it is LOG MDT that the MDT of terminal equipment application measures type, MDT configuration messages, is specially Idle Logging Configuration (idle condition daily record configuration) message.
Step S203, terminal equipment judge whether current position reaches the requirement of recording demand information of network side location information.
As the explanation in step S201, if the recording demand information and can be specially minimum position interval information of network side location information, the processing of this step becomes accordingly terminal equipment and judges whether the interval between current position and the last position that generates metrical information is greater than minimum position interval information so.
If judged result is yes, execution step S204;
If judged result is no, execution step S206.
The concrete processing procedure of this step is as follows:
Terminal equipment obtains current positional information by GNSS (GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System)) or LCS (location-server);
Terminal equipment, according to current positional information, judges whether current position reaches the requirement of recording demand information of network side location information.
Step S204, terminal equipment generate current metrical information, and according to corresponding rule to network equipment report measurement information and positional information corresponding to metrical information.
Wherein, the generative process of current metrical information is specific as follows:
If it is IMD MDT that the MDT of terminal equipment application measures type, and this terminal equipment is current in connection status, this terminal equipment generates current metrical information, and to network equipment report measurement information and positional information corresponding to metrical information;
If it is LOG MDT that the MDT of terminal equipment application measures type, and this terminal equipment is current in idle condition, this terminal equipment generates the log information that comprises current metrical information and positional information corresponding to metrical information, and switch to after connection status the log information that reports generate whole to comprise metrical information and positional information corresponding to metrical information to network equipment at terminal equipment during idle condition.
The metrical information that step S205, network equipment receiving terminal apparatus report and positional information corresponding to metrical information.
Explanation as the aforementioned, in this step, the current location that the received metrical information of network equipment is specially terminal equipment reach network side location information after renewal record the requiring of demand information time institute generate, if with minimum position interval information for, can be specially the interval of terminal equipment between current location and the last position that generates metrical information and be greater than minimum position interval information time, institute generates.
Step S206, terminal equipment abandon generating current metrical information.
Need to further be pointed out that, after above-mentioned flow process completes, the technical scheme that the embodiment of the present invention proposes can also comprise the Reconfigurations process that records demand information (as: minimum position interval information) of corresponding network side location information, S201 is similar with step, if network equipment receives the message that records demand information that comprises the network side location information after renewal that OAM system sends, network equipment sends the MDT configuration messages that records demand information that comprises the network side location information after renewal to terminal equipment, and according to step S203 to the similar flow process of step S206, the positional information that the metrical information that receiving terminal apparatus reports and metrical information are corresponding, the current location that metrical information in this process is specially terminal equipment reach network side location information after renewal record the requiring of demand information time institute generate.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:
The technical scheme proposing by the application embodiment of the present invention, network equipment will be notified to terminal equipment the demand of precise position information record, make terminal equipment in the time that current location reaches the demand of corresponding precise position information record, just can carry out reporting of MDT measurement and measurement result and positional information, thereby, solve terminal equipment due to the expense problems of too that frequent trigger position information recording causes, effectively saved the interface-free resources of system.
Below, in conjunction with concrete application scenarios, the technical scheme that the embodiment of the present invention is proposed is elaborated.
In actual applications, in MDT scheme, providing of precise position information is for operator carries out the network optimization more accurately, and under different times, the demand that operator provides the precise position information of MDT may be different, and this demand can be embodied in MDT and measure in configuration.
For convenience of description; the concrete example that record demand information of subsequent embodiment of the present invention using minimum position interval information as network side location information describes; in actual applications, the other types that record demand information of network side location information are equally applicable to the protection range of the embodiment of the present invention.
In such cases, in terminal equipment side, when the positional information of only having current renewal is greater than the minimum position interval information of this configuration apart from log recording last time (log) or the spacing of measuring the position reporting, the log recording (log) or the measurement that just trigger next time reporting.
Measurement configuration in above-mentioned technical scheme is equally applicable to LOG MDT measurement and IMD MDT measures.
Below, further measure type for above-mentioned two kinds of MDT and provide specific embodiment application scenarios, to the technical program is described.
Application scenarios one, LOG MDT measure
As shown in Figure 3, the LOG MDT providing for the embodiment of the present invention measures the schematic flow sheet of the feedback method of a kind of MDT metrical information under scene, and the method specifically comprises the following steps:
Step S301, terminal equipment, under connected state, receive the MDT measurement configuration messages that base station sends.
In actual applications, this MDT measurement configuration messages is Idle Logging Configuration (idle condition daily record configuration) message.
In said process, this MDT measures configuration messages and carries the demand that terminal equipment is provided to precise position information, i.e. minimum position interval information, for example 10m.
Step S302, terminal equipment start log leaving after connected state enters IDLE state.
The log of the log of positional information Event triggered and other (if configuration) cycle pilot measurements is independent mutually.
Step S303, terminal equipment judge current position and last time log position between interval whether reach minimum position interval information.
If do not reached, the precise position information of terminal equipment by acquisitions such as GNSS upgrade and last time log under positional information interval be less than 10m, perform step S304.
If reached, the precise position information of terminal equipment by acquisitions such as GNSS upgrade and last time log under positional information interval be equal to or greater than 10m, perform step S305.
Step S304, terminal equipment do not trigger logging behavior.
Step S305, terminal equipment carry out log in current location.
, record radio signal quality measurement result (for example: persistent district descending pilot frequency information) when Log the exact position, do not comprise RF fingerprint information.
Step S306, terminal equipment enter after connected state leaving IDLE state, on suitable opportunity by the log information reporting of record to base station.
Wherein, log information comprises measurement result and corresponding Log exact position.
Application scenarios two: IMD MDT application
As shown in Figure 4, the IMD MDT providing for the embodiment of the present invention measures the schematic flow sheet of the feedback method of a kind of MDT metrical information under scene, and the method specifically comprises the following steps:
Step S401, terminal equipment receive IMD MDT measurement configuration information at connected state.
In actual applications, this MDT measurement configuration messages is RRC Connect Reconfiguration (radio resource control connection reconstruct) message.
In said process, this MDT measures configuration messages and carries the demand that terminal equipment is provided to precise position information, i.e. minimum position interval information, for example 20m.
Step S402, terminal equipment judge whether the interval between the position that current position and last time, measurement reported reaches minimum position interval information.
If do not reached, the precise position information that terminal equipment obtains by the location technology such as GNSS or LCS upgrades and triggered by positional information the positional information interval reporting last time and is less than 20m, performs step S403.
If reached, the precise position information that terminal equipment obtains by the location technology such as GNSS or LCS upgrades and triggered by positional information the positional information interval reporting last time and is greater than 20m, performs step S404.
Step S403, terminal equipment do not trigger the behavior that reports of measuring.
Step S404, terminal equipment trigger to measure and report behavior, and measurement result is reported to network side.
When reporting exact position, record radio signal quality measurement result (for example persistent district descending pilot frequency information), do not comprise RF fingerprint information.
Need to further be pointed out that the demand according to network side for different precise position informations can be upgraded the minimum position interval information of configuration.
For example: the network design initial stage, operator wishes to obtain the MDT information that positional information granularity is large, therefore configure while measuring (comprising LOG MDT or IMD MDT) to the MDT of terminal equipment, can configure larger minimum position spacing value, for example 200m.
And in the later stage, while needing specifically precision net optimization to be carried out in hot spot region, can configure smaller minimum position spacing value, for example 20m.
These configuration informations all have base station (eNB) to send to the terminal equipment under connected state, but these demands all derive from OAM node, pass to eNB via different trace mode (management based trace or signalling based trace) by OAM.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:
The technical scheme proposing by the application embodiment of the present invention, network equipment will be notified to terminal equipment the demand of precise position information record, make terminal equipment in the time that current location reaches the demand of corresponding precise position information record, just can carry out reporting of MDT measurement and measurement result and positional information, thereby, solve terminal equipment due to the expense problems of too that frequent trigger position information recording causes, effectively saved the interface-free resources of system.
The technical scheme proposing in order to realize the above-mentioned embodiment of the present invention, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of network equipment, and its structural representation as shown in Figure 5, comprising:
Sending module 51, for sending the MDT configuration messages that records demand information that comprises network side location information to terminal equipment;
Receiver module 52, the positional information that the metrical information reporting for receiving terminal apparatus and metrical information are corresponding, the current location that metrical information is specially terminal equipment reach network side location information record the requiring of demand information time institute generate.
In concrete application scenarios, receiver module 52, the message that records demand information that comprises current network side location information also sending for receiving OAM system.
In concrete application scenarios, network side location information record demand information, be specially minimum position interval information;
The current location of terminal equipment reaches the requirement of recording demand information of network side location information, is specially:
The interval of terminal equipment between current location and the last position that generates metrical information is greater than minimum position interval information.
Concrete, in the time that receiver module 52 receives the message that records demand information that comprises the network side location information after renewal of OAM system transmission,
Sending module 51, also for sending the MDT configuration messages that records demand information that comprises the network side location information after renewal to terminal equipment;
Receiver module 52, the positional information that the metrical information also reporting for receiving terminal apparatus and metrical information are corresponding, the current location that metrical information is specially terminal equipment reach network side location information after the renewal that sending module 51 sends record the requiring of demand information time institute generate.
It should be noted that, receiver module 52, specifically for:
The positional information that the metrical information that receiving terminal apparatus reports and metrical information are corresponding, metrical information by terminal equipment the current location under connection status reach network side location information that sending module 51 sends record the requiring of demand information time generated; Or,
The log information of positional information corresponding to metrical information that what receiving terminal apparatus reported comprise and metrical information, metrical information by terminal equipment the current location under idle condition reach network side location information that sending module 51 sends record the requiring of demand information time generated;
Wherein, in the time of the recording demand information and be specially minimum position interval information of network side location information, metrical information is generated while being greater than by the interval between current location and the last position that generates metrical information of terminal equipment under connection status the minimum position interval information that sending module 51 sends; Or generated while being greater than by the interval between the current location of terminal equipment under idle condition and the last position that generates metrical information the minimum position interval information that sending module 51 sends.
Corresponding, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of terminal equipment, and its structural representation as shown in Figure 6, comprising:
Receiver module 61, the MDT configuration messages that records demand information that comprises network side location information sending for receiving network equipment;
Judge module 62, for judging that whether current position reaches the requirement of recording demand information of the received network side location information of receiver module 61, specifically comprises:
Obtain submodule 621, for obtaining current positional information by GNSS or LCS;
Judge submodule 622, for according to obtaining the current positional information that submodule 621 obtains, judge whether to reach the requirement of recording demand information of the received network side location information of receiver module 61.
Wherein, when the demand information that records of network side location information, while being specially minimum position interval information, judge module, specifically for:
Judge whether the interval between current position and the last position that generates metrical information is greater than minimum position interval information.
Processing module 63, in the judged result of judge module 62 when being, generate current metrical information, and according to corresponding rule to network equipment report measurement information and positional information corresponding to metrical information.
In concrete application scenarios, processing module 63, specifically for:
Measuring type at the MDT of terminal equipment application is IMD MDT, and terminal equipment is current in the time of connection status, generates current metrical information, and to network equipment report measurement information and positional information corresponding to metrical information;
Measuring type at the MDT of terminal equipment application is LOG MDT, and terminal equipment is current in the time of idle condition, the log information that generation comprises current metrical information and positional information corresponding to metrical information, and switch to after connection status the log information that reports generate whole to comprise metrical information and positional information corresponding to metrical information to network equipment at terminal equipment during idle condition.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:
The technical scheme proposing by the application embodiment of the present invention, network equipment will be notified to terminal equipment the demand of precise position information record, make terminal equipment in the time that current location reaches the demand of corresponding precise position information record, just can carry out reporting of MDT measurement and measurement result and positional information, thereby, solve terminal equipment due to the expense problems of too that frequent trigger position information recording causes, effectively saved the interface-free resources of system.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can be well understood to the present invention and can realize by hardware, and the mode that also can add necessary general hardware platform by software realizes.Based on such understanding, technical scheme of the present invention can embody with the form of software product, it (can be CD-ROM that this software product can be stored in a non-volatile memory medium, USB flash disk, portable hard drive etc.) in, comprise that each implements the method described in scene in order to make a computer equipment (can be personal computer, service end, or the network equipment etc.) carry out the present invention in some instructions.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that accompanying drawing is a schematic diagram of preferably implementing scene, the module in accompanying drawing or flow process might not be that enforcement the present invention is necessary.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the module in the device of implementing in scene can be distributed in the device of implementing scene according to implementing scene description, also can carry out respective change and be arranged in the one or more devices that are different from this enforcement scene.The module of above-mentioned enforcement scene can be merged into a module, also can further split into multiple submodules.
The invention described above sequence number, just to describing, does not represent the quality of implementing scene.
Disclosed is above only several concrete enforcement scene of the present invention, and still, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the changes that any person skilled in the art can think of all should fall into protection scope of the present invention.