Method and Device for Subscribing to Radio Link Failure Report

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and device for subscribing to an RLF report. An integration reference point manager configures a subscription condition for an RLF report for an integration reference point agent. The integration reference point manager obtains an RLF report that is sent by the integration reference point agent and satisfies the subscription condition. The present invention can avoid that a base station sends an RLF report obtained from a UE, to an IRPManager through an IRPAgent in a best-effort mode, thereby decreasing the load of information transferred between the IRPManager and the IRPAgent.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for subscribing to a radio link failure (RLF) report, comprising:
 generating, by an integration reference point agent (IRPAgent), a signaling trace job according to an active signaling trace job operation, wherein a job type of the signaling trace job is RLF reporting only, and wherein an input parameter of the activate signaling trace job operation is a value of an attribute corresponding to a subscription condition of the RLF report;   obtaining, by the IRPAgent according to the subscription condition, an RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition; and   sending, by the IRPAgent, the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition to an integration reference point manager (IRPManager).   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein obtaining, by the IRPAgent according to the subscription condition, the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition comprises:
 querying, by the IRPAgent according to the subscription condition, an obtained RLF report sent by a base station in an administrative domain of the IRPAgent; and   obtaining the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein obtaining, by the IRPAgent according to the subscription condition, the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition comprises:
 subscribing, by the IRPAgent according to the subscription condition, from a base station that satisfies the subscription condition in an administrative domain of the IRPAgent; and   obtaining, by the IRPAgent, the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein a mechanism of sending, by the IRPAgent, the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition to the IRPManager comprises a trace result reporting mechanism of a signaling trace job or a trace result reporting mechanism of a minimized drive test (MDT) job. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the subscription condition comprises area scope. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the subscription condition comprises area scope. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein a value of the attribute comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of one or more cells, a tracking area identifier, a routing area identifier, and a location area identifier. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein a value of the attribute comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of one or more cells, a tracking area identifier, a routing area identifier, and a location area identifier. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the subscription condition corresponding to the attribute comprises: reporting a RLF report when an RLF occurs on a UE in an area indicated by the attribute. 
     
     
         10 . An integration reference point agent (IRPAgent), comprising:
 a processor;   a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for:   generating a signaling trace job according to an active signaling trace job operation, wherein a job type of the signaling trace job is RLF reporting only, wherein an input parameter of the activate signaling trace job operation is a value of an attribute corresponding to a subscription condition of the RLF report;   obtaining an RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition according to the subscription condition; and   sending the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition to an integration reference point manager (IRPManager).   
     
     
         11 . The IRPAgent according to  claim 10 , wherein the program further includes instructions for:
 querying an obtained RLF report sent by a base station in an administrative domain of the IRPAgent according to the subscription condition; and   obtaining the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition.   
     
     
         12 . The IRPAgent according to  claim 10 , wherein the program further includes instructions for:
 subscribing from a base station that satisfies the subscription condition in an administrative domain of the IRPAgent; and   obtaining the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition.   
     
     
         13 . The IRPAgent according to  claim 10 , wherein a mechanism of sending the RLF report that satisfies the subscription condition to the IRPManager comprises a trace result reporting mechanism of a signaling trace job or a trace result reporting mechanism of a minimized drive test (MDT) job. 
     
     
         14 . The IRPAgent according to  claim 13 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the subscription condition comprises area scope. 
     
     
         15 . The IRPAgent according to  claim 10 , wherein the attribute corresponding to the subscription condition comprises area scope. 
     
     
         16 . The IRPAgent according to  claim 15 , wherein a value of the attribute comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of one or more cells, a tracking area identifier, a routing area identifier, and a location area identifier. 
     
     
         17 . The IRPAgent according to  claim 10 , wherein a value of the attribute comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of one or more cells, a tracking area identifier, a routing area identifier, and a location area identifier. 
     
     
         18 . The IRPAgent according to  claim 10 , wherein the subscription condition corresponding to the attribute comprises: reporting a RLF report when an RLF occurs on a UE in an area indicated by the attribute.