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Bill
22 Jan 2013 10:52 PM
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As UEs have become smarter and the air interface more complex, the need for more
detailed communication between the UE and the network has increased dramatically.
The UE has become the eyes and the ears of the radio access network. Its main goal is
to find the best cell and maximize performance with that cell.
To help the UE accomplish this, the eNodeB gathers several pieces of information from
the UE and then adjusts its downlink transmissions accordingly. The UE tells the
network what cells it can see and how strong it can see them, its current channel
conditions, the current state of its memory buffer, which antennas should be
transmitting in the downlink, how many different transmission streams can be supported
simultaneously, acknowledgements when data is received successfully, and any other
information that the network wants to know.
This is the first in a series of blogs on these different types of UE feedback. This blog
will focus on the measurement report. The measurement report is the mechanism used
by the UE to tell the network whatever results have been requested. Typically, these are
measurements of the surrounding cells. They can also include requested
measurements of block error rate, transmit power and other UE-based parameters. The
UE learns the requested information using a measurement configuration.
When a UE is in RRC-CONNECTED mode, this measurement configuration is provided
to the UE by means of dedicated signaling; typically using the
RRCConnectionReconfiguration message.
The measurement configuration provided to the UE includes the following parameters:
1. Measurement Objects: the objects on which the UE shall perform the
measurements; i.e. frequencies and cells. In other words: who should the UE
measure? These include intra- and inter- frequency neighbors, IRAT UMTS
neighbors, IRAT GSM neighbors and IRAT CDMA2000 HRPD and 1xRTT
neighbors.
2. Reporting Configurations: the criteria used by the UE to trigger the transmission
of a measurement report and the quantities that the UE includes in the report. In
other words: when should the UE send a report? This trigger can either be
periodical or event-based.
3. Measurement Identities: an identifier that links one measurement object with one
reporting configuration. In other words: the UE needs to keep track of the objects
to be measured and their specific triggers. The measurement identity is used as
a reference number in the measurement report.