WO2016161787A1

WO2016161787A1 - Minimization of drive test method and apparatus in connection state

Info

Publication number: WO2016161787A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/091315
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李大鹏
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-04-07
Filing date: 2015-09-30
Publication date: 2016-10-13
Also published as: CN106162692A

Abstract

Provided are a minimization of drive test method and apparatus in a connection state. The method comprises: a base station acquiring trigger information about the minimization of drive test; the base station acquiring a measurement result of the minimization of drive test according to the trigger information about the minimization of drive test; and the base station sending the measurement result to a trace collection entity (TCE) device.

Description

Method and device for minimizing road test in connected state

Technical field

This paper relates to the field of minimizing drive test technology, and in particular to a method and device for minimizing drive test in a connected state.

Background technique

The MDT function is classified into Management Based MDT (Management Based MDT) and Signaling Based MDT (Signaling Based MDT). The management process of the management-based MDT is usually (in the case of the E-UTRAN system, the following is the same). The OAM (Operational Maintenance or Network Management System) sends a Trace Session activation message including the MDT configuration to the eNB. Selecting an appropriate UE in the area specified by the message, and transmitting the MDT configuration information to the selected UE. The signaling-based MDT activation process is performed by the OAM to send a Trace Session activation containing an MDT configuration to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) to activate the MDT measurement of the specified UE. The register (HSS) sends the MDT configuration information of the UE to the MME, and the MME sends the MDT configuration information of the UE to the eNB, and the eNB finally sends the MDT configuration information to the UE. The signaling-based MDT usually uses an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) or an International Mobile Station Equipment Identity (IMEI) to designate a certain UE, or add area information. Limit the choice of the UE. The management-based MDT and signaling-based tracking activation message includes Trace Reference information from OAM, including Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) information, by mobile country code (Mobile) The country code (referred to as MCC) and the mobile network code (Mobile Network code, referred to as MNC).

The MDT function can be divided into two working modes according to its working in idle state and working in connected state, specifically "Logged MDT" and "immediate MDT". Recording minimized drive test means that the UE is in the radio resource control idle state (refer to the RRC_IDLE state for the E-UTRAN system; and includes the cell_paging channel state (CELL_PCH) and the UTRAN registration area_paging channel state (URA_PCH) for the UTRAN system) ). When the configured conditions are met, the related measurement information is collected and stored for future reporting when the radio access network (RAN) command is received. After receiving the data, the radio access network (RAN) aggregates or directly forwards it to the TCE (Trace Collect). Equipment, tracking collection equipment). Immediately minimizing the drive test means that the UE collects relevant measurement information in the RRC connection state (for the E-UTRAN system refers to the RRC_CONNECTED state; for the UTRAN system refers to the cell_dedicated channel state (CELL_DCH)) and actively reports when the report satisfies the reporting condition Uploaded to the Radio Access Network (RAN), the Radio Access Network (RAN) receives the report, aggregates or directly reports the report to the TCE.

The goal of MDT measurements is to provide data analysis network performance. MDT measurements are used to identify key aspects of network performance impact and to see if it is necessary to adjust network configuration parameters or network expansion. This function can be used to detect whether the quality of experience (QoE: Quality of Experience) of the UE meets the requirements of network planning when the network is deployed early or used on a large scale. Related Art Manual road test also has measurement work, but the cost of manual road test is high, and some specific areas cannot be fully measured by manual road test. Therefore, the MDT measurement uses a certain number of UEs to report the measured data when using the service, and provides the operator with statistically significant measurement data.

The MDT measurement configuration process can be further divided into two modes: immediate minimization of drive test and record minimization of drive test. In the record minimization drive test, when the terminal is in the connected state, the base station sends the MDT configuration to the terminal, and the terminal starts the MDT measurement when entering the idle state, and notifies the base station to have the measurement data when the connection state is re-entered, and the base station indicates the data indication information. Get measurement records. For an immediate minimization of the drive test procedure, the base station uses the radio resource management measurement process of the related art.

In the related art, since the UE is in the connected state, the recording minimization of the drive test cannot be performed; but if the road test is minimized immediately, the measurement is performed by using the related technology radio resource measurement process to minimize the drive test, for the specific service such as MMTEL ( Measurements of voice and/or video communication in MultiMediaTelephony) cannot be implemented. In addition, the related art immediate minimization technique does not support the measurement of voice and/or video communication in a specific service such as MMTEL on the base station side, and therefore it is necessary to provide a method of minimizing the drive test in the connected state.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for minimizing road test in a connected state to achieve minimized drive test in a connected state.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

A method for minimizing road test in a connected state, comprising:

The base station obtains trigger information for minimizing the drive test;

The base station acquires a measurement result that minimizes the drive test according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test;

The base station sends the measurement result to the tracking collection TCE device.

Optionally, the step of the base station acquiring the trigger information for minimizing the drive test includes:

Receiving, by the base station, service attribute configuration information corresponding to a type of service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element;

The base station receives trigger information that minimizes the drive test measurement request message.

Optionally, the core network element is a mobile switching MSC server or a serving GPRS support node SGSN.

Optionally, the step of receiving, by the base station, the service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element includes:

The base station receives the service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the ERAB sent by the core network element by using the S1 interface or the network management interface.

Optionally, the step of the base station receiving the service attribute configuration information sent by the core network element by using the S1 interface includes:

The base station receives the service attribute configuration information by using an initial context setup message, a tracking initiation message, a new field in the ERAB management message, or a new S1 interface message.

The base station receives the service attribute configuration information under any of the following conditions:

When a new context is established;

When a new bearer is established;

When initiating network management;

When starting a business.

Optionally, the method further includes:

When receiving the service attribute configuration information, the base station further receives device information for performing a data collection operation.

Optionally, the minimizing drive test measurement request message includes: service information of the measurement object and/or device information for performing a data collection operation.

Optionally, before the step of the base station acquiring the measurement result of minimizing the drive test, the method further includes:

If the base station receives the service attribute configuration information, the base station determines, according to the service attribute configuration information, whether the service of the measurement object exists, and if so, obtains the measurement result of the minimized drive test; otherwise, after waiting for the service to start The measurement result of the minimized drive test is obtained again.

Optionally, the step of the base station acquiring the measurement result of minimizing the drive test according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test includes:

Performing, by the base station, a minimized drive test in a connected state to obtain a measurement result that minimizes the drive test; or

The base station configuration terminal performs a minimization of the drive test in the connected state, and receives the measurement result of the minimized drive test fed back by the terminal, to obtain a measurement result that minimizes the drive test.

Optionally, the step of the base station configuring the terminal to perform the minimization of the drive test in the connected state includes:

The base station queries, by using a system broadcast message, the terminal that supports the connection state to minimize the drive test; after determining that the terminal that supports the connection state to minimize the drive test, the base station minimizes the drive test to the support connection state. The terminal sends a radio resource management measurement message, where the radio resource management measurement message includes: a preset test tag value; or

The base station sends a radio resource management measurement message to the terminal, where the radio resource management measurement message includes information that configures the terminal to perform a connection state minimization drive test.

Optionally, the radio resource management measurement message further includes: service information of the measurement object and/or identifier information of the TCE.

Optionally, the radio resource management measurement message includes: a newly added field of the RRC message and/or the radio resource management measurement message.

Optionally, the step of the base station receiving the measurement result of the minimized drive test fed back by the terminal includes:

Obtaining, by the base station, a measurement result of the minimized drive test in the measurement report by receiving a measurement report from the terminal; or

After receiving the measurement report report request sent by the terminal, the measurement report is obtained from the terminal, and the measurement result of the minimized drive test is obtained from the measurement report.

A minimized drive test device in a connected state, comprising a first acquisition module, a second acquisition module, and a transmission module, wherein:

The first acquiring module is configured to: obtain trigger information that minimizes drive test;

The second obtaining module is configured to: obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test;

The sending module is configured to: send the measurement result to a tracking collection TCE device.

Optionally, the first acquiring module is configured to obtain trigger information for minimizing the drive test according to the following manner:

Receiving service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element;

The trigger information for minimizing the drive test measurement request message is received.

Optionally, the first acquiring module is configured to receive the service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element according to the following manner:

Receiving the service attribute configuration information under any of the following conditions:

When a new context is established;

When a new bearer is established;

When initiating network management;

When starting a business.

Optionally, the first obtaining module is further configured to: when receiving the service attribute configuration information, receive device information for performing a data collection operation.

Optionally, the device further includes a determining module, wherein:

The determining module is configured to: if the first acquiring module receives the service attribute configuration information, determine, according to the service attribute configuration information, whether the service of the measurement object exists; if yes, trigger the second acquiring module Obtaining the measurement result of the minimized drive test; otherwise, the second acquisition module is triggered to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test after waiting for the service to start.

Optionally, the second obtaining module is configured to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test according to the following manner:

Performing a minimization of the drive test in the connected state to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test;

The configuration terminal performs a minimization of the drive test in the connected state, and receives the measurement result of the minimized drive test fed back by the terminal, to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test.

Optionally, the second obtaining module is configured to configure the terminal to perform minimization of the drive test in the connected state as follows:

Querying, by the system broadcast message, the terminal that supports the connection mode to minimize the drive test; after determining that the terminal that supports the connection state to minimize the drive test, notifying the sending module to minimize the drive test terminal to the support connection state Transmitting a radio resource management measurement message, where the radio resource management measurement message includes a preset test tag value; or

The sending module is configured to send a radio resource management measurement message to the terminal, where the radio resource management measurement message includes information that configures the terminal to perform a connection state minimization drive test.

Optionally, the second obtaining module is configured to receive the measurement result of the minimized drive test fed back by the terminal according to the following manner:

Obtaining a measurement result of the minimized drive test in the measurement report by receiving a measurement report from the terminal; or

The embodiment provided by the present invention obtains the minimization of the drive test result by minimizing the trigger information of the drive test, and sends the measurement result to the TCE to minimize the drive test in the connected state to minimize the acquisition. The purpose of the road test.

The method of the embodiment of the present invention can support uplink and/or downlink measurement to meet the actual requirements of the MDT, and is applicable to the E-UTRAN and UTRAN systems, and is applicable to the management-based MDT and the signaling-based MDT.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a flowchart of a method for minimizing a drive test in a connected state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of signaling-based MDT triggering and performing MDT measurement by a base station side;

3 is a flow chart of signaling-based MDT triggering and performing MDT measurement by a terminal side;

4 is a flowchart of an operation mode in which a terminal-side implementation of a connected state minimizes a drive test MDT based on a managed MDT;

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a minimized drive test device in a connected state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be mutually exclusive. Combination of meanings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for minimizing a drive test in a connected state according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method shown in Figure 1 includes:

Step S101: The base station acquires trigger information for minimizing the drive test.

Step S102: The base station acquires a measurement result that minimizes the drive test according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test.

Step S103: The base station sends the measurement result to the TCE device.

The method provided by the present invention obtains the measurement result of the minimization of the drive test by receiving the trigger information of the minimization drive test, and sends the measurement result to the TCE, thereby minimizing the drive test in the connected state, and achieving the minimum acquisition. The purpose of the road test.

The above method is further explained in three different implementation ways:

Method 1 of minimizing the road test method in the connected state:

Step 1: The core network element allocates the corresponding service attribute to the base station.

The core network element is an MME or an SGSN;

The bearer is a type of service transmitted by an evolved radio access bearer (ERAB), that is, a service type of a service to be measured. For example, when the ERAB bears a voice service of the MMTEL, the core network element can pass the non-access stratum. The call type in the message (NAS) obtains the type of the bearer, originating MMTEL voice; if the video service of the MMTEL is carried, the call type is originating MMTEL video;

The configuration is an interface between the core network element and the base station, such as an S1 interface or a network management interface;

When the S1 interface is used, the base station may receive the service attribute by using a new field or a new S1 interface message in an initial context setup request message or a trace start message or an ERAB management message (ERAB setup message, etc.). Configuration

The sending time of the service attribute configuration includes one of the following:

A: When a new context is established, for example, the initial context establishment may simultaneously carry a minimized drive test request configuration and a service attribute configuration;

Two: When a new bearer is established, for example, when a new ERAB is established;

Third: the network management or service trigger, for example, you can use the Trace start message;

When the base station receives the service attribute configuration information, the base station further receives device information for performing a data collection operation, and further includes device information for performing a data collection operation; for example, the indication is whether the base station side collects data or the terminal side collects. The data is also jointly collected by the base station side and the terminal side;

Step 2: If the measurement request message includes the base station side measurement indication, the base station performs the minimum path test in the connected state according to the configuration.

If the configuration message includes a service attribute configuration, the base station checks whether the service of the measurement object exists, and if so, starts the measurement and ends the measurement when the measurement period ends, otherwise, the measurement is started after waiting for the service to start;

Step 3: The base station reports the measurement result to the TCE device.

In the foregoing method 1, the base station completes the minimization of the drive test operation by receiving the service attribute configuration information, and sends the operation result to the TCE device.

Method 2 of minimizing road test method in connected state:

Step 1: The base station receives the minimized drive test measurement request message;

The request message further includes service information of the measurement object. For example, when the measurement object is an MMTEL service, the service information includes type information, and the service types such as voice, video, short message, and fax can be distinguished.

The message further includes device information for performing a data collection operation; for example, indicating whether the base station side collects data or the terminal side collects data or the base station side and the terminal side jointly collect data;

Step 2: If the measurement request message includes the terminal side measurement indication, the base station configures the terminal connection state to minimize the drive test by using an explicit or implicit method;

The base station queries, by using a system broadcast message, a terminal that supports a connection state to minimize drive test;

After determining that there is a terminal supporting the connection state minimizing the drive test, the base station sends a radio resource management measurement message to the terminal that supports the connection mode minimization drive test, where the radio resource management measurement message includes a preset test flag. value;

Specifically, the method is an implicit configuration method, and specifically includes:

One: the base station indicates, by the system broadcast message, that the base station supports the connected state to minimize the drive test;

Two: The terminal supporting the connection state minimizing the drive test saves the indication after receiving the indication.

The base station configures a radio resource management measurement message for the terminal, where the measured value is a special value; the special value may be, for example, in the case that no measurement object is configured, the configuration parameter indicates that the measurement object is deleted, for example, Is that the message body is sent in the message but the message content is not configured;

Fourth: the terminal calculates the service information of the measurement object according to the minimization of the drive test indication and the special value in the radio resource management measurement message.

The second configuration method:

The base station sends a radio resource management measurement message, where the radio resource management measurement message includes information that configures the terminal to perform a connection state minimization drive test.

Specifically, the method is an explicit configuration method, specifically:

The base station configures the terminal to perform minimization of the road test in the connected state by using the radio resource management message;

The message may be a newly added RRC message, and a new field of the radio resource management measurement message; the message includes service information of the measurement object;

The explicit configuration may also carry the TCE identifier reported by the terminal;

Step 3: The terminal performs the minimum drive test in the connected state according to the configuration.

If the configuration message includes the service information of the measurement object, the terminal determines, according to the call type in the non-access stratum message (NAS), the bearer carrying the measurement object service type;

The terminal may record a call type in a non-access stratum message (NAS) when the call is initiated;

If the service of the measurement object exists, the terminal starts the measurement and ends the measurement when the measurement period ends, otherwise the terminal waits for the service to start and starts the measurement;

Step 4: The terminal reports the minimized drive test result in the connected state, and is sent by the base station to the TCE device;

The terminal can report the new field of the measurement reporting to the new report. Base station

Alternatively, the base station acquires the measurement report of the terminal through the UEInformation process in the connected state; for example, the base station may calculate the period measured by the terminal according to the configuration, acquire the measurement report at the end of the period, and the terminal saves when the connected state measurement report is not uploaded. The measurement report indicates that the base station has a measurement report by using the radio resource management message when accessing the network, and the base station obtains the measurement report by using the UEInformation process, where the report includes the reported TCE identifier, and the base station sends the measurement result to the station according to the TCE identifier. TCE equipment.

Different from the first method, after receiving the measurement request for minimizing the measurement, the base station completes the minimization of the drive test by configuring the terminal, and obtains the measurement result from the terminal, and feeds back to the TCE device.

Method 3 of minimizing the road test method in the connected state:

The core network element is an MME or an SGSN;

When the S1 interface is used, the initial context setup request message or the trace start message or the ERAB management message (ERAB setup message, etc.) may be added to the new field or the new S1 interface message.

The message further includes device information for performing a data collection operation measured by the base station and/or the terminal; for example, the indication is whether the data is collected by the base station side or the data collected by the terminal side or jointly collected by the base station side and the terminal side;

Step 2: If the measurement request message includes a management-based terminal measurement indication, the base station configures the terminal connection state to minimize the drive test by using an explicit or implicit method;

The base station checks whether the terminal meets the measurement requirement by using the service attribute information of the terminal obtained in step 1. After the selection is completed, the base station configures the terminal connection state to minimize the road test by using an explicit or implicit method.

Step 3: The terminal performs a minimum path test in the connected state according to the configuration.

When the method is the same as the method 1, the embodiment of the present invention receives the service attribute configuration information as a trigger condition, and then configures the terminal to perform measurement, and obtains the measurement result of the minimum drive test, which is the same as the method 2, and finally is sent to the TCE device. .

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The process of the above embodiment is further described below in connection with signaling and management based, and MDT based on immediate minimization of drive test or management-based minimization of drive test.

Example 1:

This example is used to illustrate how the base station implements connected state MDT measurement in the connection mode minimization of the road test based on signaling MDT.

2 is a flow diagram of signaling based MDT triggering and MDT measurements performed by the base station side. As shown in FIG. 2, the method may include the following processing steps:

Step S201: The network management system (EMS) triggers the minimization of the drive test, and sends a minimized drive test configuration message, such as a Trace Session Activation message, to a location register (HSS) network element, where the message includes a trigger to obtain a terminal MMTEL service voice service. Measurement requirements, the measurement requires the base station side to perform MDT measurement;

Step S202: After the location register (HSS) retrieves the UE into the attached state, the minimum transmission is performed. The configuration message is sent to the core network element where the UE is located;

In the case of an E-UTRAN network, the core network element is the MME; if it is the UTRAN network, the core network element is the SGSN or the MSC server; for example, when the core network element is the MME, the message carrying the MDT configuration is an update location response ( Update location answer) message, wherein the message contains a measurement request that triggers a delay in obtaining;

Step S203: The core network element sends the minimization of the drive test configuration and the service attribute configuration to the access network element.

In the case of an E-UTRAN network, the access network element is an eNB, and the message carrying the minimized drive test configuration is an Initial context setup request message, an ERAB setup message (ERAB setup) or a trace start (Trace). Start) message; if it is a UTRAN PS domain, the access network element is an RNC, and the message carrying the minimized drive test configuration is a CN invoke trace message; the message includes a minimized drive test configuration and a service attribute configuration; Minimizing the drive test configuration includes measurement types, such as measuring packet loss, delay, etc.; the drive test configuration also includes a configuration such as a period; the service attributes include service types, such as MMTEL voice, video, short message, fax, and the like;

Step S204: The base station performs a connected state to minimize the drive test measurement according to the configuration.

After receiving the MDT configuration, the base station checks the included service attribute requirement, and checks whether the bearer performs the service. If yes, the base station starts measurement according to the MDT route test configuration and ends the measurement when the measurement period ends, otherwise waits for the service to start. measuring.

Step S205: The base station reports the MDT measurement result.

The base station reports the packet loss rate measurement result of the terminal to the TCE (Trace Collection Entity).

Example 2:

This example is used to illustrate how to implement connected state MDT measurement in the connection mode minimization of the road test based on signaling MDT.

3 is a flow diagram of signaling based MDT triggering and MDT measurements performed by the terminal side. As shown in FIG. 3, the method may include the following processing steps:

Step S201: The network management system (EMS) triggers the minimization of the drive test, and sends the minimized drive test configuration. For example, the Trace Session Activation message is sent to a location register (HSS) network element, where the message includes a measurement request for triggering acquisition of a terminal MMTEL service voice service, and the measurement requesting terminal side performs MDT measurement;

Step S202: After the location register (HSS) retrieves the UE into the attached state, it sends a minimized configuration message to the core network element where the UE is located.

Step S2041: The base station configures the terminal connection state to minimize the drive test by using an explicit or implicit method.

For example, the explicit method may include a new RRC message, and a new field of the radio resource management measurement message; the message includes the service information of the measurement object; the explicit configuration may also carry the TCE identifier reported by the terminal;

For example, the RRC message of the connected MDT measurement may be added, and the message includes the service information of the measurement object, for example, the voice type of the MMTEL service, and may also carry the TCE identifier (ID) information;

For example, a new type of measConfig in the new radio resource management measurement message, for example, may be a conncted MDT type;

Step S204: The terminal performs a minimum drive test measurement of the connected state according to the configuration.

If the service of the measurement object exists, the terminal starts the measurement and ends the measurement when the measurement period ends, otherwise the terminal waits for the service to start and starts the measurement.

Step S2042: The terminal reports the MDT measurement result.

The terminal may report the new field of the measurement reporting to the base station by using a new field.

Alternatively, the base station acquires the measurement report of the terminal through the UEInformation process in the connected state; for example, the base station may calculate the period measured by the terminal according to the configuration, acquire the measurement report at the end of the period, and the terminal saves when the connected state measurement report is not uploaded. The measurement report indicates that the base station has a measurement report by using the radio resource management message when accessing the network, and the base station obtains the measurement report by using the UEInformation process, where the report includes the reported TCE identifier, and the base station may send the measurement result to the TCE identifier according to the TCE identifier. The TCE device

Step S205: The base station reports the MDT measurement result.

After the base station obtains the terminal measurement report, the base station reports the packet loss rate measurement result of the terminal to the TCE (Trace Collection Entity).

Example 3:

This example is used to illustrate how to implement MDT measurement in connected state in the minimized drive test based on the MDT-based connection state.

4 is a flow chart of an operation mode in which the MDT function is a management-based MDT, and the terminal side implements a connected state to minimize the drive test MDT. As shown in FIG. 4, the method may include the following processing steps:

Step S301: The core network element sends the service attribute information of the terminal to the access network.

The message further includes an indication of the base station measurement and/or the terminal measurement; for example, the indication is whether the base station side collects data or the terminal side collects data, or the base station side and the terminal side jointly collect data.

The access network saves the information;

Step S302: The network management system (EMS) triggers the minimization of the drive test, and sends the configuration request (minimize the drive test configuration message) to the access network network element, for example, an eNB or an RNC, through the southbound interface; the message includes obtaining the MMTEL. Minimize drive test measurement requirements in the service connection state;

Step S303: The access network element selects an appropriate terminal, and sends an MDT configuration message to the terminal. In this embodiment, based on the managed MDT, the access network eNB or the RNC selects an appropriate one according to the service information of the terminal obtained in step S301. Or multiple terminals; the access network sends the MDT configuration information and the service attribute information to the terminal through an explicit or implicit method;

For example, in the E-UTRAN network, the RRC connection reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message may be used. For example, the RRC message of the connected MDT measurement may be added. The message includes the service information of the measurement object, for example, the voice type of the MMTEL service, and may also be carried. TCE identification (ID) information, etc.;

Step S304: After the terminal accepts the minimization of the drive test configuration message, the terminal initiates a connection mode minimization of the drive test for the MMTEL service;

Step S205: The terminal reports the measurement result to the TCE through the base station.

Alternatively, the base station acquires the measurement report of the terminal through the UEInformation process in the connected state; for example, the base station may calculate the period measured by the terminal according to the configuration, acquire the measurement report at the end of the period, and the terminal saves when the connected state measurement report is not uploaded. The measurement report indicates that the base station has a measurement report by using the radio resource management message when accessing the network, and the base station obtains the measurement report by using the UEInformation process, where the report includes the reported TCE identifier, and the base station may send the measurement result to the TCE identifier according to the TCE identifier. The TCE device.

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a minimized drive test device in a connected state according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device shown in Figure 5 includes:

The first obtaining module 501 is configured to: obtain trigger information that minimizes the drive test;

The second obtaining module 502 is configured to: obtain the most according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test Small measurement path measurement results;

The sending module 503 is configured to: send the measurement result to the tracking collection TCE device.

The first obtaining module 501 is specifically configured to:

Manner 1: The base station receives the service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element;

Manner 2: The base station receives a minimized drive test measurement request message.

The core network element is a mobile switching MSC server or a serving GPRS support node SGSN.

The first obtaining module 501 receives the service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the ERAB sent by the core network element by using the S1 interface or the network management interface.

When the first acquiring module 501 receives the service attribute configuration information sent by the core network element, the first acquiring module 501 uses an initial context setup message, a tracking start message, a new field in the ERAB management message, or a new S1 interface message.

The first obtaining module 501 receives the service attribute configuration information under any of the following conditions, including:

When a new context is established;

When a new bearer is established;

When initiating network management;

When starting a business.

The first obtaining module is further configured to: when receiving the service attribute configuration information, receive device information for performing a data collection operation.

The minimization drive test measurement request message further includes service information of the measurement object and/or device information for performing a data collection operation.

Wherein, the device further comprises:

The judging module is configured to: if the service attribute configuration information is received, determine whether the service of the measurement object exists according to the service attribute configuration information; if yes, trigger the second acquisition module to obtain the measurement result of the minimization drive test; After the service starts, the second acquisition module is triggered to obtain Minimize the measurement results of the drive test.

The second obtaining module 502 is specifically configured to:

Manner 1: Perform the minimization of the drive test in the connected state to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test;

Manner 2: The configuration terminal performs the minimization of the drive test in the connected state, and receives the measurement result of the minimized drive test fed back by the terminal, to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test.

The second obtaining module 502 performs the following method for minimizing the driving test in the connected state of the configuration terminal:

The first configuration method:

The terminal that supports the connection state to minimize the drive test through the system broadcast message query;

After determining that the terminal supporting the connection state minimizes the drive test, transmitting the radio resource management measurement message to the terminal supporting the connection state minimizing the drive test, where the radio resource management measurement message includes a preset test tag value;

The second configuration method:

And transmitting a radio resource management measurement message, where the radio resource management measurement message includes information that configures the terminal to perform a connection state minimization drive test.

The radio resource management measurement message further includes service information of the measurement object and/or identifier information of the TCE.

The radio resource management measurement message includes a newly added field of the RRC message and/or the radio resource management measurement message.

The second obtaining module 502 is specifically configured to:

Obtaining a measurement result of the minimized drive test in the measurement report by receiving a measurement report from the terminal; or, after receiving the measurement report report request sent by the terminal, acquiring a measurement report from the terminal, and obtaining a measurement report from the terminal The measurement report obtains the measurement result that minimizes the drive test.

The device provided by the present invention obtains the measurement result of the minimized drive test by receiving the trigger information of the drive test, and sends the measurement result to the TCE to minimize the drive test in the connected state to achieve the minimum acquisition. The purpose of the road test.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a computer program, including program instructions, when the program instruction is executed by the base station, so that the base station can perform the above-mentioned method of minimizing the drive test in any connected state.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a carrier carrying the computer program.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When each device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention. It should be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Industrial applicability

The embodiment provided by the present invention obtains the minimization of the drive test result by minimizing the trigger information of the drive test, and sends the measurement result to the TCE to minimize the drive test in the connected state to minimize the acquisition. The purpose of the road test. Therefore, the present invention has strong industrial applicability.

Claims

A method for minimizing road test in a connected state, comprising:

The base station obtains trigger information for minimizing the drive test;

The base station acquires a measurement result that minimizes the drive test according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test;

The base station sends the measurement result to the tracking collection TCE device.
The method for minimizing the drive test in the connected state according to claim 1, wherein the step of the base station acquiring the trigger information for minimizing the drive test comprises:

Receiving, by the base station, service attribute configuration information corresponding to a type of service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element;

The base station receives trigger information that minimizes the drive test measurement request message.
The method of minimizing drive test in the connected state according to claim 2, wherein the core network element is a mobile switching MSC server or a serving GPRS support node SGSN.
The method for minimizing the drive test in the connection state according to claim 2, wherein the step of receiving, by the base station, the service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element comprises:

The base station receives the service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the ERAB sent by the core network element by using the S1 interface or the network management interface.
The method for minimizing the drive test in the connection state according to claim 4, wherein the step of the base station receiving the service attribute configuration information sent by the core network element by using the S1 interface includes:

The base station receives the service attribute configuration information by using an initial context setup message, a tracking initiation message, a new field in the ERAB management message, or a new S1 interface message.
The method for minimizing the drive test in the connection state according to claim 2, wherein the step of receiving, by the base station, the service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element comprises:

The base station receives the service attribute configuration information under any of the following conditions:

When a new context is established;

When a new bearer is established;

When initiating network management;

When starting a business.
The method of minimizing the road test in the connected state according to claim 2, the method further comprising:

When receiving the service attribute configuration information, the base station further receives device information for performing a data collection operation.
The method of minimizing drive test in the connected state according to claim 2, wherein the minimized drive test measurement request message comprises: service information of the measurement object and/or device information for performing a data acquisition operation.
The method of minimizing the drive test in the connected state according to claim 2, wherein before the step of the base station acquiring the measurement result of the minimization of the drive test, the method further includes:

If the base station receives the service attribute configuration information, the base station determines, according to the service attribute configuration information, whether the service of the measurement object exists, and if so, obtains the measurement result of the minimized drive test; otherwise, after waiting for the service to start The measurement result of the minimized drive test is obtained again.
The method of minimizing the drive test result in the connection state according to claim 1, wherein the step of the base station acquiring the measurement result of minimizing the drive test according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test comprises:

Performing, by the base station, a minimized drive test in a connected state to obtain a measurement result that minimizes the drive test; or

The base station configuration terminal performs a minimization of the drive test in the connected state, and receives the measurement result of the minimized drive test fed back by the terminal, to obtain a measurement result that minimizes the drive test.
The method of minimizing the drive test in the connected state according to claim 10, wherein the step of the base station configuring the terminal to perform the minimization of the drive test in the connected state comprises:

The base station queries, by using a system broadcast message, a terminal that supports a connection state to minimize drive test; After determining that the terminal that supports the connection mode to minimize the drive test, the base station sends a radio resource management measurement message to the terminal that supports the connection mode to minimize the drive test, where the radio resource management measurement message includes: Set the test tag value; or,

The base station sends a radio resource management measurement message to the terminal, where the radio resource management measurement message includes information that configures the terminal to perform a connection state minimization drive test.
The connection mode minimization drive test method according to claim 11, wherein the radio resource management measurement message further comprises: service information of the measurement object and/or identification information of the TCE.
The method for minimizing drive test in a connected state according to claim 11, wherein the radio resource management measurement message comprises: a newly added field of a new RRC message and/or a radio resource management measurement message.
The method of minimizing the drive test in the connected state according to claim 11, wherein the step of the base station receiving the measurement result of the minimized drive test fed back by the terminal comprises:

Obtaining, by the base station, a measurement result of the minimized drive test in the measurement report by receiving a measurement report from the terminal; or

After receiving the measurement report report request sent by the terminal, the measurement report is obtained from the terminal, and the measurement result of the minimized drive test is obtained from the measurement report.
A minimized drive test device in a connected state, comprising a first acquisition module, a second acquisition module, and a transmission module, wherein:

The first acquiring module is configured to: obtain trigger information that minimizes drive test;

The second obtaining module is configured to: obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test;

The sending module is configured to: send the measurement result to a tracking collection TCE device.
The connected mode minimization drive test device according to claim 15, wherein the first acquisition module is configured to obtain trigger information for minimizing drive test according to the following manner:

Receiving service attribute configuration information corresponding to the type of the service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element;

The trigger information for minimizing the drive test measurement request message is received.
The connection mode minimization drive test device according to claim 16, wherein the first acquisition module is configured to receive the type of the service transmitted by the evolved radio access bearer ERAB sent by the core network element according to the following manner. Business attribute configuration information:

Receiving the service attribute configuration information under any of the following conditions:

When a new context is established;

When a new bearer is established;

When initiating network management;

When starting a business.
The connected mode minimization drive test apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the first acquisition module is further configured to: when receiving the service attribute configuration information, receive device information for performing a data collection operation.
The connected mode minimized drive test apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the minimized drive test measurement request message comprises: service information of the measurement object and/or device information for performing a data collection operation.
The connected mode minimization drive test device according to claim 16, wherein the device further comprises a judgment module, wherein:

The determining module is configured to: if the first acquiring module receives the service attribute configuration information, determine, according to the service attribute configuration information, whether the service of the measurement object exists; if yes, trigger the second acquiring module Obtaining the measurement result of the minimized drive test; otherwise, the second acquisition module is triggered to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test after waiting for the service to start.
The connected mode minimization drive test device according to claim 15, wherein the second acquisition module is configured to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test according to the trigger information of the minimized drive test according to the following manner:

Performing a minimization of the drive test in the connected state to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test;

The configuration terminal performs a minimization of the drive test in the connected state, and receives the measurement result of the minimized drive test fed back by the terminal, to obtain the measurement result of the minimized drive test.
The connected mode minimization drive test device according to claim 21, wherein the second acquisition module is configured to configure the terminal to perform a minimized drive test in a connected state as follows:

Querying, by the system broadcast message, the terminal that supports the connection mode to minimize the drive test; after determining that the terminal that supports the connection state to minimize the drive test, notifying the sending module to minimize the drive test terminal to the support connection state Transmitting a radio resource management measurement message, where the radio resource management measurement message includes a preset test tag value; or

The sending module is configured to send a radio resource management measurement message to the terminal, where the radio resource management measurement message includes information that configures the terminal to perform a connection state minimization drive test.
The connected mode minimization drive test device according to claim 22, wherein the second acquisition module is configured to receive the measurement result of the minimized drive test fed back by the terminal according to the following manner:

Obtaining a measurement result of the minimized drive test in the measurement report by receiving a measurement report from the terminal; or

After receiving the measurement report report request sent by the terminal, the measurement report is obtained from the terminal, and the measurement result of the minimized drive test is obtained from the measurement report.