US 11,812,294 B2
Transfer of measurement configuration information in wireless communication networks
Cecilia Eklöf, Täby (SE); Gunnar Heikkilä, Gammelstad (SE); Waikwok Kwong, Solna (SE); and Nianshan Shi, Järfälla (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 16/624,670
Filed by TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/055051
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/008560, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/529,801, filed on Jul. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0413275 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04Q 1/20 (2006.01); H04W 16/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/10 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving a measurement configuration message via a radio network node, the measurement configuration message comprising a configuration identifier associated with a measurement configuration file,
wherein the measurement configuration message is received over a control plane, and
wherein the measurement configuration message is a radio resource control (RRC) message;
comparing the received configuration identifier with a previously received configuration identifier, wherein the previously received configuration identifier is associated with last retrieved measurement configuration file;
determining a need for retrieving the measurement configuration file from the radio network node prior to retrieving the measurement configuration file from the radio network node,
wherein determining the need for retrieving the measurement configuration file is based on a result of the comparison that the received configuration identifier is different from the previously received configuration identifier; and
retrieving, based on the determination, the measurement configuration file from the radio network node using the received configuration identifier,
wherein the retrieving of the measurement configuration file from the radio network node using the received configuration identifier comprises:
transmitting a request for the measurement configuration file to the radio network node; and
receiving the measurement configuration file from the radio network node.