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Minimization Of Drive Test Requirements Analysis

Minimization Of Drive Test Re-

quirements Analysis

 Prashant Panigrahi

Wireless network is one of the most complex system and to make

sure that the Network is working as per the standards and serving the
users optimally, the telecom operators perform drive tests. These
tests are carried out for different reasons, some times to optimize the
network and some other times to debug certain issues in a particular
area.

The repetitive drive tests are a big bottleneck to the network operator
in terms of money spent for carrying out the operation and the time
spent to debug certain issues. To minimize these 3GPP standardiza-
tion groups proposed new techniques to minimize the amount of
drive tests by collecting information from mobile users. The informa-
tion can be on different kinds of measurements, handovers, or sig-
nalling failures.

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There are two different type of MDT (Minimization of Drive Test)

Immediate MDT

MDT functionality involving measurement performance by UE in CON-

NECTED state and reporting of the measurements to eNB/RNC avail-
able at the time of reporting condition.

Logged MDT

Where UE log in idle mode together with time stamps and optionally
with accurate location information.

Requirements for minimization of drive test

Minimization of drive test should follow the following requirements.

UE measurement configuration

The operator can bale to configure an UE measurements for logging

purpose independent from the NW configurations. This is done for
Radio Resource Management (RRM) purpose.

UE measurement collection and reporting

The time interval for measurement logs collection and reporting shall
be configurable in order to limit the UE battery consumption and net-
work load.

Geographical scope of measurement logging

This requirement says that the operator should able to configure the
geographical area where the defined set of measurement can be per-
formed.

Location Information

The measurements in the measurement logs should be connected to

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the location information.

Time information

The measurements in measurement logs shall be linked to the time

stamp available in the UE.

Device type information

The terminal type and the capabilities of the UE should be correctly

indicated to the NW so that the operator can select correct terminals
for specific measurements.

Dependency on Self Organizing Network (SON)

The solutions for minimization of drive test shall be able to work inde-
pendently from the SON support in the network.

References

3GPP TR 36.805 – Study on Minimization of drive-tests in Next

Generation Networks
3GPP TS 37.320 – Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) and
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio mea-
surement collection for Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT); Over-
all description; Stage 2 (Release 10)

3GPP

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