CN114071538A

CN114071538A - MDT processing method, core network equipment, access network equipment and terminal

Info

Publication number: CN114071538A
Application number: CN202010791022.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘亮; 胡南; 谢芳; 陈宁宇
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Priority date: 2020-08-07
Filing date: 2020-08-07
Publication date: 2022-02-18
Also published as: WO2022028622A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a processing method of MDT, core network equipment, access network equipment and a terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving configuration information of an MDT (minimization drive test) sent by network equipment, wherein the configuration information comprises the type of the MDT; the type of the MDT is MDT based on signaling, or the type of the MDT is MDT based on management/area; determining whether to ignore the configuration information according to the type of the current MDT of the terminal; the embodiment of the invention ensures that the MDT based on management/area can not cover the MDT configuration based on signaling through the interaction between the base stations, the interaction between the base stations and the core network equipment, and the interaction between the base stations and the terminal, wherein the MDT is configured by the terminal, or the type of the MDT, thereby ensuring the prepared measurement information of the tracking terminal.

Description

MDT processing method, core network equipment, access network equipment and terminal

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for processing MDT, a core network device, an access network device, and a terminal.

Background

Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) is an automated Drive test technology for collecting and reporting measurement data by configuring a general user or a commercial terminal through a network. Compared with the traditional drive test technology, MDT mainly has the following advantages:

the labor is saved, and the cost of manual drive test can be reduced by the participation of common users;

more comprehensive, the test vehicles in narrow road sections, residential areas and the like can not reach the areas and can also be subjected to drive test;

and more timely reporting the problem of the common terminal in time.

Coverage holes, excessive coverage, coverage and pilot pollution problems can be found through MDT, abnormal events such as connection establishment failure can be found, and a cell coverage map, a cell switching area map and the like can be drawn based on the MDT result. The MDT design idea is to reduce the extra power consumption of the UE as much as possible, fully rely on the existing measurement quantity and not increase the extra measurement of the terminal. In addition, the usability of the position information is increased as much as possible; to accurately determine the problem area.

MDT can be divided into two categories by task trace object:

management/region-Based mdt (management-Based mdt): and MDT data acquisition and reporting are carried out aiming at the signed users in a specific range (such as a cell ID and a tracking area TA).

Signaling/user Based MDT (Signaling Based MDT): and appointing a specific user to carry out MDT data acquisition and report.

Both of the above two types can be realized by a Logged MDT (Logged MDT) or an immediatate MDT (real-time MDT) model. logged MDT: performing MDT related measurement record in an idle state or an inactive state; immedate MDT: and carrying out MDT related measurement and reporting in a connected state.

The signaling-based MDT and the management/area-based MDT may be simultaneously configured to the base station, and further, if the base station has transmitted the configuration of the Logged MDT to the terminal, the base station does not retain the context related to the Logged MDT any more, and does not transfer the context of the Logged MDT between the base stations.

But there is a recent potential need in 5G or subsequent communication systems that management/area based MDT cannot override signaling based MDT. However, in the existing MDT configuration principle, the base station configures the MDT to the terminal only according to its own state, and the terminal receives a new MDT configuration and applies the latest MDT configuration, so that there may be a problem that the MDT based on management/area covers the MDT based on signaling.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method for processing an MDT, a core network device, an access network device, and a terminal, so as to solve a problem that an MDT configuration mode in the prior art may have a problem that an MDT based on management/area covers an MDT based on signaling.

In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT), which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

receiving configuration information of an MDT (minimization drive test) sent by network equipment, wherein the configuration information comprises the type of the MDT; the type of the MDT is MDT based on signaling, or the type of the MDT is MDT based on management/area;

and determining whether to ignore the configuration information according to the type of the current MDT of the terminal.

Wherein, determining whether to ignore the configuration information according to the type of the current MDT of the terminal includes:

and in case that the current type of the terminal MDT is a signaling-based MDT and the type of the MDT indicated by the configuration information is a management/area-based MDT, ignoring or not performing the configuration information.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a method for processing the MDT, which is applied to network equipment and comprises the following steps:

sending configuration information of MDT to a terminal, wherein the configuration information comprises the type of the MDT; the type of the MDT is a signaling-based MDT, or the type of the MDT is a management/area-based MDT.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a method for processing the MDT, which is applied to the first equipment and comprises the following steps:

receiving state information of the MDT sent by the second device, wherein the state information of the MDT comprises at least one of the following:

the terminal has configured the first indication information of the signaling-based MDT:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

Wherein the method further comprises:

and determining whether to configure management/area-based MDT to the terminal according to the state information of the MDT.

Wherein, the determining whether to configure the management/area-based MDT to the terminal according to the state information of the MDT includes:

configuring no management/area-based MDT to a terminal in case that the state information of the MDT includes only the first indication information;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and determining the residual time of the MDT based on the signaling according to the state information of the MDT, and not configuring the MDT based on the management/area to the terminal in the residual time.

Receiving the state information of the MDT sent by the second device when the second device is a core network device, where the receiving includes:

and receiving an initial context establishing message or a tracking starting message sent by core network equipment, wherein the initial context establishing message or the tracking starting message carries the state information of the MDT.

Wherein, receiving the state information of the MDT sent by the second device when the second device is an access network device includes:

sending a terminal context recovery request message to the access network equipment;

and receiving a terminal context recovery request response message sent by the access network equipment, wherein the terminal context recovery response message carries the state information of the MDT.

Wherein, in case that the second device is an access network device, receiving the status information of the MDT sent by the second device, further includes:

receiving a first message sent by the access network equipment, wherein the first message carries the state information of the MDT; wherein the first message is any one of the following:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

Wherein, in the case that the second device is a terminal, receiving the state information of the MDT sent by the second device includes:

receiving a second message sent by a terminal, wherein the second message carries the state information of the MDT; wherein the second message is any one of the following:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a method for processing the MDT, which is applied to the second equipment and comprises the following steps:

transmitting state information of an MDT to a first device, the state information of the MDT including at least one of:

first indication information indicating that the terminal has configured signaling-based MDT:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining validity time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

Wherein, before sending the state information of the MDT to the first device, in the case that the second device is a core network device, the method further includes:

and receiving the state information of the MDT carried by the access network equipment in the terminal context release message.

Wherein, in the case that the second device is a core network device, sending the state information of the MDT to the first device includes:

and sending an initial context establishing message or a tracking starting message to the first device, wherein the initial context establishing message or the tracking starting message carries the state information of the MDT or new state information of the MDT obtained by calculating or updating the state information of the MDT.

Wherein, in the case that the second device is an access network device, sending the state information of the MDT to the first device includes:

receiving a terminal context recovery request message sent by the first device;

and sending a terminal context restoration request response message to the first device, wherein the terminal context restoration request response message carries the state information of the MDT.

Wherein, in case that the second device is an access network device, sending the state information of the MDT to the first device, further comprises:

a first message sent to the first device, wherein the first message carries the state information of the MDT; wherein the first message is any one of the following:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

Wherein, in case that the second device is a terminal, sending the state information of the MDT to the first device includes:

sending a second message to the first device, wherein the second message carries the state information of the MDT; wherein the second message is any one of the following:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a device for processing the MDT, which is applied to a terminal and comprises the following components:

a first receiving module, configured to receive configuration information of an MDT sent by a network device, where the configuration information includes a type of the MDT; the type of the MDT is MDT based on signaling, or the type of the MDT is MDT based on management/area;

and the determining module is used for determining whether to ignore the configuration information according to the type of the current MDT of the terminal.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a processor and a transceiver, where the transceiver receives and transmits data under the control of the processor, and the processor is configured to perform the following operations:

Wherein the processor is further configured to:

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for processing Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT), which is applied to a network device, and includes:

a first sending module, configured to send configuration information of an MDT to a terminal, where the configuration information includes a type of the MDT; the type of the MDT is a signaling-based MDT, or the type of the MDT is a management/area-based MDT.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, including a processor and a transceiver, where the transceiver receives and transmits data under the control of the processor, and the processor is configured to perform the following operations:

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for processing minimization of drive tests MDT, which is applied to a first device, and includes:

a second receiving module, configured to receive state information of an MDT sent by a second device, where the state information of the MDT includes at least one of:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication device, where the communication device is a first device, and includes a processor and a transceiver, where the transceiver receives and transmits data under the control of the processor, and the processor is configured to perform the following operations:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

Wherein the processor is further configured to:

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

Wherein, in case that the second device is a core network device, the processor is further configured to perform the following operations:

Wherein, in case the second device is an access network device, the processor is further configured to:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

Wherein, in case that the second device is a terminal, the processor is further configured to:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for processing minimization of drive tests MDT, which is applied to a second device, and includes:

a second sending module, configured to send, to the first device, state information of the MDT, where the state information of the MDT includes at least one of:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication device, where the communication device is a second device, and includes a processor and a transceiver, where the transceiver receives and transmits data under the control of the processor, and the processor is configured to perform the following operations:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

receiving a terminal context recovery request message sent by the first device;

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication device, which includes a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and when the processor executes the program, the processing method for minimizing the drive test MDT is implemented as described above.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the processing method for minimization of drive tests MDT as described above.

The technical scheme of the invention at least has the following beneficial effects:

in the method for processing the MDT, the core network device, the access network device, and the terminal of the embodiment of the present invention, the state information of the MDT or the type of the MDT configured by the terminal is guaranteed not to be covered by the MDT based on the signaling by the interaction between the base stations, the interaction between the base stations and the core network device, and the interaction between the base stations and the terminal, so that the prepared measurement information of the tracking terminal can be guaranteed.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a step of a method for processing a minimization of drive test MDT according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a second step of the method for processing the minimization of drive test MDT according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a third step of a method for processing a minimization of drive test MDT according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a fourth step of the method for processing MDT according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a processing apparatus for minimization of drive tests MDT according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a second schematic structural diagram of a processing apparatus for minimization of drive tests MDT according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a third schematic structural diagram of a processing apparatus for minimization of drive tests MDT according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a fourth schematic structural diagram of a processing apparatus for minimization of drive tests MDT according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a second schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the following detailed description is given with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Aiming at the problem that the MDT configuration mode in the prior art possibly has MDT based on management/area to cover MDT based on signaling, the embodiment of the invention provides at least two modes for ensuring that the MDT based on management/area does not cover the MDT configuration based on signaling. The first mode is as follows: the terminal ensures that the MDT based on management/area does not cover the MDT configuration based on signaling; the second way is: the management/area based MDT of the network side device does not override the signaling based MDT configuration.

For the first mode, as shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing minimization of drive test MDT, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

step 11, receiving configuration information of an MDT sent by a network device, where the configuration information includes a type of the MDT; the type of the MDT is MDT based on signaling, or the type of the MDT is MDT based on management/area;

and step 12, determining whether to ignore the configuration information according to the type of the current MDT of the terminal.

Wherein step 12 comprises:

For example, the terminal resides in the base station a and enters a connected state, and the core network sends the configuration information of the MDT to the base station a; the base station A sends the configuration information of the MDT to the terminal, and the type of the MDT is indicated in the configuration information of the MDT; the terminal enters an idle state, reselects to the base station B and establishes RRC connection, and if the terminal receives the configuration information based on the management/area MDT sent by the core network equipment and sends the configuration information to the terminal, the terminal ignores the configuration information, so that the MDT based on the management/area can not cover the MDT based on the signaling.

In summary, in the embodiments of the present invention, through the type of the MDT interaction between the base station and the terminal, it is ensured that the MDT based on management/area does not cover the MDT configuration based on signaling, so that the prepared measurement information of the tracking terminal can be ensured.

Correspondingly, for the first mode, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for processing minimization of drive test, MDT, applied to a network device, including:

step 21, sending configuration information of the MDT to a terminal, wherein the configuration information comprises the type of the MDT; the type of the MDT is a signaling-based MDT, or the type of the MDT is a management/area-based MDT.

For the second mode, as shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for processing minimization of drive test MDT, which is applied to a first device, and includes:

step 31, receiving the state information of the MDT sent by the second device, where the state information of the MDT includes at least one of:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

It should be noted that the first device may be a target base station to which the terminal is handed over, or an auxiliary base station in a dual connectivity scenario, and the like, which is not specifically limited herein.

Further, the method further comprises:

Determining whether to configure management/area-based MDT to a terminal according to the state information of the MDT, including:

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

For example, the first device determines the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal according to at least one of the time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal, the duration of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal, the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal, and the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal, and does not configure the management/area-based MDT to the terminal for the remaining time; further, after the configuration of the signaling-based MDT has expired, the first device may transmit the configuration information of the management/area-based MDT to the terminal at an appropriate time.

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a core network device, receiving the state information of the MDT sent by the second device includes:

Example 1

A terminal resides in a base station A and enters a connection state, and a core network sends configuration information of MDT based on signaling to the base station A;

the base station A sends the configuration information of the MDT based on the signaling to the terminal;

the base station A releases the RRC of the terminal, the terminal enters an idle state, and the base station releases the RRC connection of the terminal and simultaneously sends the state information of the MDT based on the signaling to a core network;

the terminal initiates RRC connection at a base station B, and the base station B initiates an initial terminal context request message to a core network;

the core network sends an initial context establishing message to the base station B, wherein the initial context establishing message carries the state information of the MDT;

and based on the state information of the MDT, the base station B manages the configuration of the MDT of the terminal, and ensures that the MDT of the economic management/area does not cover the MDT based on the signaling.

As another optional embodiment, in the case that the second device is an access network device, receiving the status information of the MDT sent by the second device includes:

Example two

the terminal enters an inactive state, reselects to the base station B, and initiates connection establishment recovery at the base station B;

the base station B sends a terminal context recovery request message to the base station A, the base station A sends a terminal context recovery request response message to the base station B, and the terminal context recovery response message carries the state information of the MDT;

As another optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is an access network device, receiving the state information of the MDT sent by the second device, further includes:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

Example three

the connection state terminal is switched from the base station A to the base station B, and the state information of the MDT is carried in the switching request message/the switching demand message/the auxiliary node adding message;

As another optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a terminal, receiving the status information of the MDT sent by the second device includes:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

Example four

for an idle state terminal, the terminal carries the state information of the MDT in the RR connection establishment completion message; for the non-activated terminal, the terminal carries the state information of the MDT in the RRC recovery completion message; for the connected terminal, the terminal carries the state information of the MDT in the RRC reconfiguration complete message.

And based on the state information of the MDT, the base station receiving the RRC connection establishment completion message or the RRC recovery completion message or the RRC reconfiguration completion message manages the configuration of the MDT of the terminal, so that the MDT of the economy management/region can not cover the MDT based on the signaling.

In summary, the embodiments of the present invention ensure that the MDT based on management/area does not cover the MDT configuration based on signaling through the interaction between the base stations, the interaction between the base stations and the core network device, and the interaction between the base stations and the terminal, which are configured by the terminal, so as to ensure the prepared measurement information of the tracking terminal.

For the second mode, as shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for processing minimization of drive test MDT, which is applied to a second device, and includes:

step 41, sending the state information of the MDT to the first device, where the state information of the MDT includes at least one of:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

It should be noted that the first device may be a target base station to which the terminal is handed over, or an auxiliary base station in a dual connectivity scenario, and the like, which is not specifically limited herein. The second device may be a terminal, a source base station to which the terminal is accessed, a core network device, and the like.

The first device manages the configuration of the MDT of the terminal according to the state information of the MDT, and ensures that the MDT based on management/area does not cover the MDT configuration based on signaling, thereby ensuring the prepared measurement information of the trace terminal.

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a core network device, before sending the state information of the MDT to the first device, the method further includes:

Correspondingly, in the case that the second device is a core network device, sending the state information of the MDT to the first device includes:

For example, a terminal resides in a base station A and enters a connected state, and a core network sends configuration information of MDT based on signaling to the base station A; the base station A sends the configuration information of the MDT based on the signaling to the terminal; the base station A releases the RRC of the terminal, the terminal enters an idle state, and the base station releases the RRC connection of the terminal and simultaneously sends the state information of the MDT based on the signaling to a core network; the terminal initiates RRC connection at a base station B, and the base station B initiates an initial terminal context request message to a core network; the core network sends an initial context establishing message to the base station B, wherein the initial context establishing message carries the state information of the MDT; and based on the state information of the MDT, the base station B manages the configuration of the MDT of the terminal, and ensures that the MDT of the economic management/area does not cover the MDT based on the signaling.

As another optional embodiment, in the case that the second device is an access network device, sending the state information of the MDT to the first device includes:

receiving a terminal context recovery request message sent by the first device;

For example, a terminal resides in a base station A and enters a connected state, and a core network sends configuration information of MDT based on signaling to the base station A; the base station A sends the configuration information of the MDT based on the signaling to the terminal; the terminal enters an inactive state, reselects to the base station B, and initiates connection establishment recovery at the base station B; the base station B sends a terminal context recovery request message to the base station A, the base station A sends a terminal context recovery request response message to the base station B, and the terminal context recovery response message carries the state information of the MDT; and based on the state information of the MDT, the base station B manages the configuration of the MDT of the terminal, and ensures that the MDT of the economic management/area does not cover the MDT based on the signaling.

As another optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is an access network device, sending the state information of the MDT to the first device, further includes:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

For example, a terminal resides in a base station A and enters a connected state, and a core network sends configuration information of MDT based on signaling to the base station A; the base station A sends the configuration information of the MDT based on the signaling to the terminal; the connection state terminal is switched from the base station A to the base station B, and the state information of the MDT is carried in the switching request message/the switching demand message/the auxiliary node adding message; and based on the state information of the MDT, the base station B manages the configuration of the MDT of the terminal, and ensures that the MDT of the economic management/area does not cover the MDT based on the signaling.

As another optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a terminal, sending the state information of the MDT to the first device includes:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

For example, a terminal resides in a base station A and enters a connected state, and a core network sends configuration information of MDT based on signaling to the base station A; the base station A sends the configuration information of the MDT based on the signaling to the terminal; for an idle state terminal, the terminal carries the state information of the MDT in the RR connection establishment completion message; for the non-activated terminal, the terminal carries the state information of the MDT in the RRC recovery completion message; for the connected terminal, the terminal carries the state information of the MDT in the RRC reconfiguration complete message. And based on the state information of the MDT, the base station receiving the RRC connection establishment completion message or the RRC recovery completion message or the RRC reconfiguration completion message manages the configuration of the MDT of the terminal, so that the MDT of the economy management/region can not cover the MDT based on the signaling.

As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing apparatus for minimization of drive test MDT, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

a first receiving module 51, configured to receive configuration information of an MDT sent by a network device, where the configuration information includes a type of the MDT; the type of the MDT is MDT based on signaling, or the type of the MDT is MDT based on management/area;

a determining module 52, configured to determine whether to ignore the configuration information according to the type of the current MDT of the terminal.

As an alternative embodiment, the determining module comprises:

a determining submodule, configured to ignore the configuration information when the current MDT type of the terminal is a signaling-based MDT and the MDT type indicated by the configuration information is a management/area-based MDT.

In the embodiment of the invention, the MDT based on management/area can not cover the MDT configuration based on signaling through the type of the interactive MDT between the base station and the terminal, thereby ensuring the prepared measurement information of the tracking terminal.

It should be noted that the processing apparatus for minimization of drive tests MDT provided in the embodiments of the present invention is an apparatus capable of executing the processing method for minimization of drive tests MDT, and all embodiments of the processing method for minimization of drive tests MDT are applicable to the apparatus and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects.

As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, which includes a processor 600 and a transceiver 610, where the transceiver 610 is controlled by the processor 600 to receive and transmit data, and the processor 600 is configured to perform the following operations:

As an alternative embodiment, the processor 600 is further configured to perform the following operations:

It should be noted that, the terminal provided in the embodiments of the present invention is a terminal capable of executing the processing method of the minimization of drive test MDT, and all embodiments of the processing method of the minimization of drive test MDT are applicable to the terminal and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects.

As shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing apparatus for minimization of drive test MDT, which is applied to a network device, and includes:

a first sending module 71, configured to send configuration information of an MDT to a terminal, where the configuration information includes a type of the MDT; the type of the MDT is a signaling-based MDT, or the type of the MDT is a management/area-based MDT.

As shown in fig. 8, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, which includes a processor 800 and a transceiver 810, where the transceiver 810 receives and transmits data under the control of the processor 800, and the processor 800 is configured to perform the following operations:

It should be noted that, the network device provided in the embodiments of the present invention is a network device capable of executing the processing method of minimization of drive test MDT, and all embodiments of the processing method of minimization of drive test MDT are applicable to the network device and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects.

As shown in fig. 9, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing apparatus for minimization of drive test MDT, which is applied to a first device, and includes:

a second receiving module 91, configured to receive status information of an MDT sent by a second device, where the status information of the MDT includes at least one of:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

As an alternative embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

and a management module 92, configured to determine whether to configure a management/area-based MDT to the terminal according to the state information of the MDT.

As an alternative embodiment, the management module comprises:

a management submodule, configured to not configure management/area-based MDT to a terminal when the state information of the MDT only includes the first indication information;

or, determining the remaining time of the MDT based on the signaling according to the state information of the MDT, and not configuring the MDT based on the management/area to the terminal within the remaining time.

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a core network device, the second receiving module includes:

a first receiving submodule, configured to receive an initial context setup message or a trace start message sent by a core network device, where the initial context setup message or the trace start message carries state information of the MDT.

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is an access network device, the second receiving module includes:

a first request submodule, configured to send a terminal context recovery request message to the access network device;

and a second receiving sub-module, configured to receive a terminal context restoration request response message sent by the access network device, where the terminal context restoration response message carries the state information of the MDT.

a third receiving submodule, configured to receive a first message sent by the access network device, where the first message carries state information of the MDT; wherein the first message is any one of the following:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a terminal, the second receiving module includes:

a fourth receiving submodule, configured to receive a second message sent by a terminal, where the second message carries the state information of the MDT; wherein the second message is any one of the following:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

The embodiment of the invention ensures that the MDT based on management/area can not cover the MDT configuration based on signaling through the interaction between the base stations, the interaction between the base stations and the core network equipment and the interaction between the base stations and the terminal, thereby ensuring the prepared measurement information of the tracking terminal.

As shown in fig. 10, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication device, where the communication device is a first device, and includes a processor 100 and a transceiver 110, where the transceiver 110 receives and transmits data under the control of the processor 100, and the processor 100 is configured to perform the following operations:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

As an alternative embodiment, the processor 100 is further configured to perform the following operations:

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a core network device, the processor 100 is further configured to perform the following operations:

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is an access network device, the processor 100 is further configured to perform the following operations:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

As an alternative embodiment, in the case that the second device is a terminal, the processor 100 is further configured to perform the following operations:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

It should be noted that, the communication device provided in the embodiments of the present invention is a communication device capable of executing the processing method of minimization of drive test MDT, and all embodiments of the processing method of minimization of drive test MDT are applicable to the communication device and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects.

As shown in fig. 11, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing apparatus for minimization of drive test MDT, which is applied to a second device, and includes:

a second sending module 111, configured to send, to the first device, state information of an MDT, where the state information of the MDT includes at least one of:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

As an alternative embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

and the information receiving module is used for receiving the state information of the MDT carried by the access network equipment in the terminal context release message.

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a core network device, the second sending module includes:

a first sending submodule, configured to send an initial context setup message or a trace start message to a first device, where the initial context setup message or the trace start message carries the state information of the MDT or new state information of the MDT obtained by calculating or updating the state information of the MDT.

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is an access network device, the second sending module includes:

a request receiving submodule, configured to receive a terminal context restoration request message sent by the first device;

and a second sending submodule, configured to send a terminal context restoration request response message to the first device, where the terminal context restoration request response message carries the state information of the MDT.

a third sending submodule, configured to send a first message to the first device, where the first message carries the state information of the MDT; wherein the first message is any one of the following:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a terminal, the second sending module includes:

a fourth sending submodule, configured to send a second message to the first device, where the second message carries the state information of the MDT; wherein the second message is any one of the following:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

As shown in fig. 12, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication device, where the communication device is a second device, and the communication device includes a processor 120 and a transceiver 121, where the transceiver 121 receives and transmits data under the control of the processor 120, and the processor 120 is configured to perform the following operations:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

As an optional embodiment, in a case that the second device is a core network device, the processor 120 is further configured to perform the following operations:

As an optional embodiment, in the case that the second device is an access network device, the processor 120 is further configured to perform the following operations:

receiving a terminal context recovery request message sent by the first device;

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

As an alternative embodiment, in the case that the second device is a terminal, the processor 120 is further configured to:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, where the processor implements each process in the above embodiment of the method for processing a minimization of drive test MDT when executing the program, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process in the above-mentioned processing method for minimization of drive test MDT, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-readable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable storage medium produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A processing method of MDT (minimization of drive tests) is applied to a terminal and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to ignore the configuration information according to a type of the terminal's current MDT comprises:

3. A processing method of MDT (minimization of drive tests) is applied to network equipment and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

4. A method for processing MDT (minimization of drive tests) is applied to first equipment and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining whether to configure management/area-based MDT to the terminal according to the state information of the MDT comprises:

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

7. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the status information of the MDT sent by the second device when the second device is a core network device comprises:

8. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the status information of the MDT sent by the second device in case that the second device is an access network device comprises:

9. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the status information of the MDT sent by the second device in case that the second device is an access network device, further comprises:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the status information of the MDT sent by the second device in case that the second device is a terminal comprises:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

11. A method for processing MDT is applied to a second device, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein before sending the status information of the MDT to the first device, if the second device is a core network device, the method further comprises:

13. The method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein in a case that the second device is a core network device, sending the MDT status information to the first device includes:

14. The method of claim 11, wherein sending the MDT status information to the first device in case that the second device is an access network device comprises:

receiving a terminal context recovery request message sent by the first device;

15. The method of claim 11, wherein in case that the second device is an access network device, sending the MDT status information to the first device, further comprising:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein sending the MDT status information to the first device if the second device is a terminal comprises:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

17. A processing device for MDT (minimization of drive tests) is applied to a terminal and is characterized by comprising the following components:

18. A terminal comprising a processor and a transceiver, the transceiver receiving and transmitting data under control of the processor, characterized in that the processor is adapted to:

19. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to:

20. A processing device for MDT (minimization of drive tests) is applied to network equipment, and is characterized by comprising the following components:

21. A network device comprising a processor and a transceiver, the transceiver receiving and transmitting data under control of the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

22. A processing device for MDT (minimization of drive tests) is applied to first equipment and is characterized by comprising:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

23. A communication device, the communication device being a first device, comprising a processor and a transceiver, the transceiver receiving and transmitting data under control of the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

the remaining time of the signaling-based MDT that the terminal has configured.

24. The communications device of claim 23, wherein the processor is further configured to:

25. The communications device of claim 24, wherein the processor is further configured to:

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

26. The communications device of claim 23, wherein in a case that the second device is a core network device, the processor is further configured to:

27. The communications device of claim 23, wherein in the case that the second device is an access network device, the processor is further configured to:

28. The communications device of claim 23, wherein in the case that the second device is an access network device, the processor is further configured to:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

29. The communications device of claim 23, wherein in a case that the second device is a terminal, the processor is further configured to:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

30. A processing apparatus for minimizing drive test MDT, applied to a second device, comprising:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

31. A communication device, the communication device being a second device, comprising a processor and a transceiver, the transceiver receiving and transmitting data under control of the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

a time of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

a duration of signaling-based MDT configured for the terminal;

the execution time of the signaling-based MDT configured by the terminal;

32. The communications device of claim 31, wherein in a case that the second device is a core network device, the processor is further configured to:

33. The communication device according to claim 31 or 32, wherein in case that the second device is a core network device, the processor is further configured to:

34. The communications device of claim 31, wherein in the case that the second device is an access network device, the processor is further configured to:

receiving a terminal context recovery request message sent by the first device;

35. The communications device of claim 31, wherein in the case that the second device is an access network device, the processor is further configured to:

a handover request message;

switching a demand message;

the secondary node adds the message.

36. The communications device of claim 31, wherein in a case where the second device is a terminal, the processor is further configured to:

an RRC establishment completion message;

an RRC recovery complete message;

RRC reconfiguration complete message.

37. A communication device comprising a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor; the method for processing the Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) according to claim 1 or 2 is implemented when the processor executes the program; or, the processor, when executing the program, implements the processing method for minimization of drive tests MDT according to claim 3; or, the processor, when executing the program, implements the processing method for minimization of drive tests MDT according to any one of claims 4 to 10; alternatively, the processor, when executing the program, implements the processing method for minimization of drive tests MDT according to any one of claims 11 to 16.

38. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps in the method of processing a minimization of drive tests, MDT, according to claim 1 or 2; or, the program is executed by a processor to implement the steps in the processing method of minimization of drive tests MDT according to claim 3; or, the program is executed by a processor to implement the steps in the processing method of minimization of drive tests MDT according to any one of claims 4 to 10; alternatively, the program is executed by a processor to implement the steps in the method for processing minimization of drive tests MDT according to any one of claims 11 to 16.