Measurement reporting for network maintenance methods and systems

A method for wireless communication, implemented at a network device, the method comprising:

• transmitting, from the network device to a terminal operating in a narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) system, a first indication to perform a network maintenance strategy to generate measurement records, the first indication including a measurement type, wherein the measurement type indicates whether a measurement reporting is associated with at least one of a mobility of the terminal, a random access channel performance, or a radio link failure, and wherein the first indication is transmitted in a RRC message that comprises a RRCConnectionRelease message;
• receiving a Msg3 of an Early Data Transmission (EDT) process including a second indication of an existence of the measurement records generated by the terminal in response to receiving of the first indication, the Msg3 further including a data volume size of the measurement records;
• transmitting, from the network device, a request to send the measurement records associated with at least one of the mobility of the terminal, the random access channel performance or the radio link failure;
• and
• receiving, from the terminal, the measurement records associated with at least one of the mobility of the terminal, the random access channel performance or the radio link failure.

A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor and a memory;
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to read code from the memory, which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the wireless communication apparatus operating as a terminal to implement a method including:
• receiving, by the terminal, from a network device, a first indication to perform a network maintenance strategy to generate measurement records, the first indication including a measurement type, wherein the measurement type indicates whether a measurement reporting is associated with at least one of a mobility of the terminal, a random access channel performance, or a radio link failure, and wherein the first indication is received in a RRC message that comprises a RRCConnectionRelease message;
• transmitting a Msg3 of an Early Data Transmission (EDT) process including a second indication of an existence of the measurement records generated by the terminal in response to receiving of the first indication, the Msg3 further including a data volume size of the measurement records;
• receiving, from the network device, a request to send the measurement records associated with at least one of the mobility of the terminal, the random access channel performance or the radio link failure;
• and
• transmitting, to the network device and based on a trigger, the measurement records associated with at least one of the mobility of the terminal, the random access channel performance or the radio link failure,
• wherein the trigger is based on an occurrence of an event.

A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor and a memory,
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to read code from the memory, which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the wireless communication apparatus to implement a method including:
• transmitting, to a terminal operating in a narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) system, a first indication to perform a network maintenance strategy to generate measurement records, the first indication including a measurement type, wherein the measurement type indicates whether a measurement reporting is associated with at least one of a mobility of the terminal, a random access channel performance, or a radio link failure, and wherein the first indication is transmitted in a RRC message that comprises a RRCConnectionRelease message;
• receiving a Msg3 of an Early Data Transmission (EDT) process including a second indication of an existence of the measurement records generated by the terminal in response to receiving of the first indication, the Msg3 further including a data volume size of the measurement records;
• transmitting a request to send the measurement records associated with at least one of the mobility of the terminal, the random access channel performance or the radio link failure;
• and
• receiving, from the terminal, the measurement records associated with at least one of the mobility of the terminal, the random access channel performance or the radio link failure.