# US 2019/0246307 A1 · Method and system for performing radio measurements in a mobile network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0246307 A1 - Document ID: US20190246307A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/337,719 - Filed: 2017-09-28 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-30 - Assignees: Orange - Applicants: Orange - Inventors: Aymen Jaziri - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190246307A1 ## CPC - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 64/00: Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method of radio measurement in a mobile network, including the following acts: a base station of the mobile network transmits a radio measurement request message; the request message is received and taken into account by at least one mobile terminal, termed supra-mobile, situated in the zone of coverage of the base station; the supra-mobile broadcasts a signal recognizable by the mobile terminals situated in its neighborhood; at least one mobile terminal, termed a measurer terminal, subsequently to receiving the signal, responds to the supra-mobile by sending it at least one radio parameter relating to an ongoing or envisaged communication of the measurer terminal with the base station; the supra-mobile compiles the radio parameters received so as to obtain compilations of statistical radio parameters; and the supra-mobile activates its location if it is not already activated, and sends its position and the statistics to the base station. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of radio measurement in a mobile network, comprising: a base station of said mobile network emitting a radio measurement request message, at least one mobile terminal, termed supra-mobile, situated in the zone of coverage of the base station, receiving and taking into account the request message, said supra-mobile broadcasting a signal recognizable by the mobile terminals situated in the supra-mobile's neighborhood, at least one mobile terminal, termed a measuring terminal, following reception of said signal emitted by the supra-mobile, responding to the supra-mobile by sending to the supra-mobile at least one radio parameter relating to an ongoing or envisaged communication of said measuring terminal with the base station, the supra-mobile compiling the at least one radio parameter received to obtain compilations of radio parameters, termed statistics, and the supra-mobile activating the supra-mobile's localization if the localization is not already activated, and sending a position of the supra-mobile and said statistics to said base station. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of radio measurements as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base station chooses previously, in a dynamic manner, in at least one zone of predefined size, at least one subscriber mobile terminal to make thereof a supra-mobile. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of radio measurements as claimed in claim 1, wherein said supra-mobile is a preselected mobile terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of radio measurements as claimed in claim 1, wherein all the mobile terminals that have received said signal from a-the at least one supra-mobile respond to said supra-mobile by sending to the supra-mobile at least one radio parameter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of radio measurements as claimed in claim 1, wherein, from among the mobile terminals that have received said signal from the at least one supra-mobile, only those desiring a throughput greater than a certain threshold respond to said supra-mobile by sending to the supra-mobile at least one radio parameter. ### Claim 6 A mobile terminal, termed a supra-mobile, comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor configure the supra-mobile to perform acts comprising: receiving and taking into account a radio measurement request message emitted by a base station of a mobile network to which the supra-mobile is attached, broadcasting a signal recognizable by the mobile terminals situated in the supra-mobile's neighborhood, receiving, from at least one mobile terminal, termed a measuring terminal, that has or have received said signal, at least one radio parameter relating to an ongoing or envisaged communication of said measuring terminal with the base station, compiling the radio parameters received to obtain compilations of radio parameters, termed statistics, and activating the supra-mobile's localization if the localization is not already activated, and sending the supra-mobile's position and said statistics to said base station. ### Claim 7 A system for radio measurements in a mobile network, comprising: a mobile terminal, termed a supra-mobile, comprising: a first processor; and a first non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the first processor configure the supra-mobile to perform acts comprising: receiving and taking into account a radio measurement request message emitted by a base station of a mobile network to which the supra-mobile is attached, broadcasting a signal recognizable by the mobile terminals situated in the supra-mobile's neighborhood, receiving, from at least one mobile terminal, termed a measuring terminal, that has or have received said signal, at least one radio parameter relating to an ongoing or envisaged communication of said measuring terminal with the base station, compiling the radio parameters received to obtain compilations of radio parameters, termed statistics, and activating the supra-mobile's localization if the localization is not already activated, and sending the supra-mobile's position and said statistics to said base station; the at least one mobile terminal, termed a-the measuring terminal, comprising: a second processor; and a second non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the second processor configure the measuring terminal to perform acts comprising: receiving and taking into account said signal emitted by said supra-mobile, determining the at least one radio parameter relating to the ongoing or envisaged communication of said measuring terminal with the base station, and sending said radio parameter to the supra-mobile, and the base station of said mobile network, comprising: a third processor; and a third non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the third processor configure the base station to perform acts comprising: emitting the radio measurement request message, and receiving from said supra-mobile, and taking into account, the position of the supra-mobile as well as said statistics. ### Claim 8 (canceled) ### Claim 9 (Canceled)