WO2019101126A1

WO2019101126A1 - Configuration method for minimization of drive test, measurement method, and apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2019101126A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/116913
Authority: WO
Inventors: 金巴; 郑倩
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2017-11-22
Filing date: 2018-11-22
Publication date: 2019-05-31
Also published as: CN109818771B; CN109818771A

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a configuration method for minimization of drive test, a measurement method, and an apparatus. The configuration method for minimization of drive test is applied to a network device, comprising: selecting a user equipment executing MDT measurement; sending, to the selected user equipment, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user equipment to execute MDT measurement, the first MDT measurement configuration related information comprising: the MDT measurement configuration information and instruction information for activating MDT measurement, or the MDT measurement configuration information.

Description

Minimization road test configuration method, measurement method and device

Cross-reference to related applications

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201711173815.X filed on Nov. 22, 2011, the entire content of

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a minimization of a drive test configuration method, a measurement method, and a device.

Background technique

In the network optimization of the mobile communication system in the related art, the road test is usually used to check the coverage quality of the network and whether the system performance meets the expected requirements of the design, that is, the professional network optimization personnel drive the measurement vehicle to walk randomly, and the measurement terminal records The events and measurements during the walk are provided to the operator for network optimization decision making. This kind of road test is done manually, which requires a lot of manpower and time, which imposes a great burden on the operator's network construction and causes high maintenance costs. On the other hand, road tests can only be carried out outdoors, not indoors and in some private areas. Network optimization at these locations is difficult to complete by road test.

The 4th Generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) system proposed the Minimization of Drive-Test (MDT) research. Minimizing the road test is the automatic acquisition of the communication system. And a technique for analyzing a user terminal (User Equipment, UE for short) measurement report including location information, for minimizing the workload of the manual road test.

Evolved LTE (eLTE) and 5G New Radio (NR) systems have also introduced minimization of drive tests. How to configure minimization of drive tests in eLTE and 5G NR is still under study.

Summary of the invention

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for minimizing a drive test configuration, which is applied to a network device, including:

Selecting a user terminal that performs minimization of drive test MDT measurements;

Transmitting, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement; the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information for activating MDT measurement, or , MDT measurement configuration information.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for minimizing a drive test measurement, which is applied to a user terminal, including:

The first minimized drive test MDT measurement configuration related information delivered by the network device; the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information for activating MDT measurement, or MDT measurement configuration information;

The MDT measurement is performed according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, including:

a selection module for selecting a user terminal that performs minimizing drive test MDT measurement;

a configuration module, configured to send, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement; the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and active MDT measurement The indication information, or, MDT measurement configuration information.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive first minimized drive test MDT measurement configuration related information delivered by the network device, where the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information for activating MDT measurement, or MDT measurement Configuration information;

The MDT measurement module is configured to perform MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, including a processor, a memory, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the program is implemented by the processor to implement the foregoing Minimize the steps of the drive test configuration method.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal, including a processor, a memory, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the program is implemented by the processor to implement the foregoing Minimize the steps of the drive test measurement method.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer readable storage medium, where the program is stored on a computer readable storage medium, and the program is implemented by a processor to implement the minimum path test configuration method applied to a network device. A step of.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer readable storage medium, where the program is stored on a computer readable storage medium, and the program is executed by a processor to implement the above-described minimization of a drive measurement measurement method applied to a user terminal. A step of.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. Other drawings may also be obtained from those of ordinary skill in the art based on these drawings without the inventive labor.

1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for configuring a miniaturized drive test according to Embodiment 1 of the present disclosure;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for configuring a miniaturized drive test according to Embodiment 2 of the present disclosure;

3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for configuring a miniaturized drive test according to Embodiment 3 of the present disclosure;

4 is a schematic flow chart of a miniaturized drive test measurement method according to Embodiment 4 of the present disclosure;

5 is a schematic diagram of a network device according to Embodiment 5 of the present disclosure;

6 is a schematic diagram of a base station according to Embodiment 6 of the present disclosure;

7 is a schematic diagram of a network node according to Embodiment 7 of the present disclosure;

8 is a schematic diagram of a user terminal according to Embodiment 8 of the present disclosure;

9 is a schematic diagram of a network device according to Embodiment 9 of the present disclosure;

10 is a schematic diagram of a user terminal according to Embodiment 10 of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a user terminal according to Embodiment 11 of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is apparent that the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the described embodiments of the present disclosure are within the scope of the disclosure.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for minimizing a road test (MDT) according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. The method for minimizing a drive test configuration is applied to a network device, including steps 11 to 12.

Step 11: Select the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement.

Step 12: Deliver the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement is selected by the network device, and then the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal to activate the user terminal to perform the MTD. Measurement, thereby realizing the configuration of minimizing drive test in eLTE and 5G NR, the implementation method is simple.

Of course, the method of minimizing the drive test configuration in the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to being applied to eLTE and 5G NR, and may also be applied to other communication network systems in the future.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first MDT measurement configuration related information may include: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information of an activated MDT measurement, where the MDT measurement configuration information is used to configure an MDT measurement related parameter of the user terminal. The indication information for activating the MDT measurement is used to activate the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement. The user terminal that receives the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information that activates the MDT measurement performs MDT measurement according to the content of the MDT measurement configuration information.

In still other embodiments of the present disclosure, the first MDT measurement configuration related information only includes: MDT measurement configuration information for configuring an MDT measurement related parameter of the user terminal and activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement . The user terminal that receives the MDT measurement configuration information performs MDT measurement according to the content of the MDT measurement configuration information.

When the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information of the activated MDT measurement, the MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement transmission is sent to the selected user terminal. The steps include:

Delivering MDT measurement configuration information and an indication of activating the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal simultaneously by using one signaling; or

The MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information for activating the MDT measurement are respectively delivered to the selected user terminal by using two signalings.

In other words, the network device may send the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information of the activated MDT measurement to the user terminal through a signaling at the same time, or may first send the information to the user terminal through a signaling. The MDT measurement configuration information is sent, and when the MDT measurement is required, the indication information for activating the MDT measurement is sent to the user terminal by using a signaling.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the step of sending the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal includes: when the selected user terminal is in a non-idle state Transmitting, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement; the non-idle state includes: Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection status, RRC non- The INACTIVE state, the initiation of the RRC recovery request state, the initiation of the service request state, the initiation of the access notification zone update state, and the initiation of the tracking zone update state.

That is, the first MDT measurement configuration related information is sent to the user terminal only when the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement is in the non-idle state, and the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement is not in the idle state. The user terminal sends the first MDT measurement configuration related information.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the foregoing network device may be a base station, that is, a user terminal that selects to perform MDT measurement is performed by the base station, and the selected user terminal is sent to activate the user terminal to perform MDT measurement. The first MDT measurement configuration related information, the following performs a selection of the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement on the base station, and the method for sending the first MDT measurement configuration related information for the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal Detailed instructions are given.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a schematic flowchart of a method for minimizing a drive test configuration according to Embodiment 2 of the present disclosure. The method for minimizing drive test configuration is applied to a base station, including steps 21 to 24 .

Step 21: The base station receives and saves information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement.

The user terminal supporting the execution of the MDT measurement needs to satisfy the following situation: the user terminal agrees to perform the MDT measurement, and the user terminal has the ability to perform the MDT measurement.

Step 22: The base station receives second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management.

Step 23: The base station selects a user terminal that performs MDT measurement according to the second MDT measurement configuration related information and whether the saved user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement.

Step 24: The base station sends, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement is selected by the base station, and then the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal to activate the user terminal to perform the MTD measurement. Therefore, the configuration of minimizing the drive test in eLTE and 5G NR is realized, and the implementation is simple.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement may be directly sent by the network node of the core network to the base station, or may be forwarded by the network node of the core network to the base station by using other network nodes.

That is, the step of receiving, by the base station, whether the user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement includes:

Receiving, by the base station, information about whether the user terminal directly sent by the network node of the core network supports performing MDT measurement; or

The base station receives information of whether the user terminal forwarded by the network node of the core network through other network nodes supports performing MDT measurement.

When the minimization of the drive test configuration method of the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a 5G system, the network node may be User Data Management (UDM), Session Management Function (SMF), or access. And Mobility Management Function (AMF).

That is, the information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement may be sent to the base station by:

1) UDM, SMF or AMF directly sends information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement to the base station;

2) The UDM sends the information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement to the SMF, the SMF forwards it to the AMF, and the AMF forwards it to the base station;

3) The SMF sends information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement to the AMF, and the AMF forwards the information to the base station.

The first transmission mode is the above-mentioned "the base station receives information of whether the user terminal directly transmitted by the network node of the core network supports the execution of the MDT measurement".

The second and third transmission modes are the above-mentioned "the information that the base station receives the user terminal forwarded by the network node of the core network through other network nodes to support the execution of the MDT measurement".

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, when the UE initially accesses, the network node of the core network may directly transmit information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement or forward the information to the base station through other network nodes.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement is included in UE context information or UE initial context establishment request information. The UE initial context setup request information is sent by the AMF to the base station.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the base station receives the information that the network node directly transmitted by the network of the core network or forwarded by the other network node supports the MDT measurement, the base station saves whether the user terminal supports the information of performing the MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of receiving, by the base station, whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement includes: receiving information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement, and whether the user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement by switching to the The user terminal of the base station transmits at the initial base station where the handover takes place.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the initial base station may carry information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement by using a handover request message or other signaling in a handover process.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of the base station receiving the second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management unit may include:

Receiving, by the base station, information related to the second MDT measurement configuration directly sent by the network management; or

The base station receives second MDT measurement configuration related information forwarded by the network management network through the network node of the core network.

When the minimized drive test configuration method of the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a 5G system, the network node may be a UDM, an SMF, or an AMF.

That is, the second MDT measurement configuration related information may be sent to the base station by:

1) The network management pipe is directly sent to the base station;

2) The network management system sends the data to the UDM, and the UDM forwards it to the base station;

3) The network management system sends the data to the UDM, the UDM forwards it to the SMF, and the SMF forwards it to the base station;

4) The network management is sent to the UDM, the UDM is forwarded to the SMF, the SMF is forwarded to the AMF, and the AMF is forwarded to the base station.

The first type of transmission mode corresponds to the “the base station receiving the second MDT measurement configuration related information directly sent by the network management unit”.

The transmission mode of the 2)-4) corresponds to the “second MDT measurement configuration related information forwarded by the base station receiving the network node of the network management network through the core network”.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second MDT measurement configuration related information may include: MDT tracking report information and indication information for activating the MDT tracking report information. The MDT tracking report information is used to configure parameters related to the MDT measurement of the MDT execution object, and the indication information for activating the MDT tracking report information is used to activate the MDT execution object to perform MDT measurement. The MDT execution object is a base station and/or a user terminal.

In still other embodiments of the present disclosure, the second MDT measurement configuration related information includes only: MDT tracking report information. The MDT tracking report information is used to configure MDT measurement related parameters of the MDT execution object, and activate the MDT execution object to perform MDT measurement. The MDT execution object is a base station and/or a user terminal.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the second MDT measurement configuration related information includes: the MDT tracking report information and the indication information of the activated MDT tracking report information, the base station receives the second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management system. The step includes: receiving, by the base station, MDT tracking report information that is sent by the network management device by using one signaling, and indication information for activating the MDT tracking report information.

That is to say, the network management device can simultaneously send the MDT tracking report information and the indication information for activating the MDT tracking report information to the base station when the MDT measurement needs to be activated.

Certainly, in some other embodiments of the present disclosure, the step of receiving, by the base station, the second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management, the base station receiving, by the base station, the MDT tracking report information separately sent by the network management by using two signalings Activate the MDT tracking report information.

That is to say, the network management device may first send the MDT tracking report information to the base station through a signaling, and then send the indication information for activating the MDT tracking report information to the base station through a signaling when the MDT measurement needs to be activated.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the MDT tracking report information may include at least one of the following parameters:

1) MDT measurement type, wherein the MDT measurement type includes: recording MDT (Logged MDT) or direct MDT (Immediate MDT).

2) MDT measurement area parameters, ie which areas need to activate MDT measurements. The MDT measurement area parameter may include a network slice list, a RAN paging area, a RAN notification area, a RAN Location Area, and a system message valid area ( System information area), CN tracking area or network cell information, such as cell PCI.

3) Measurement list. Wherein, the measurement list may include:

3.1) UE measurement list, wherein the UE measurement list may include at least one of the following parameters:

● Power Headroom (PH).

●Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP)/Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ)/Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (Signal to) The Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), the Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) of the SS block, the Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and the related Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH).

• Measurements of PSS and SSS can include beam time index.

The measurement of the PBCH may include a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) measurement and related beam information.

● RSRP/RSRQ/SINR measurement of Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

● Tracking measurement information of RS (Tracking RS, TRS for short) / PTRS (Phase-tracking RS).

3.2) Base station measurement list, wherein the base station measurement list may include at least one of the following parameters:

● Received Interference Power Measurement (RIP).

● Data Volume (DV) measurement, including downlink (DL) and / or uplink (UL).

● Scheduled IP Throughput (SIT).

4) Report the conditions of the MDT measurement, including reporting by the UE and/or the base station.

5) Report the MDT measurement time interval.

6) Report the MDT measurement.

7) Event thresholds, such as RSRP and / or RSRQ thresholds.

8) MDT measurement recording interval.

9) MDT measurement recording duration.

10) Tracking Reference (Trace Reference).

11) MDT tracking collection network element (Trace Collection Element, TCE) IP address.

12) Anonymization of MDT data.

13) Measurement cycle, such as DV and / or SIT measurement cycle.

14) Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement period, such as PH measurement and/or RIP measurement period.

15) Positioning methods, including Global Positioning System (GPS), Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA).

16) MDT Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) list.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the MDT tracking report information includes a base station measurement list and a UE measurement list, and the step of the base station receiving the second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management system further includes:

The base station performs MDT measurement according to the base station measurement list in the MDT tracking report information;

The step of transmitting, to the selected user terminal, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement includes: the base station according to the UE measurement list in the MDT tracking report information, The selected user terminal delivers first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement.

That is, when the MDT tracking report information includes both the base station measurement list and the UE measurement list, after receiving the second MDT measurement configuration related information, the base station may immediately perform MDT measurement according to the base station measurement list in the MDT tracking report information. The MDT measurement result of the base station is obtained, and the MDT measurement result of the base station is reported to the network management. At the same time, the base station sends the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement according to the UE measurement list in the MDT tracking report information, and the MDT measurement is performed by the UE to obtain the MDT of the UE. As a result of the measurement, the UE reports the MDT measurement result of the UE to the base station, and the base station reports the result to the network management system.

Certainly, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the MDT tracking report information may also include only the UE measurement list, and does not include the base station measurement list. In this case, the base station does not need to perform MDT measurement, and only needs to track the report information according to the MDT. The UE measurement list in the medium may be sent to the selected user terminal to activate the first MDT measurement configuration related information for performing the MDT measurement by the user terminal.

In still other embodiments of the present disclosure, the MDT tracking report information may include only the base station measurement list, and does not include the UE measurement list. At this time, after receiving the second MDT measurement configuration related information, the base station may The MDT measurement list in the MDT tracking report information is immediately subjected to the MDT measurement, and the MDT measurement result of the base station is obtained, and the MDT measurement result of the base station is reported to the network management. However, since the MDT tracking report information does not include the UE measurement list, the base station does not perform configuration of the MDT measurement on the UE.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step of selecting, by the base station, the configuration information related to the second MDT measurement and whether the saved user terminal supports the MDT measurement, and selecting the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement includes:

When the UE is in the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT tracking report information, and supports performing MDT measurement, the UE is selected as the UE performing MDT measurement, otherwise the UE is not selected as the UE performing MDT measurement.

That is to say, the selected UE performing MDT measurement needs to satisfy two conditions at the same time:

1) The UE supports performing MDT measurements;

2) The UE is in the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT tracking report information.

If the UE does not support performing MDT measurement, or the UE is not in the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT tracking report information, the base station does not select the UE to perform MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of sending, to the selected user terminal, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement includes: the base station adopts an RRC reconfiguration message, and RRC recovery (resume The first MDT for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal by any one or more of a message, an RRC suspend message, an RRC release message, and an RRC connection setup message. Measure configuration related information.

The MDT measurement report information mentioned in the above embodiment may include an MDT measurement type, where the MDT measurement type includes: a Logged MDT or an Immediate MDT.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, if the MDT measurement type included in the MDT tracking report information is a Logged MDT, the MDT measurement configuration information sent by the base station to the UE may include at least one of the following contents:

● MDT measurement area parameters;

● Tracking Reference (Trace Reference);

● MDT tracking collection element (TCE) IP address;

● Anonymization of MDT data;

● measurement cycle, such as DV and / or SIT measurement cycle;

● RRM measurement cycle, such as PH measurement and / or RIP measurement cycle;

● MDT PLMN list;

● MDT measurement recording interval;

● MDT measurement record duration.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, if the MDT measurement type included in the MDT tracking report information is the Immediate MDT, the MDT measurement configuration information sent by the base station to the UE may include at least one of the following contents:

● measurement list;

● trigger the conditions for reporting MDT measurements;

● Report the MDT measurement interval;

● Report MDT measurement volume;

● Event threshold.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the MDT measurement type is the logged MDT, the MDT measurement configuration information includes: an MDT measurement area, and the UE that receives the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information that activates the MDT measurement is at the entrance. After the MDT measurement area is described, performing MDT measurement;

When the MDT measurement type is Immediate MDT, the UE that receives the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information that activates the MDT measurement immediately performs the MDT measurement.

In the above embodiment, the network device is a base station, that is, the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement is performed by the base station, and the first MDT for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal. Measure configuration related information.

In some other embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device may also be a network node of the core network, that is, the network node of the core network performs a user terminal that selects to perform MDT measurement, and the user terminal is selected. Transmitting, by the user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for performing MDT measurement.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for minimizing a drive test configuration according to Embodiment 3 of the present disclosure. The method for minimizing drive test configuration is applied to a network node of a core network, and the method for minimizing drive test configuration includes step 31. To 32.

Step 31: Select a user terminal that performs MDT measurement from among user terminals that support performing MDT measurement.

Step 32: Send, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement is selected by the network node, and then the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal to activate the user terminal to activate the user. The terminal performs MTD measurement, thereby realizing the configuration of minimizing drive test in eLTE and 5G NR, and the implementation method is simple.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the step of sending the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal includes: when the selected user terminal is in a non-idle state Transmitting, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement; the non-idle state includes: an RRC connection state, an RRC inactive (INACTIVE) state, and initiating an RRC recovery Request status, initiate service request status, initiate access notification area update status, and initiate tracking area update status.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of sending the first MDT measurement configuration related information for the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal includes:

The network node sends the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal, or the network node sends the selected user terminal to the selected user terminal to activate the The user terminal performs configuration information related to the first MDT measurement of the MDT measurement.

In this embodiment, the base station may use any one or more of an RRC reconfiguration message, an RRC resume message, an RRC suspend message, an RRC release message, and an RRC connection setup message. The selected user terminal delivers first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement.

In some specific embodiments of the present disclosure, the network node may send the first MDT measurement configuration related information to the UE in the following manner:

1) The UDM is directly sent to the UE;

2) The UDM is sent to the base station, and is sent by the base station to the UE;

3) The UDM is sent to the AMF, and the AMF is forwarded to the base station, and the base station is further sent to the UE;

4) The UDM is sent to the SMF, the SMF forwards it to the AMF, and the AMF forwards it to the base station, and the base station sends it to the UE;

5) The SMF is directly sent to the UE;

6) The SMF is sent to the base station, and the base station is sent to the UE;

7) The SMF is sent to the AMF, and the AMF is forwarded to the base station, and the base station is further sent to the UE;

8) AMF is directly sent to the UE;

9) The AMF is sent to the base station, and the base station sends the signal to the UE.

The first, fifth, and eighth transmission modes, that is, the “network node sends the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal”.

2), 3), 4), 6), 7), and 9) transmission manners, that is, the foregoing “network node sends a first MDT measurement for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal through the base station. Configure related information."

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network node (UDM, SMF, or AMF) or the base station may determine whether the user terminal supports the MDT measurement. If the UE does not support the MDT measurement, the first MDT measurement configuration is not sent to the user terminal. information.

It is mentioned in the above embodiment that when the selected user terminal is in the non-idle state, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal. That is, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal only when the selected user terminal is in the non-idle state, and when the selected user terminal is in the In the idle state, the first MDT measurement configuration related information is not sent to it. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the selected user terminal is in an idle state, the network node may page the selected UE in an idle state, causing the user terminal to switch to a non-idle state, and then switch to The UE in the non-idle state delivers the first MDT measurement configuration related information.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the MDT measurement configuration information may include at least one of the following parameters:

1) MDT measurement type, wherein the MDT measurement type includes: Logged MDT or Immediate MDT.

3) A UE measurement list, wherein the UE measurement list may include at least one of the following parameters:

● Power Headroom (PH).

●Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP)/Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ)/Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio , referred to as SINR), the primary synchronization signal (PSS) of the SS block, the secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and the associated physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

• Measurements of PSS and SSS can include beam time index.

• RSRP/RSRQ/SINR measurement of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the MDT measurement type is the logged MDT or the Immediate MDT, the first MDT measurement configuration related information delivered to the terminal may be the same except for the MDT measurement type.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the MDT measurement type is the logged MDT, the MDT measurement configuration information includes: an MDT measurement area, after the UE that receives the first MDT measurement configuration related information enters the MDT measurement area, Perform MDT measurements;

When the MDT measurement type is Immediate MDT, the UE that receives the first MDT measurement configuration related information immediately performs MDT measurement.

Referring to FIG. 4, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a method for minimizing a drive test measurement applied to a user terminal, including steps 41 to 42.

Step 41: Receive first MDT measurement configuration related information delivered by the network device.

Step 42: Perform MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal performs MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information configured by the network device, thereby implementing measurement of the minimized drive test in the eLTE and the 5G NR, and the implementation method is simple.

Of course, the method of minimizing the drive test measurement in the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to being applied to eLTE and 5G NR, and may also be applied to other communication network systems in the future.

When the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information of the activated MDT measurement, the step of receiving the first MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network device includes:

Receiving the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information for activating the MDT measurement simultaneously delivered by the receiving network device by using one signaling; or

The receiving network device separately sends the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information for activating the MDT measurement by using two signalings.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal that performs the above-mentioned minimization of the drive test measurement method is in a non-idle state; the non-idle state includes: an RRC connection state, an RRC inactive (INACTIVE) state, an RRC recovery request state, and a service request. Status, initiate access notification area update status, and initiate tracking area update status.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device is a network node of a base station or a core network, and the network node is a user data management, a session management function, or an access and mobility management function.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the MDT measurement configuration information includes a UE measurement list, and the step of performing MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: determining configuration information according to the MDT The UE measurement list performs MDT measurements.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, optionally, the MDT measurement configuration information includes an MDT measurement type, where the MDT measurement type is logged MDT or Immediate MDT;

When the MDT measurement type is the logged MDT, the step of performing the MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

After receiving the first MDT measurement configuration related information, and entering the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT measurement configuration information, performing MDT measurement;

When the MDT measurement type is Immediate MDT, the step of performing MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

The MDT measurement is performed immediately upon receiving the first MDT measurement configuration related information.

Based on the same inventive concept, with reference to FIG. 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a network device 50, where the network device 50 includes:

a selection module 51, configured to select a user terminal that performs MDT measurement;

The configuration module 52 is configured to send, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement is selected by the network device 50, and then the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal to activate the user terminal activation. The user terminal performs MTD measurement, thereby realizing the configuration of minimizing drive test in eLTE and 5G NR, and the implementation method is simple.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

MDT measures configuration information and instructions for activating MDT measurements; or

MDT measures configuration information.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the first MDT measurement configuration information includes the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information of the activated MDT measurement,

The configuration module is configured to simultaneously send the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information of the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal by using one signaling; or send the MDT measurement configuration information to the selected user terminal by using two signalings respectively. And activate the indication of the MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the selecting module 51 is configured to send, to the selected user terminal, the first MDT for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement when the selected user terminal is in a non-idle state. Measure configuration related information; the non-idle state includes: an RRC connection state, an RRC inactive state, an initiation RRC restoration request state, an initiation service request state, an initiation access notification region update state, and an initiation tracking region update state.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device 50 may be a base station, that is, a user terminal that selects to perform MDT measurement is performed by the base station, and the selected user terminal is sent to activate the user terminal to perform MDT. The measured first MDT measurement configuration related information.

Referring to FIG. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a base station 60, where the base station 60 includes:

The first receiving module 61 is configured to receive and save information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement;

The second receiving module 62 is configured to receive second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management device;

The selecting module 63 is configured to select a user terminal that performs MDT measurement according to the second MDT measurement configuration related information and whether the saved user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement.

The configuration module 64 is configured to send, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement is selected by the base station 60, and then the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal to activate the user terminal to activate the user. The terminal performs MTD measurement, thereby realizing the configuration of minimizing drive test in eLTE and 5G NR, and the implementation method is simple.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, optionally, the first receiving module is configured to receive information about whether the user terminal directly sent by the network node of the core network supports performing MDT measurement; or the network node that receives the core network passes other network nodes. Whether the forwarded user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, when the user terminal initially accesses, the network node of the core network directly transmits information of whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement or forwards the information to the base station through other network nodes.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving the information that the network node directly sent by the network node of the core network or forwarded by other network nodes supports the MDT measurement, the base station 60 saves whether the user terminal supports the information of performing the MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the first receiving and sending module is configured to receive information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement, and whether the user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement by switching to the user of the base station The terminal transmits at the initial base station where the handover occurred.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, optionally, the base station 60 may further include:

The second receiving module is configured to receive second MDT measurement configuration related information directly sent by the network management device; or receive second MDT measurement configuration related information that is forwarded by the network management network through a network node of the core network.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the second MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

MDT tracking report information and instructions for activating MDT tracking report information; or

The MDT tracks the reporting information.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the second MDT measurement configuration related information includes: the MDT tracking report information and the indication information of the activated MDT tracking report information, the second receiving module is configured to receive the signaling by the network management device. The MDT tracking report information sent at the same time and the indication information for activating the MDT tracking report information; or receiving the MDT tracking report information separately sent by the network management device through two signalings and the indication information for activating the MDT tracking report information.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the MDT tracking report information includes a base station measurement list and a UE measurement list, and the base station 60 further includes:

An MDT measurement module, configured to perform MDT measurement according to a base station measurement list in the MDT tracking report information;

The configuration module 64 is configured to send, according to the UE measurement list in the MDT tracking report information, the first MDT measurement configuration related information used to activate the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the selecting module 63 is configured to: when the UE is in the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT tracking report information, and support performing MDT measurement, select the UE to perform MDT measurement. UE, otherwise the UE is not selected as the UE performing MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the configuration module 64 is configured to select any one or more of an RRC reconfiguration message, an RRC recovery message, an RRC suspension message, an RRC release message, and an RRC connection setup message. The user terminal delivers first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, if the MDT measurement type included in the MDT tracking report information is a Logged MDT, the MDT measurement configuration information sent by the base station 60 to the UE may include at least one of the following contents:

● MDT measurement area parameters;

● Tracking Reference (Trace Reference);

● MDT tracking collection element (TCE) IP address;

● Anonymization of MDT data;

● measurement cycle, such as DV and / or SIT measurement cycle;

● MDT PLMN list;

● MDT measurement recording interval;

● MDT measurement record duration.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, if the MDT measurement type included in the MDT tracking report information is the Immediate MDT, the MDT measurement configuration information sent by the base station 60 to the UE may include at least one of the following contents:

● measurement list;

● trigger the conditions for reporting MDT measurements;

● Report the MDT measurement interval;

● Report MDT measurement volume;

● Event threshold.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the MDT measurement type is the logged MDT, the MDT measurement configuration information includes: an MDT measurement area, and the user terminal that receives the second MDT measurement configuration related information enters the MDT measurement After the area, perform MDT measurements;

When the MDT measurement type is Immediate MDT, the user terminal that receives the second MDT measurement configuration related information immediately performs the MDT measurement.

Referring to FIG. 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a network node 70, where the network node 70 includes:

The selecting module 71 is configured to select a user terminal that performs MDT measurement from among user terminals that support performing MDT measurement.

The configuration module 72 is configured to send, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement is selected by the network node 70, and then the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal to activate the user terminal activation. The user terminal performs MTD measurement, thereby realizing the configuration of minimizing drive test in eLTE and 5G NR, and the implementation method is simple.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the configuration module 72 is configured to send, to the selected user terminal, the first MDT for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement when the selected user terminal is in a non-idle state. Measure configuration related information; the non-idle state includes: an RRC connection state, an RRC inactive (INACTIVE) state, an initiation RRC restoration request state, an initiation service request state, an initiation access notification region update state, and an initiation tracking region update state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the configuration module 72 is configured to directly send, to the selected user terminal, information related to the first MDT measurement configuration for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement, or The selected user terminal delivers first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, optionally, the network node 70 further includes:

And a paging module, configured to: when the selected user terminal is in an idle state, page the selected user terminal in an idle state, so that the user terminal switches to a non-idle state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the MDT measurement type is the logged MDT, the MDT measurement configuration information includes: an MDT measurement area, where the user terminal that receives the first MDT measurement configuration related information enters the MDT measurement After the area, perform MDT measurements;

When the MDT measurement type is Immediate MDT, the user terminal that receives the first MDT measurement configuration related information immediately performs MDT measurement.

Referring to FIG. 8 , an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a user terminal 80, where the user terminal 80 includes:

The receiving module 81 is configured to receive first MDT measurement configuration related information that is sent by the network device, where the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information for activating MDT measurement, or MDT measurement configuration information;

The MDT measurement module 82 is configured to perform MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information.

Optionally, the network device is a network node of a base station or a core network, where the network node is a user data management, a session management function, or an access and mobility management function.

Optionally, the MDT measurement configuration information includes a UE measurement list, where

The MDT measurement module 82 is configured to perform MDT measurement according to the UE measurement list in the MDT measurement configuration information.

Optionally, the MDT measurement configuration information includes an MDT measurement type, where the MDT measurement type is logged MDT or Immediate MDT;

The MDT measurement module 82 is configured to perform MDT after the MDT measurement type is logged MDT, and the first MDT measurement configuration related information is received, and the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT measurement configuration information is entered. measuring;

The MDT measurement module 82 is configured to perform MDT measurement immediately when the MDT measurement type is Immediate MDT and the first MDT measurement configuration related information is received.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a network device including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program being implemented by the processor to implement the foregoing The step of minimizing the drive test configuration method in an embodiment.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a user terminal including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program being implemented by the processor to achieve the minimum The steps of the road test measurement method.

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer readable storage medium, where the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor, the minimization of the drive test configuration method in any of the above embodiments is implemented. A step of.

Referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a network device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 9, the network device 90 includes a processor 91, a memory 92, a bus interface 93, and a transceiver 94. The 91, memory 92 and transceiver 94 are all connected to a bus interface 93.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 90 further includes: a computer program stored on the memory 92 and operable on the processor 91. When the computer program is executed by the processor 91, the following steps are implemented:

Optionally, when the first MDT measurement configuration information includes the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information of the activated MDT measurement, the sending, to the selected user terminal, the MDT measurement for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement transmission The steps to configure related information include:

Optionally, the step of sending the first MDT measurement configuration related information for the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal includes:

When the selected user terminal is in a non-idle state, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal;

The non-idle state includes: a radio resource control RRC connection state, an RRC inactive state, an initiating RRC resilience request state, an initiating service request state, an initiating access notification region update state, and an initiating tracking region update state.

Optionally, the network device is a base station.

Optionally, before the step of selecting the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement, the method further includes:

Receiving, by the base station, information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement;

Receiving, by the base station, second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management;

The step of selecting a user terminal that performs MDT measurement includes:

The base station selects a user terminal that performs MDT measurement according to the second MDT measurement configuration related information and whether the saved user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement.

Optionally, the step of receiving, by the base station, whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement includes:

Optionally, the information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement is included in UE context information or UE initial context setup request information.

Receiving whether the user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement, and whether the user terminal supports the MDT measurement is transmitted by the user terminal that is switched to the base station before the initial base station where the handover is performed.

Optionally, the step of the base station receiving the second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management unit includes:

Optionally, the network node is a user data management, a session management function, or an access and mobility management function.

Optionally, the second MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

The MDT tracks the reporting information.

Receiving, by the base station, the MDT tracking report information that is sent by the network management device by using one signaling, and the indication information for activating the MDT tracking report information; or

The base station receives the MDT tracking report information separately sent by the network management device through two signalings and the indication information for activating the MDT tracking report information.

Optionally, the step of the MDT tracking report includes a base station measurement list and a UE measurement list, and the step of the base station receiving the second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management system further includes:

The step of sending the first MDT measurement configuration related information for the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal includes:

The base station sends, according to the UE measurement list in the MDT tracking report information, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal.

Optionally, the step of the base station selecting the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement according to the second MDT measurement configuration related information and the saved information about whether the user terminal supports the MDT measurement includes:

Determining, by the base station, the UE according to the MDT tracking report information, whether the UE is in the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT tracking report information, and determining whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement according to whether the saved user terminal supports performing MDT measurement information. ;

The base station sends the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement by using the RRC reconfiguration message, the RRC resumption message, the RRC suspension message, the RRC release message, and the RRC connection setup message to the selected user terminal. The first MDT measurement configuration related information.

Optionally, the network device is a network node of a core network, where the network node is a user data management, a session management function, or an access and mobility management function.

Optionally, the step of selecting a user terminal that performs MDT measurement comprises:

From the user terminal supporting the execution of the MDT measurement, the user terminal performing the MDT measurement is selected.

Optionally, before the step of sending the first MDT measurement configuration related information for the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal, the method further includes:

When the selected user terminal is in an idle state, the network node pages the selected user terminal in an idle state, so that the user terminal switches to a non-idle state.

Optionally, the MDT measurement configuration information includes an MDT measurement type, where the MDT measurement type is logged MDT or Immediate MDT.

The network device 90 of the embodiment of the present disclosure, by selecting a user terminal that performs MDT measurement, and then transmitting the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal, to activate the user terminal activation. The user terminal performs MTD measurement, thereby realizing the configuration of minimizing drive test in eLTE and 5G NR, and the implementation method is simple.

Referring to FIG. 10, an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a user terminal 100. The user terminal 100 shown in FIG. 10 includes at least one processor 101, a memory 102, at least one network interface 104, and other user interfaces 103. The various components in the user terminal 100 are coupled together by a bus system 105. It will be appreciated that the bus system 105 is used to implement connection communication between these components. The bus system 105 includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to the data bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are labeled as the bus system 105 in FIG.

The user interface 103 may include a display, a keyboard, a pointing device (eg, a mouse, a trackball), a touchpad or a touch screen, and the like.

It is to be understood that the memory 102 in an embodiment of the present disclosure may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), or an electric Erase programmable read only memory (EEPROM) or flash memory. The volatile memory can be a Random Access Memory (RAM) that acts as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM). SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), Synchronous Connection Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) And direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 102 of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

In some embodiments, memory 102 stores elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or their extended set: operating system 1021 and application 1022.

The operating system 1021 includes various system programs, such as a framework layer, a core library layer, a driver layer, and the like, for implementing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks. The application 1022 includes various applications, such as a Media Player, a browser, and the like, for implementing various application services, and a program for implementing the method of the embodiment of the present disclosure may be included in the application 1022.

The user terminal 100 further includes a computer program stored on the memory 102 and operable on the processor 101. Specifically, it may be a computer program in the application 1022. When the computer program is executed by the processor 101, the following steps are implemented:

And receiving, by the network device, first MDT measurement configuration related information, where the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information for activating MDT measurement, or MDT measurement configuration information;

The method disclosed in the above embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the processor 101 or implemented by the processor 101. Processor 101 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 101 or an instruction in a form of software. The processor 101 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or the like. Programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components. The methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented or carried out. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present disclosure may be directly implemented by the hardware decoding processor, or may be performed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like. The storage medium is located in the memory 102, and the processor 101 reads the information in the memory 102 and performs the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.

It will be appreciated that the embodiments described herein can be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, or a combination thereof. For hardware implementation, the processing unit can be implemented in one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSP devices, DSPDs), programmable Programmable Logic Device (PLD), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), general purpose processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, other electronics for performing the functions described in this disclosure Unit or combination thereof.

For a software implementation, the techniques described herein can be implemented by modules (eg, procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. The software code can be stored in memory and executed by the processor. The memory can be implemented in the processor or external to the processor.

Receiving the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information for activating the MDT measurement delivered by the network device through a signaling; or

The MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information for activating the MDT measurement delivered by the network device respectively through two signalings.

Optionally, the MDT measurement configuration information includes a UE measurement list, where the performing the MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

The MDT measurement is performed according to the UE measurement list in the MDT measurement configuration information.

The user terminal 100 can implement various processes implemented by the terminal in the foregoing embodiment. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

The user terminal 100 of the embodiment of the present disclosure performs MDT measurement according to the MDT measurement configuration information configured by the network device and the indication information of the activated MDT measurement, thereby implementing the measurement of the minimized drive test in the eLTE and the 5G NR, and the implementation method is simple.

Referring to FIG. 11, yet another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal 110. Specifically, the user terminal 110 in FIG. 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a car computer.

The user terminal 110 in FIG. 11 includes a radio frequency (RF) circuit 111, a memory 112, an input unit 113, a display unit 114, a processor 115, a wireless fidelity (WiFi) module 116, an audio circuit 117, and a power supply. 118.

The input unit 113 can be used to receive digital or character information input by the user, and generate signal input related to user setting and function control of the user terminal 110.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the input unit 113 may include a touch panel 1131. The touch panel 1131, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect touch operations on or near the user (such as the operation of the user using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus on the touch panel 1131), and according to the preset The programmed program drives the corresponding connection device. Optionally, the touch panel 1131 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Wherein, the touch detection device detects the touch orientation of the user, and detects a signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts the touch information into contact coordinates, and sends the touch information. The processor 115 is provided and can receive commands from the processor 115 and execute them. In addition, the touch panel 1131 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic waves. In addition to the touch panel 1131, the input unit 113 may further include other input devices 1132. The other input devices 1132 may include but are not limited to physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, joysticks, and the like. One or more of them.

The display unit 114 can be used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user and various menu interfaces of the user terminal 110. The display unit 114 may include a display panel 1141. Alternatively, the display panel 1141 may be configured in the form of an LCD or an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED).

It should be noted that the touch panel 1131 may cover the display panel 1141 to form a touch display screen, and when the touch display screen detects a touch operation on or near it, it is transmitted to the processor 115 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 115 provides a corresponding visual output on the touch display depending on the type of touch event.

The touch display includes an application interface display area and a common control display area. The arrangement manner of the application interface display area and the display area of the common control is not limited, and the arrangement manner of the two display areas can be distinguished by up-and-down arrangement, left-right arrangement, and the like. The application interface display area can be used to display the interface of the application. Each interface can contain interface elements such as at least one application's icon and/or widget desktop control. The application interface display area can also be an empty interface that does not contain any content. The common control display area is used to display controls with high usage, such as setting buttons, interface numbers, scroll bars, phone book icons, and the like.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by calling the software program and/or module stored in the first memory 1121 and/or the data in the second memory 1122, when the computer program is executed by the processor 115, the following steps are implemented: receiving the network device The first MDT measurement configuration related information is sent; the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information for activating the MDT measurement, or MDT measurement configuration information;

Optionally, as another embodiment, when the first MDT measurement configuration information includes the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information of the activated MDT measurement, the sending to the selected user terminal is performed to activate the user terminal to perform The steps for the MDT to measure the MDT measurement configuration related information include:

Optionally, as another embodiment, the network device is a network node of a base station or a core network, where the network node is a user data management, a session management function, or an access and mobility management function.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the MDT measurement configuration information includes a UE measurement list, where the performing the MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

Optionally, as another embodiment, the MDT measurement configuration information includes an MDT measurement type, where the MDT measurement type is logged MDT or Immediate MDT;

The user terminal 110 can implement various processes implemented by the terminal in the foregoing embodiment. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

The user terminal 110 of the embodiment of the present disclosure performs MDT measurement according to the MDT measurement configuration information configured by the network device and the indication information of the activated MDT measurement, thereby implementing the measurement of the minimized drive test in the eLTE and the 5G NR, and the implementation method is simple.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the system, the device and the unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

In the embodiments provided by the present disclosure, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network devices. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in various embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

The functions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product. Based on such understanding, the portion of the technical solution of the present disclosure that contributes in essence or to the prior art or the portion of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including The instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present disclosure. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and the like, which can store various program codes.

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

Claims

A method for minimizing road test configuration applied to network devices, including:

Selecting a user terminal that performs minimization of drive test MDT measurements;

Transmitting, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement; the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information for activating MDT measurement, or , MDT measurement configuration information.
The method of minimizing the drive test configuration according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal comprises:

When the selected user terminal is in a non-idle state, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement is sent to the selected user terminal;

The non-idle state includes: a radio resource control RRC connection state, an RRC inactive state, an initiating RRC resilience request state, an initiating service request state, an initiating access notification region update state, and an initiating tracking region update state.
The method of minimizing the drive test configuration according to claim 1, wherein the network device is a base station; and before the step of selecting a user terminal for performing MDT measurement, the method further includes:

Receiving, by the base station, information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement;

Receiving, by the base station, second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management;

The step of selecting a user terminal that performs MDT measurement includes:

The base station selects a user terminal that performs MDT measurement according to the second MDT measurement configuration related information and whether the saved user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement.
The method of minimizing drive test configuration according to claim 3, wherein the step of receiving, by the base station, whether the user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement comprises:

Receiving, by the base station, information about whether the user terminal directly sent by the network node of the core network supports performing MDT measurement; or

The base station receives information of whether the user terminal forwarded by the network node of the core network through other network nodes supports performing MDT measurement.
The minimization drive test configuration method according to claim 4, wherein the information on whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement is included in UE context information or UE initial context establishment request information.
The method of minimizing drive test configuration according to claim 3, wherein the step of receiving, by the base station, whether the user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement comprises:

Receiving, by the initial base station, information supporting whether to perform MDT measurement, wherein the information is transmitted before the user terminal is handed over by the initial base station to the base station.
The method of minimizing the drive test configuration according to claim 3, wherein the step of the base station receiving the second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management system comprises:

Receiving, by the base station, information related to the second MDT measurement configuration directly sent by the network management; or

The base station receives second MDT measurement configuration related information forwarded by the network management network through the network node of the core network.
The minimization drive test configuration method according to claim 4 or 7, wherein the network node is a user data management, a session management function, or an access and mobility management function.
The minimization drive test configuration method according to claim 3, wherein the second MDT measurement configuration related information comprises:

MDT tracking report information and instructions for activating MDT tracking report information; or

The MDT tracks the reporting information.
The minimization of the drive test configuration method according to claim 9, wherein the MDT tracking report information includes a base station measurement list and a UE measurement list, and the base station receives the second MDT measurement configuration related information sent by the network management system. include:

The base station performs MDT measurement according to the base station measurement list in the MDT tracking report information;

The step of sending the first MDT measurement configuration related information for the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal includes:

The base station sends, according to the UE measurement list in the MDT tracking report information, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal.
The minimization drive test configuration method according to claim 9, wherein the base station selects a user terminal that performs MDT measurement according to the second MDT measurement configuration related information and whether the saved user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement. The steps include:

When the user terminal is in the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT tracking report information, and supports performing MDT measurement, the user terminal is selected as the user terminal performing MDT measurement, otherwise the user terminal is not selected as the user terminal performing MDT measurement. .
The method of minimizing the drive test configuration according to claim 3, wherein the step of transmitting the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal comprises:

The base station sends the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement by using the RRC reconfiguration message, the RRC resumption message, the RRC suspension message, the RRC release message, and the RRC connection setup message to the selected user terminal. The first MDT measurement configuration related information.
The minimization drive test configuration method according to claim 1, wherein the network device is a network node of a core network, and the network node is a user data management, a session management function, or an access and mobility management function; The steps of selecting a user terminal that performs MDT measurement include:

From the user terminal supporting the execution of the MDT measurement, the user terminal performing the MDT measurement is selected.
The method of minimizing the drive test configuration according to claim 13, wherein the step of transmitting the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal comprises:

Sending, by the network node, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal; or

The network node sends, by the base station, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal.
The method of minimizing the drive test configuration according to claim 13, wherein before the step of deactivating the first MDT measurement configuration related information for the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement to the selected user terminal, the method further includes:

When the selected user terminal is in an idle state, the network node pages the selected user terminal in an idle state, so that the user terminal switches to a non-idle state.
The minimization drive test configuration method according to claim 1, wherein the MDT measurement configuration information includes an MDT measurement type, and the MDT measurement type is a recorded MDT (logged MDT) or a direct MDT (Immediate MDT).
A method for minimizing road test measurement applied to user terminals, including:

The first minimized drive test MDT measurement configuration related information delivered by the network device; the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information for activating MDT measurement, or MDT measurement configuration information;

The MDT measurement is performed according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information.
The method of minimizing drive test measurement according to claim 17, wherein the network device is a base station or a network node of a core network, and the network node is a user data management, a session management function, or an access and mobility management function.
The method of minimizing drive test measurement according to claim 17, wherein the MDT measurement configuration information includes a UE measurement list, and the step of performing MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

The MDT measurement is performed according to the UE measurement list in the MDT measurement configuration information.
The method of minimizing drive test measurement according to claim 17, wherein the MDT measurement configuration information includes an MDT measurement type, and the MDT measurement type is a recorded MDT (logged MDT) or a direct MDT (Immediate MDT);

When the MDT measurement type is the logged MDT, the step of performing the MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

After receiving the first MDT measurement configuration related information, and entering the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT measurement configuration information, performing MDT measurement;

When the MDT measurement type is Immediate MDT, the step of performing MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes:

The MDT measurement is performed immediately upon receiving the first MDT measurement configuration related information.
A network device, including:

a selection module for selecting a user terminal that performs minimizing drive test MDT measurement;

a configuration module, configured to send, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement; the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and active MDT measurement The indication information, or, MDT measurement configuration information.
The network device according to claim 21, wherein

The selecting module is configured to send, to the selected user terminal, first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform MDT measurement when the selected user terminal is in a non-idle state; the non-idle state includes : radio resource control RRC connection status, RRC inactive status, initiate RRC recovery request status, initiate service request status, initiate access notification area update status, and initiate tracking area update status.
The network device according to claim 21, wherein the network device is a base station; the base station further comprises:

a first receiving module, configured to receive and save information about whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement;

a second receiving module, configured to receive information related to the second MDT measurement configuration sent by the network management;

The selection module is configured to select a user terminal that performs MDT measurement according to the second MDT measurement configuration related information and whether the saved user terminal supports information for performing MDT measurement.
The network device according to claim 23, wherein

The first receiving module is configured to receive information about whether the user terminal directly sent by the network node of the core network supports performing MDT measurement; or whether the user terminal that receives the network node forwarded by the network network through other network nodes supports performing MDT measurement. information.
The network device according to claim 24, wherein the information on whether the user terminal supports performing MDT measurement is included in UE context information or UE initial context establishment request information.
The network device according to claim 23, wherein

The first receiving module is configured to receive, by the initial base station, information about whether to support performing MDT measurement, where the information is sent before the user terminal is handed over to the base station by the initial base station.
The network device according to claim 23, wherein

The second receiving module is configured to receive second MDT measurement configuration related information directly sent by the network management device; or receive second MDT measurement configuration related information that is forwarded by the network management network through a network node of the core network.
A network device according to claim 24 or 27, wherein said network node is a user data management, a session management function or an access and mobility management function.
The network device according to claim 23, wherein the second MDT measurement configuration related information comprises:

MDT tracking report information and instructions for activating MDT tracking report information; or

The MDT tracks the reporting information.
The network device according to claim 29, wherein the MDT tracking report information includes a base station measurement list and a UE measurement list, and the base station further includes:

An MDT measurement module, configured to perform MDT measurement according to a base station measurement list in the MDT tracking report information;

The configuration module is configured to send, according to the UE measurement list in the MDT tracking report information, the first MDT measurement configuration related information used to activate the user terminal to perform MDT measurement to the selected user terminal.
The network device according to claim 29, wherein

The selecting module is configured to: when the user terminal supports the MDT measurement in the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT tracking report information, select the user terminal as the user terminal that performs the MDT measurement, otherwise the user terminal is not selected. User terminal for performing MDT measurements.
The network device according to claim 23, wherein

The configuration module is configured to send, by using any one or more of the RRC reconfiguration message, the RRC resumption message, the RRC suspension message, the RRC release message, and the RRC connection setup message, the selected user terminal to activate the user The terminal performs configuration information related to the first MDT measurement of the MDT measurement.
The network device according to claim 21, wherein said network device is a network node of a core network, said network node being a user data management, a session management function or an access and mobility management function; said selection module being In the user terminal supporting the execution of the MDT measurement, the user terminal performing the MDT measurement is selected.
The network device according to claim 33, wherein

The configuration module is configured to send, to the selected user terminal, the first MDT measurement configuration related information for activating the user terminal to perform the MDT measurement, or send the The user terminal performs configuration information related to the first MDT measurement of the MDT measurement.
The network device of claim 33, further comprising:

And a paging module, configured to: when the selected user terminal is in an idle state, page the selected user terminal in an idle state, so that the user terminal switches to a non-idle state.
The network device according to claim 33, wherein the MDT measurement configuration information includes an MDT measurement type, and the MDT measurement type is a recorded MDT (logged MDT) or a direct MDT (Immediate MDT).
A user terminal comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive first minimized drive test MDT measurement configuration related information delivered by the network device, where the first MDT measurement configuration related information includes: MDT measurement configuration information and indication information for activating MDT measurement, or MDT measurement Configuration information;

The MDT measurement module is configured to perform MDT measurement according to the first MDT measurement configuration related information.
The user terminal according to claim 37, wherein the network device is a base station or a network node of a core network, and the network node is a user data management, a session management function, or an access and mobility management function.
The user terminal according to claim 37, wherein the MDT measurement configuration information includes a UE measurement list,

The MDT measurement module is configured to perform MDT measurement according to the UE measurement list in the MDT measurement configuration information.
The user terminal according to claim 39, wherein the MDT measurement configuration information includes an MDT measurement type, and the MDT measurement type is a recorded MDT (logged MDT) or a direct MDT (Immediate MDT);

The MDT measurement module is configured to: when the MDT measurement type is logged MDT, and receive the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information of the activated MDT measurement, and enter the MDT measurement area specified in the MDT measurement configuration information, , performing MDT measurements;

The MDT measurement module is configured to perform an MDT measurement immediately when the MDT measurement type is an Immediate MDT, and the MDT measurement configuration information and the indication information for activating the MDT measurement are received.
A network device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program being executed by the processor to implement any one of claims 1 to 16 The step of minimizing the drive test configuration method.
A user terminal comprising a processor, a memory, and a program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, the program being executed by the processor to implement any one of claims 17 to 20 The steps of minimizing the drive test measurement method.
A computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a program, the program being executed by a processor to implement the minimized drive test configuration method according to any one of claims 1 to 16. The step of minimizing the drive test measurement method according to any one of claims 17 to 20, when the program is executed by the processor.