Method of operating cellular mobile radio network
AssigneeDeutsche Telekom AG
InventorAxel KLATT
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Abstract
A process in which the acquisition of parameters of a mobile radio system, in particular a cellular mobile radio network, is carried out in particular according to GSM, UMTS, E-UTRAN/LTE or WiMAX standards. Parameters of the mobile radio system, in particular the cellular mobile radio network, are acquired by the mobile radio terminals, in particular by serial subscriber terminals of users of this network, without additional external devices for determination of position, such as in particular external GPS receivers or a storage and processing module, and are forwarded to a centralized or decentralized/distributed acquisition, analysis and processing unit in the network.
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A method of acquiring parameters reflecting the supply quality of a cellular mobile radio network having at least one mobile radio terminal that is a conventional subscriber terminal device of a user of the mobile radio network without an external device for determining position and a base station, the method comprising the steps, when at least one of the parameters to be acquired or another parameter of the cellular mobile radio network falls below or exceed a threshold value, of:
- the mobile radio terminal
- automatically determining by the mobile radio terminal the parameters at the current position of the mobile radio terminal,
- storing the determined parameters in the mobile radio terminal,
- linking the stored parameters of the mobile radio network to position indication data of the site at which the current parameters are acquired, and
- sending a first message as a measurement report containing the stored parameters and the current position indication data via a signaling channel of the mobile radio network to the base station;
- and
- the base station either, either
- generating a second message including the parameters and the current position indication data of the first message or
- collecting a number of measurement reports and generating a second message including these measurement reports, and thereafter
- sending the second message with the number of measurement reports together to an acquisition, analysis, and processing unit in the mobile radio network.
A mobile radio terminal of a cellular mobile radio network that is a conventional subscriber terminal of a user of the mobile radio network having a non-transitory computer readable memory with a program code that when executed on the mobile radio terminal makes the mobile radio terminal carry out the steps of,
- when at least one of the parameters to be acquired or another parameter of the cellular mobile radio network falls below or exceed a threshold value,
- automatically determining by the mobile radio terminal the parameters at the current position of the mobile radio terminal,
- storing the determined parameters in the mobile radio terminal,
- linking the stored parameters of the mobile radio network to position indication data of the site at which the current parameters are acquired, and
- sending a first message as a measurement report containing the stored parameters and the current position indication data via a signaling channel of the mobile radio network to the base station.
A cellular mobile radio network having at least one mobile radio terminal that is a conventional subscriber terminal of a user of the mobile radio network,
- at least one base station and
- an acquisition, analysis, and processing unit for analyzing parameters reflecting the supply quality of the mobile radio network,
- the mobile radio terminal having a non-transitory computer readable memory with a program code that, executed on the mobile radio terminal, makes the mobile radio terminal carry out the steps of, when at least one of the parameters to be acquired or another parameter of the cellular mobile radio network falls below or exceed a threshold value,
- automatically determining by the mobile radio terminal the parameters at the current position of the mobile radio terminal,
- storing the determined parameters in the mobile radio terminal,
- linking the stored parameters of the mobile radio network to position indication data of the site at which the current parameters are acquired, and
- sending a first message as a measurement report containing the stored parameters and the current position indication data via a signaling channel of the mobile radio network to the base station, and
- the base station having a non-transitory computer readable memory with a program code that, executed on the base station, makes the base station carry out the step of:
- generating a second message including the parameters and the current position indication data of the first message or
- collecting a number of measurement reports and generating a second message including these measurement reports, and thereafter
- sending the second message with the number of measurement reports together to an acquisition, analysis, and processing unit in the mobile radio network.
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