9271169

Method of Reporting Link Failure

PublishedFebruary 23, 2016
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1. A method of reporting link failure, comprising: measuring mobility information during a first link between a user equipment (UE) and a serving base station, wherein the mobility information includes one of a user equipment mobility state, a change in the user equipment mobility state, and a user equipment mobility speed when the user equipment mobility state changes; wherein the user equipment mobility state indicates a high-mobility state, a medium-mobility state or a low-mobility state according to how many times a cell re-selection occurs during a predetermined period; wherein the change in the user equipment mobility state is provided by one of (a) measuring a location change of the user equipment during the first link using a global positioning system (GPS), and (b) based on a timing change of the user equipment which is acquired by measuring transmission times of a single-frequency network (SFN) or an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) during the first link; retaining the mobility information measured during the first link regardless of whether the user equipment has encountered a coverage problem for a predetermined period of time during the first link; establishing a second link between the user equipment and a target base station after a first link between the user equipment and the serving base station fails, wherein the target base station and the serving base station is a same base station; the user equipment reporting the mobility information of the user equipment to the target base station after establishing the second link; when determining that a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration is received from the serving base station during the first link, the user equipment reporting first information associated with a condition in which the RRC connection reconfiguration is transmitted or received during the first link; and the target base station performing a minimization of drive test (MDT) mobility optimization according to the mobility information and the first information.

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2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: measuring a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) of the serving base station and the target base station during the first link; and determining that the mobility information indicates a high-mobility state, a medium-mobility state or a low-mobility state according to how many times a cell re-selection occurs during a predetermined period.

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3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: providing the change in the user equipment mobility state by measuring a location change of the user equipment during the first link using a standalone global positioning system (GPS), a standalone global navigation satellite system (GNSS), an assisted GPS, an assisted GNSS, a location services (LCS) orientation, or a secure user plane location (SUPL) orientation.

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4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: acquiring the user equipment mobility speed using a standalone global positioning system (GPS), a standalone global navigation satellite system (GNSS), an assisted GPS, an assisted GNSS, a location services (LCS) orientation, or a secure user plane location (SUPL) orientation.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition in which the RRC connection reconfiguration is transmitted or received during the first link includes: a start time of a timer defined in a corresponding 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specification; an expire time of the timer; a location or a speed of the user equipment when the timer starts; a location or a speed of the user equipment when the timer expires; or a maximum random access channel (RACH) power used to transmit the RRC connection reconfiguration.

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6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: when determining that a radio resource control connection reconfiguration is not received during the first link, the user equipment reporting second information associated with a radio link failure (RLF) during the first link, wherein the target base station is configured to perform the MDT mobility optimization further according to the second information.

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7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second information includes a start time of a timer defined in a corresponding 3rd Generation Partnership Project specification, an expire time of the timer, a media access control (MAC) problem, or a radio link control (RLC) problem.

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8. A method of reporting link failure, comprising: measuring mobility information during a first link between a user equipment and a serving base station, wherein the mobility information includes one of a user equipment mobility state, a change in the user equipment mobility state, and a user equipment mobility speed when the user equipment mobility state changes; wherein the user equipment mobility state indicates a high-mobility state, a medium-mobility state or a low-mobility state according to how many times a cell re-selection occurs during a predetermined period; wherein the change in the user equipment mobility state is provided by one of (a) measuring a location change of the user equipment during the first link using a global positioning system (GPS), and (b) based on a timing change of the user equipment which is acquired by measuring transmission times of a single-frequency network (SFN) or an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) during the first link; retaining the mobility information measured during the first link regardless of whether the user equipment has encountered a coverage problem for a predetermined period of time during the first link; establishing a second link between the user equipment and a target base station after a first link between the user equipment and the serving base station fails, wherein the target base station and the serving base station is a same base station; the user equipment reporting the mobility information of the user equipment to the target base station after establishing the second link; when determining that a radio resource control connection (RRC) reconfiguration is not received from the serving base station during the first link, the user equipment reporting first information associated with a condition in which a radio link failure (RLF) occurs during the first link or associated with a cause of the radio link failure; and the target base station performing a minimization of drive test (MDT) mobility optimization according to the mobility information and the first information.

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9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the condition in which the radio link failure occurs during the first link or the cause of the radio link failure, the first information includes a start time of a timer defined in a corresponding 3rd Generation Partnership Project specification, an expire time of the timer, a media access control (MAC) problem, or a radio link control (RLC) problem.

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February 23, 2016

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Ming-Dao Chuang

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