Patent Application
20230422068
Embodiments herein relate to a radio network node, a user equipment (UE) and methods performed therein regarding wireless communication. Furthermore, a computer program and a computer readable storage medium are also provided herein. In particular, embodiments herein relate to handling communication, such as handling or controlling logging of measurements, in a wireless communications network.
In a typical wireless communications network, UEs, also known as wireless communication devices, mobile stations, stations (STA) and/or wireless devices, communicate via a Radio Access Network (RAN) with one or more core networks (CN). The RAN covers a geographical area which is divided into service areas or cells, with each service area or cell being served by a radio network node such as an access node e.g. a Wi-Fi access point or a radio base station (RBS), which in some networks may also be called, for example, a NodeB, a gNodeB, or an eNodeB. The service area or cell is a geographical area where radio coverage is provided by the radio network node. The radio network node operates on radio frequencies to communicate over an air interface with the UEs within range of the radio network node. The radio network node communicates over a downlink (DL) to the UE and the UE communicates over an uplink (UL) to the radio network node.
A Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation (3G) telecommunication network, which evolved from the second generation (2G) Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). The UMTS terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) is essentially a RAN using wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) and/or High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) for communication with user equipment. In a forum known as the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), telecommunications suppliers propose and agree upon standards for present and future generation networks and investigate e.g. enhanced data rate and radio capacity. In some RANs, e.g. as in UMTS, several radio network nodes may be connected, e.g., by landlines or microwave, to a controller node, such as a radio network controller (RNC) or a base station controller (BSC), which supervises and coordinates various activities of the plural radio network nodes connected thereto. The RNCs are typically connected to one or more core networks.
Specifications for the Evolved Packet System (EPS) have been completed within the 3GPP and coming 3GPP releases, such as New Radio (NR), are worked on. The EPS comprises the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN), also known as the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) radio access network, and the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), also known as System Architecture Evolution (SAE) core network. E-UTRAN/LTE is a 3GPP radio access technology wherein the radio network nodes are directly connected to the EPC core network. As such, the Radio Access Network (RAN) of an EPS has an essentially “flat” architecture comprising radio network nodes connected directly to one or more core networks.
With the emerging 5G technologies such as new radio (NR), the use of very many transmit- and receive-antenna elements may be of great interest as it makes it possible to utilize beamforming, such as transmit-side and receive-side beamforming. Transmit-side beamforming means that the transmitter can amplify the transmitted signals in a selected direction or directions, while suppressing the transmitted signals in other directions. Similarly, on the receive-side, a receiver can amplify signals from a selected direction or directions, while suppressing unwanted signals from other directions.
MDT stands for Minimization of Drive Test. ‘Drive Test’ is a kind of testing in which UEs, around a certain route, measure various network performance, e.g., Cell Power, Interference, or UE performance, such as Call Drop, Throughput, Handover performance, Cell Reselection Performance etc. Usually during an MDT period, a lot of protocol logs are collected from a UE and analyzed by network or are sent to developers when they have serious problems. Regarding MDT also see, R2-2003574, Minor issues on MDT, Huawei, HiSilicon, 3GPP TSG-RAN WG2 Meeting #109bis_e, 20 Apr.-30 Apr. 2020.
Logged measurement reporting.
In LTE and in NR, a UE may be configured to perform logged measurement reporting. The UE may perform the logging of measurements periodically and in NR, additionally, one can configure the event driven logged measurement reporting wherein one can configure either an L1 event or an outOfCoverage event. The UE behavior related to the logged measurement logging is captured in section 5.5a of TS 38.331 v.15.6.0. The stage-2 description associated to the same is captured in section 5.1.1 of TS 37.320 v.15.6.0.
In NR, when the UE is performing the logged measurements, the UE logs measurements as long as the UE is either camping normally in a region as specified by the logged measurement configuration (AreaConfiguration) or the UE is in an any cell-selection state, see the excerpts from TS 38.331 v.15.6.0 below.
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else if the reportType is set to eventTriggered, and eventType is set to
outOfCoverage:
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perform the logging at regular time intervals as defined by the
loggingInterval in VarLogMeasConfig only when the UE is in any cell-
selection state;
perform the logging immediately upon transitioning from the any
cell-selection state to the camped normally state;
when performing the logging:
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if the UE is in any cell-selection state (as specified in TS 38.304
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set anyCellSelectionDetected to indicate the detection
of no suitable or no acceptable cell found;
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set the servCellldentity to indicate global cell identity of
the last logged cell that the UE was camping on;
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set the measResultServingCell to include the quantities
of the last logged cell the UE was camping on;
4> set the servCellldentity to indicate global cell identity of the
cell the UE is camping on;
4> set the measResultServingCell to include the quantities of
the cell the UE is camping on;
4> if available, set the measResultNeighCells, in order of
decreasing ranking-criterion as used for cell re-selection, to include
neighbouring cell measurements that became available during the last
logging interval for at most the following number of neighbouring cells: 6
intra-frequency and 3 inter-frequency neighbours per frequency as well as
3 inter-RAT neighbours, per frequency/ set of frequencies per RAT and
according to the following:
5> for each neighbour cell included, include the optional
fields that are available;
If the UE enters the any cell-selection state and if the UE is configured with the logged measurement configuration with reportType is set to eventTriggered and eventType is set to outOfCoverage, then the UE logs the relativeTimeStamp, location Info, anyCellSelectionDetected flag, serving cell identity of the last serving cell of the UE (servCellIdentity) and the corresponding measurements of the serving cell (measResultServingCell). The corresponding procedural text is bold above.
Also, if the UE is configured with the logged measurement configuration with reportType is set to eventTriggered and eventType is set to outOfCoverage and if the UE comes out of any cell-selection state, then the UE shall include the relativeTimeStamp, locationInfo, serving cell identity of the last serving cell of the UE (servCellIdentity), the corresponding measurements of the serving cell (measResultServingCell) and the measurements of the neighboring cells (measResultNeighCell). The corresponding procedural text is underlined above.
As part of developing embodiments herein a problem was first identified. As can be seen from the above, the UE logs the identities and the measurements associated to the serving cell that serves the UE before entering the any cell-selection state and the serving cell that serves the UE after coming out of any cell-selection state. However, the UE does not check if the PLMN associated to such a serving cell belongs to the plmn-IdentityList as configured in the logged measurement configuration. So, it could happen that the UE ends up reporting the identities and measurements of serving cells that belongs to a different PLMN compared to the ones in which the UE was expected to log the measurements.
Consider the scenario shown in
An object herein is to provide a mechanism to handle measurements of a UE in an efficient manner in a wireless communications network.
According to an aspect the object is achieved, according to embodiments herein, by providing a method performed by a UE for handling measurements in a wireless communications network. The UE logs, when one or more conditions are fulfilled, a measurement associated to a last serving cell after entering an any cell-selection state, wherein the one or more conditions comprise: the last serving cell belongs to a PLMN, said PLMN is configured in the UE in a list of PLMN identities in a logged MDT configuration.
According to an aspect the object is achieved, according to embodiments herein, by providing a method performed by a radio network node for handling communication in a wireless communications network. The radio network node configures the UE to log a measurement associated to a last serving cell after entering an any cell-selection state when, or only if, one or more conditions are fulfilled. The one or more conditions comprise: the last serving cell belongs to a PLMN, said PLMN is configured in the UE in a network list of a logged MDT configuration.
Thus, the radio network node configures the UE to log the measurement: if the last serving cell belongs to a PLMN that is configured in the UE in a list such as a plmn-IdentityList of a logged MDT configuration.
According to an aspect the object is achieved, according to embodiments herein, by providing a UE and a radio network node configured to perform the methods herein, respectively.
Thus, it is herein disclosed a UE for handling measurements in a wireless communications network. The UE is configured to log, when one or more conditions are fulfilled, a measurement associated to a last serving cell after entering an any cell-selection state. The one or more conditions comprise: the last serving cell belongs to a PLMN, said PLMN is configured in the UE in a list of PLMN identities in a logged MDT configuration. Thus, the UE is configured to log the measurement: if the last serving cell belongs to a PLMN that is configured in the UE in a plmn-IdentityList of a logged MDT configuration.
Furthermore, it is herein disclosed a radio network node for handling communication in a wireless communications network. The radio network node is configured to configure the UE to log a measurement associated to a last serving cell after entering an any cell-selection state when one or more conditions are fulfilled. The one or more conditions comprise: the last serving cell belongs to a PLMN, said PLMN is configured in the UE in a list of PLMN identities in a logged MDT configuration. Thus, the radio network node is configured to configure the UE to log the measurement: if the last serving cell belongs to a PLMN that is configured in the UE in a plmn-IdentityList of a logged MDT configuration.
It is furthermore provided herein a computer program product comprising instructions, which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the method above, as performed by the UE or the radio network node, respectively. It is additionally provided herein a computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program product comprising instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the method according to the method above, as performed by the UE or the radio network node, respectively.
Embodiments herein disclose a solution that solves the mentioned problem by providing a method wherein the UE logs the measurement associated to the last serving cell after entering the any cell-selection state only if one or more conditions are fulfilled. The UE logs only measurements such as MDT measurements, if the one or more cells belong to a PLMN that is configured in the list of PLMN identities in the logged MDT configuration.
Other conditions may be:
Thus, also covering the combination—If these one or more cells belong to an area configured by RAN in areaConfiguration and belong to certain PLMN as configured in the plmn-identityList of the logged MDT configuration.
Embodiments herein ensure that UE behavior is compliant with current MDT principles so that the UE only collects logged MDT report for allowed or configured PLMNs by network. Thus, the measurements are handled efficiently in the wireless communications network.
Embodiments will now be described in more detail in relation to the enclosed drawings, in which:
Embodiments herein relate to wireless communications networks in general.
In the wireless communications network 1, a UE 10 exemplified herein as a wireless device such as a mobile station, a non-access point (non-AP) station (STA), a STA and/or a wireless terminal, is comprised communicating via e.g. one or more Access Networks (AN), e.g. RAN, to one or more CNs. It should be understood by the skilled in the art that “UE” is a non-limiting term which means any terminal, wireless communications terminal, user equipment, narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) device, Machine Type Communication (MTC) device, Device to Device (D2D) terminal, or node e.g. smart phone, laptop, mobile phone, sensor, relay, mobile tablets or even a small base station capable of communicating using radio communication with a radio network node within an area served by the radio network node.
The wireless communications network 1 comprises a first radio network node 12 providing radio coverage over a geographical area, a first service area 11 or first cell, of a first radio access technology (RAT), such as NR, LTE, or similar. The radio network node 12 may be a transmission and reception point such as an access node, an access controller, a base station, e.g. a radio base station such as a gNodeB (gNB), an evolved Node B (eNB, eNode B), a NodeB, a base transceiver station, a radio remote unit, an Access Point Base Station, a base station router, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access point or an Access Point Station (AP STA), a transmission arrangement of a radio base station, a stand-alone access point or any other network unit or node capable of communicating with a wireless device within the area served by the radio network node depending e.g. on the first radio access technology and terminology used. The first radio network node 12 may be referred to as the radio network node or as a serving radio network node wherein the service area may be referred to as a serving cell, and the serving radio network node communicates with the UE 10 in form of DL transmissions to the UE 10 and UL transmissions from the UE 10. It should be noted that a service area may be denoted as cell, beam, beam group or similar to define an area of radio coverage.
The wireless communications network 1 comprises a second radio network node 13 providing radio coverage over a geographical area, a second service area 14 or second cell, of a second radio access technology (RAT), such as NR, LTE, or similar. The second radio network node 13 may be a transmission and reception point such as an access node, an access controller, a base station, e.g. a radio base station such as a gNodeB (gNB), an evolved Node B (eNB, eNode B), a NodeB, a base transceiver station, a radio remote unit, an Access Point Base Station, a base station router, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access point or an Access Point Station (AP STA), a transmission arrangement of a radio base station, a stand-alone access point or any other network unit or node capable of communicating with a UE within the area served by the radio network node depending e.g. on the second radio access technology and terminology used. The second radio network node 13 may be referred to as a second PLMN radio network node wherein the service area may be referred to as a second PLMN cell.
The wireless communications network 1 comprises a third radio network node 15 providing radio coverage over a geographical area, a third service area 16 or third cell, of a third radio access technology (RAT), such as NR, LTE, or similar. The third radio network node 15 may be a transmission and reception point such as an access node, an access controller, a base station, e.g. a radio base station such as a gNodeB (gNB), an evolved Node B (eNB, eNode B), a NodeB, a base transceiver station, a radio remote unit, an Access Point Base Station, a base station router, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access point or an Access Point Station (AP STA), a transmission arrangement of a radio base station, a stand-alone access point or any other network unit or node capable of communicating with a UE within the area served by the third radio network node 15 depending e.g. on the third radio access technology and terminology used. The third radio network node 15 may be referred to as a third PLMN radio network node wherein the service area may be referred to as a third PLMN cell.
According to embodiments herein the UE 10 is configured, either preconfigured or configured by the radio network node 12, to collect and log measurements of cells such as MDT measurement in the wireless communications network 1 with the proviso that one or more conditions are fulfilled. The one or more conditions comprise: the last serving cell belongs to a PLMN, said PLMN is configured in the UE 10 in a list of PLMN identities in a logged MDT configuration. For example, if the logged MDT configuration defines a PLMN list comprising PLMN 1 and PLMN 2 but not PLMN 3, then the UE 10 will not log MDT measurements at the time of entering any cell-selection state if the last serving cell was the third cell.
The one or more conditions are related to MDT configurations of the UE 10. In particular, area definition and/or PLMN definition of the MDT configuration. Embodiments ensure compliance of UE logging measurements according to network configurations.
Action 301. The radio network node, exemplified herein as the first radio network node 12, transmits configuration data to the UE 10 for configuring the UE 10 to perform methods herein.
Action 302. The UE 10 performs measurements entering an any cell-selection state and/or coming from any cell-selection state. Any cell-selection state may be defined as a state wherein the UE 10 searches for an acceptable cell of any PLMN to camp on. If the UE 10 cannot find any acceptable cell, it stays in this state. The UE 10 may perform the measurement if a reportType is set to eventTriggered, and eventType is set to outOfCoverage, or the reportType is set to periodical and UE 10 is logging according to loggingInterval.
Action 303. The UE 10 may then check whether one or more conditions are fulfilled. The one or more conditions are related to MDT configurations of the UE 10. In particular, related to an area definition and/or PLMN definition of the MDT configuration.
Action 304. The UE 10 logs, (only) if the one or more conditions are fulfilled, the measurement associated to a last serving cell, being a last serving cell before entering the any cell-selection state and/or the measurement associated to a first serving cell after coming back from the any cell-selection state. For example, UE 10 logs the measurement: if the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to a PLMN that is configured in a list of PLMN identities, such as a plmn-IdentityList, in the logged MDT configuration; If the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to an area configured by RAN using areaConfiguration of the logged MDT configuration; and/or if the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to an area configured by RAN in areaConfiguration and belongs to certain PLMN as configured in the network list of the logged MDT configuration.
The UE 10 may then report the logged measurements to the radio network node 12 when entering the first cell.
In the embodiments described herein, several interchangeable terms/expressions are used to refer to an existing logged MDT configuration in the UE 10. These terms/expressions include “ongoing logged MDT configuration”, “ongoing logged MDT measurement”, “running logged MDT configuration”, “running logged MDT measurement”, “active logged MDT configuration”, “ongoing logged MDT process”, “existing logged MDT configuration” (and similar terms/expressions).
The principles of some embodiments herein may be explained using
In one embodiment, the UE 10 checks if the cells belong to certain allowed PLMNs where it can collect and log measurement results.
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In another embodiment, the UE checks if the cells belong to certain area as configured in areaConfig of areaConfiguration IE in the logged MDT configurations.
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In yet another embodiment, the UE checks if the cells belong to a certain allowed PLMN as configured in plmn-identityList and certain area as configured in AreaConfiguration IE.
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The method actions performed by the UE 10 for handling measurements in the wireless communications network 1 according to embodiments herein will now be described with reference to a flowchart depicted in
Action 501. The UE 10 may get configured with a logged MDT configuration having the list of PLMN identities. The UE 10 may further obtain a configuration or a policy regarding handling of MDT configurations at the UE. The configuration or the policy comprises the one or more conditions that indicate when to log a measurement such as an MDT measurement.
Action 502. The UE 10 may have an ongoing MDT configuration, e.g., may perform measurement or measurements in one or more cells and entering an any cell-selection state from camped state.
Action 503. As configured, the UE 10 logs, when one or more conditions are fulfilled, a measurement associated to a last serving cell after entering an any cell-selection state, wherein the one or more conditions comprise: the last serving cell, for example, at the time of entering the any cell-selection state, belongs to a PLMN, said PLMN is configured in the UE 10 in the list of PLMN identities in the logged MDT configuration. The one or more conditions may further comprise: the last serving cell belongs to an area configured in the UE 10 by RAN using areaConfiguration of the logged MDT configuration; thus, the last serving cell belongs to an area configured in the UE 10 by radio RAN in the areaConfiguration and belongs to certain PLMN as configured in the UE in the list of PLMN identities in the logged MDT configuration. The UE 10 may log the measurement, with the proviso that the one or more conditions are fulfilled, by setting a servCellIdentity to indicate global cell identity of the last serving cell that the UE 10 was camping on and/or setting a measResultServCell to include quantities of the last serving cell the UE 10 was camping on. Thus, the UE 10 may, when performing the logging: if the UE 10 is in any cell-selection state, and if the RPLMN at the time of entering the any cell-selection state is included in plmn-IdentityList stored in VarLogMeasReport: and if the last serving cell while in camped normally state is part of the area indicated by areaConfig of areaConfiguration if configured in VarLogMeasConfig:
Action 504. The UE 10 may then transmit the logged measurement to the radio network node 12 or any other radio network node when entering (upon camping on) the first cell of the radio network node 12. E.g., transmit a relativeTimeStamp, locationInfo, serving cell identity of the last or first serving cell of the UE (servCellIdentity), the corresponding measurements of the last or first serving cell (measResultServingCell) and measurements of the neighboring cells (measResultNeighCell). The UE 10 doesn't need to return to the first cell. The UE 10 comes to RRC Connected state (not camped normally) in any cell (can be the first cell) where it is allowed to notify the network (PLMN and RAT may be matched). Then the UE 10 may notify the network regarding stored logged MDT report and sends to network only if network requests it to send.
The method actions performed by the UE 10 for handling communication in the wireless communications network 1 according to some embodiments herein will now be described with reference to a flowchart depicted in
Action 511. The UE 10 may obtain a configuration or a policy regarding handling of MDT configurations at the UE 10. The configuration or the policy comprises one or more rules that indicate when to log a measurement such as an MDT measurement. Thus, the configuration may comprise one or more rules or conditions wherein one rule or condition may indicate to log MDT measurement only when PLMN of a last or first serving cell, entering or coming from an any cell-selection state, is in a PLMN list or the cell is of an area of the MDT configuration stored at the UE 10. Thus, the UE 10 may be configured to log a measurement associated to a last serving cell before entering an any cell-selection state and/or the first serving cell after coming back from the any cell-selection state only if one or more conditions are fulfilled.
Action 512. The UE 10 may have an ongoing MDT configuration, e.g., performing measurement or measurements in one or more cells and entering an any cell-selection state from camped state and/or going from any cell-selection state to a camped state also referred to as camped normally state. This is an IDLE state of the UE 10, where it is acting normally, i.e., may come to RRC connected state and originate, receive calls, texts etc.
Action 513. As configured, the UE 10 logs a measurement associated to a last serving cell, being the last serving cell before entering an any cell-selection state and/or the first serving cell after coming back from the any cell-selection state only if one or more conditions are fulfilled. For example, UE logs the measurement and the serving cell: if the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to a PLMN that is configured in a PLMN list such as an plmn-IdentityList of a logged MDT configuration; If the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to an area configured by RAN using areaConfiguration of the logged MDT configuration; and/or if the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to an area configured by RAN in areaConfiguration and belongs to a PLMN as configured in the plmn-identityList of the logged MDT configuration. With the proviso that one or more conditions are fulfilled the UE 10 may thus set the servCellIdentity to indicate global cell identity of the last logged cell that the UE 10 was camping on and/or set the measResultServCell to include the quantities of the last logged cell the UE 10 was camping on.
Action 514. The UE 10 may then transmit the logged measurement to the radio network node 12 or any other radio network node when entering (upon camping on) the first cell of the radio network node 12. E.g., the UE 10 may transmit a relativeTimeStamp, locationInfo, serving cell identity of the last or first serving cell of the UE (servCellIdentity), the corresponding measurements of the last or first serving cell (measResultServingCell) and measurements of the neighboring cells (measResultNeighCell). The UE 10 doesn't need to return to the first cell. The UE 10 comes to RRC Connected state, not camped normally, in any cell, can be the first cell, where it is allowed to notify the network, PLMN and RAT needs to be matched. Then it notifies the network regarding stored logged MDT report and sends to network only if network requests it to send.
The method actions performed by the radio network node 12 for handling communication in the wireless communications network 1 according to embodiments herein will now be described with reference to a flowchart depicted in
Action 601. The radio network node 12 configures the UE 10 to log the measurement associated to the last serving cell after entering an any cell-selection state when one or more conditions are fulfilled, wherein the one or more conditions comprise: the last serving cell belongs to the PLMN, said PLMN is configured in the UE 10 in the list of PLMN identities in the logged MDT configuration. The one or more conditions may further comprise: the last serving cell belongs to an area configured in the UE 10 by RAN using areaConfiguration of the logged MDT configuration, thus, the last serving cell belongs to an area configured in the UE 10 by the RAN in the areaConfiguration and belongs to certain PLMN as configured in the UE 10 in the list of the logged MDT configuration. Thus, the radio network node 12 may configure the UE 10 with the configuration regarding handling of MDT configurations at the UE. The configuration comprises one or more conditions that indicate when to log a measurement such as an MDT measurement. Thus, the configuration may comprise the one or more conditions wherein one condition may indicate to log an MDT measurement when PLMN of the last serving cell, for example, at the time of entering the any cell-selection state, is in a PLMN list and/or the cell is of an area of the MDT configuration stored at the UE 10. Thus, the UE 10 may be configured to log the measurement associated to the last serving cell after entering the any cell-selection state when the one or more conditions are fulfilled.
Action 602. The radio network node 12 may then receive from the UE 10 the logged measurement, or from any other radio network node, when the UE 10 enters the first cell of the radio network node 12.
The method actions performed by the radio network node 12 for handling communication in the wireless communications network 1 according to some embodiments herein will now be described with reference to a flowchart depicted in
Action 611. The radio network node 12 may configure the UE 10 with the configuration or the policy regarding handling of MDT configurations at the UE 10. The configuration or the policy comprises one or more conditions that indicate when to log a measurement such as an MDT measurement. Thus, the configuration may comprise one or more conditions wherein one condition may indicate to log MDT measurement when PLMN of a last or first serving cell, entering or coming from an any cell-selection state, is in a PLMN list or the cell is of an area of the MDT configuration stored at the UE 10. Thus, the UE 10 may be configured to log a measurement associated to a last serving cell, being the last serving cell before entering an any cell-selection state and/or the first serving cell after coming back from the any cell-selection state only if one or more conditions are fulfilled.
Action 612. The radio network node 12 may then receive from the UE 10 a logged measurement, e.g., an MDT measurement.
The UE 10 may comprise processing circuitry 701, e.g., one or more processors, configured to perform the methods herein.
The UE 10 may comprise a receiving unit 702, e.g., a receiver or a transceiver. The UE 10, the processing circuitry 701 and/or the receiving unit 702 may be configured to obtain the configuration or the policy regarding handling of MDT configurations at the UE. The configuration or the policy comprises one or more rules that indicate when to log a measurement such as an MDT measurement. Thus, the configuration may comprise one or more rules wherein one rule may indicate to log MDT measurement when PLMN of a last serving cell is in a PLMN list stored at the UE 10. Thus, the UE 10 may be configured to log a measurement associated to the last serving cell after entering the any cell-selection state and/or the first serving cell after coming back from the any cell-selection state only if one or more conditions are fulfilled.
The UE 10 may comprise a performing unit 703, e.g., a measuring unit. The UE 10, the processing circuitry 701 and/or the performing unit 703 may be configured to perform one or more measurements in cells and entering an any cell-selection state from camped state. The UE 10 may further go from the any cell-selection state to a camped state.
The UE 10 may comprise a logging unit 704. The UE 10, the processing circuitry 701 and/or the logging unit 704 is configured to log, when the one or more conditions are fulfilled, the measurement associated to the last serving cell after entering the any cell-selection state. The one or more conditions comprise: the last serving cell belongs to the PLMN, said PLMN is configured in the UE 10 in the list of PLMN identities in the logged MDT configuration. The one or more conditions may further comprise: the last serving cell belongs to the area configured in the UE 10 by the RAN using areaConfiguration of the logged MDT configuration. Thus, the UE 10, the processing circuitry 701 and/or the logging unit 704 may be configured to log the measurement associated to the last serving cell, being the last serving cell before entering the any cell-selection state and/or the first serving cell after coming back from the any cell-selection state only if the one or more conditions are fulfilled. For example, the UE 10, the processing circuitry 701 and/or the logging unit 704 may be configured to log the measurement and the serving cell: if the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to a PLMN that is configured in the PLMN list such as an plmn-IdentityList of a logged MDT configuration; If the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to the area configured by RAN using areaConfiguration of the logged MDT configuration; and/or if the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to the area configured by RAN in areaConfiguration and belongs to a PLMN as configured in the plmn-identityList of the logged MDT configuration. With the proviso that one or more conditions are fulfilled the UE 10, the processing circuitry 701 and/or the logging unit 704 may be configured set the servCellIdentity to indicate global cell identity of the last logged cell that the UE was camping on and/or set the measResultServCell to include the quantities of the last logged cell the UE 10 was camping on. Thus, the UE 10, the processing circuitry 701 and/or the logging unit 704 may be configured to log the measurement, with the proviso that the one or more conditions are fulfilled, by setting a servCellIdentity to indicate global cell identity of the last serving cell that the UE 10 was camping on and/or setting a measResultServCell to include quantities of the last serving cell the UE 10 was camping on.
The UE 10 may comprise a transmitting unit 705, e.g., a transmitter or a transceiver. The UE 10, the processing circuitry 701 and/or the transmitting unit 705 may further be configured to transmit the logged measurement to the radio network node 12 or another radio network node when entering (upon camping on) the first cell of the radio network node 12 or any other radio network node. E.g., transmit a relativeTimeStamp, locationInfo, serving cell identity of the last or first serving cell of the UE 10 (servCellIdentity), the corresponding measurements of the last or first serving cell (measResultServingCell) and measurements of the neighboring cells (measResultNeighCell).
The UE 10 may comprise a memory 706. The memory 706 comprises one or more units to be used to store data on, such as data packets, one or more conditions, mobility events, measurements, events and applications to perform the methods disclosed herein when being executed, and similar. Furthermore, the UE 10 may comprise a communication interface 709 such as comprising a transmitter, a receiver, a transceiver and/or one or more antennas.
The methods according to the embodiments described herein for the UE 10 are respectively implemented by means of, e.g., a computer program product 707 or a computer program, comprising instructions, i.e., software code portions, which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the actions described herein, as performed by the UE 10. The computer program product 707 may be stored on a computer-readable storage medium 708, e.g., a disc, a universal serial bus (USB) stick or similar. The computer-readable storage medium 708, having stored thereon the computer program product, may comprise the instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the actions described herein, as performed by the UE 10. In some embodiments, the computer-readable storage medium may be a transitory or a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Thus, embodiments herein may disclose a UE 10 for handling communication in a wireless communications network, wherein the UE 10 comprises processing circuitry and a memory, said memory comprising instructions executable by said processing circuitry whereby said UE 10 is operative to perform any of the methods herein.
The radio network node 12 may comprise processing circuitry 801, e.g., one or more processors, configured to perform the methods herein.
The radio network node 12 may comprise a configuring unit 802, e.g., a transmitter or a transceiver. The radio network node 12, the processing circuitry 801 and/or the configuring unit 802 is configured to configure the UE 10 to log the measurement associated to the last serving cell after entering the any cell-selection state when one or more conditions are fulfilled, wherein the one or more conditions comprise: the last serving cell belongs to a PLMN, said PLMN is configured in the UE 10 in the list of PLMN identities in the logged MDT configuration. The one or more conditions may further comprise: the last serving cell belongs to the area configured in the UE 10 by RAN using areaConfiguration of the logged MDT configuration. Thus, the radio network node 12, the processing circuitry 801 and/or the configuring unit 802 may be configured to configure the UE 10 with the configuration or the policy regarding handling of MDT configurations at the UE 10. The configuration or the policy may comprise the one or more rules that indicate when to log a measurement such as an MDT measurement. Thus, the configuration may comprise one or more rules wherein one rule may indicate to log MDT measurement when PLMN of a last serving cell or a first serving cell is in the PLMN list or a RAN area stored at the UE 10. The one or more rules/conditions may define to only log the measurement and the serving cell: if the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to a PLMN that is configured in the PLMN list such as an plmn-IdentityList of the logged MDT configuration; If the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to the area configured by RAN using areaConfiguration of the logged MDT configuration; and/or if the last serving cell and/or the first serving cell belongs to the area configured by RAN in areaConfiguration and belongs to a PLMN as configured in the plmn-identityList of the logged MDT configuration.
The radio network node 12 may comprise a receiving unit 803, e.g., receiver or transceiver. The radio network node 12, the processing circuitry 801 and/or the receiving unit 803 may be configured receive from the UE 10, the logged measurement, or from any other radio network node, when the UE 10 enters the first cell of the radio network node 12. The radio network node 12, the processing circuitry 801 and/or the receiving unit 803 may be configured receive from the UE 10 a logged measurement, e.g., an MDT measurement.
The radio network node 12 may comprise a memory 804. The memory 804 comprises one or more units to be used to store data on, such as data packets, mobility events, configurations, logged measurements, MDT configurations, events and applications to perform the methods disclosed herein when being executed, and similar. Furthermore, the radio network node 12 may comprise a communication interface 807 such as comprising a transmitter, a receiver, a transceiver and/or one or more antennas.
The methods according to the embodiments described herein for the radio network node 12 are respectively implemented by means of, e.g., a computer program product 805 or a computer program, comprising instructions, i.e., software code portions, which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the actions described herein, as performed by the radio network node 12. The computer program product 805 may be stored on a computer-readable storage medium 806, e.g. a disc, a universal serial bus (USB) stick or similar. The computer-readable storage medium 806, having stored thereon the computer program product, may comprise the instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the actions described herein, as performed by the radio network node 12. In some embodiments, the computer-readable storage medium may be a transitory or a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Thus, embodiments herein may disclose a radio network node 12 for handling communication in a wireless communications network, wherein the radio network node 12 comprises processing circuitry and a memory, said memory comprising instructions executable by said processing circuitry whereby said radio network node 12 is operative to perform any of the methods herein.
In some embodiments a more general term “radio network node” is used and it can correspond to any type of radio-network node or any network node, which communicates with a wireless device and/or with another network node. Examples of network nodes are NodeB, MeNB, SeNB, a network node belonging to Master cell group (MCG) or Secondary cell group (SCG), base station (BS), multi-standard radio (MSR) radio node such as MSR BS, eNodeB, gNodeB, network controller, radio-network controller (RNC), base station controller (BSC), relay, donor node controlling relay, base transceiver station (BTS), access point (AP), transmission points, transmission nodes, Remote radio Unit (RRU), Remote Radio Head (RRH), nodes in distributed antenna system (DAS), etc.
In some embodiments the non-limiting term wireless device or user equipment (UE) is used and it refers to any type of wireless device communicating with a network node and/or with another wireless device in a cellular or mobile communication system. Examples of UE are target device, device to device (D2D) UE, proximity capable UE (aka ProSe UE), machine type UE or UE capable of machine to machine (M2M) communication, Tablet, mobile terminals, smart phone, laptop embedded equipped (LEE), laptop mounted equipment (LME), USB dongles etc.
Embodiments are applicable to any RAT or multi-RAT systems, where the wireless device receives and/or transmit signals (e.g. data) e.g. NR, Wi-Fi, LTE, LTE-Advanced, WCDMA, Global System for Mobile communications/enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution (GSM/EDGE), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax), or Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), just to mention a few possible implementations.
As will be readily understood by those familiar with communications design, that functions means or circuits may be implemented using digital logic and/or one or more microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other digital hardware. In some embodiments, several or all of the various functions may be implemented together, such as in a single application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or in two or more separate devices with appropriate hardware and/or software interfaces between them. Several of the functions may be implemented on a processor shared with other functional components of a wireless device or network node, for example.
Alternatively, several of the functional elements of the processing means discussed may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware, while others are provided with hardware for executing software, in association with the appropriate software or firmware. Thus, the term “processor” or “controller” as used herein does not exclusively refer to hardware capable of executing software and may implicitly include, without limitation, digital signal processor (DSP) hardware and/or program or application data. Other hardware, conventional and/or custom, may also be included. Designers of communications devices will appreciate the cost, performance, and maintenance trade-offs inherent in these design choices.
Any appropriate steps, methods, features, functions, or benefits disclosed herein may be performed through one or more functional units or modules of one or more virtual apparatuses. Each virtual apparatus may comprise a number of these functional units. These functional units may be implemented via processing circuitry, which may include one or more microprocessor or microcontrollers, as well as other digital hardware, which may include digital signal processors (DSPs), special-purpose digital logic, and the like. The processing circuitry may be configured to execute program code stored in memory, which may include one or several types of memory such as read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), cache memory, flash memory devices, optical storage devices, etc. Program code stored in memory includes program instructions for executing one or more telecommunications and/or data communications protocols as well as instructions for carrying out one or more of the techniques described herein. In some implementations, the processing circuitry may be used to cause the respective functional unit to perform corresponding functions according one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.
It will be appreciated that the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings represent non-limiting examples of the methods and apparatus taught herein. As such, the apparatus and techniques taught herein are not limited by the foregoing description and accompanying drawings. Instead, the embodiments herein are limited only by the following claims and their legal equivalents.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/SE2021/051259 | 12/15/2021 | WO |
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| 63126608 | Dec 2020 | US |
