Patent ID: 9462529
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G01S,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a network node for performing network tasks, the network node being comprised in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: sending a request to report cell change information, to a user equipment currently being served by the wireless communications network or another network node of the wireless communications network, the cell change information comprising user equipment trajectory data based on cell parameters of visited cells in a user equipment trajectory, wherein the visited cells include one cell in the wireless communications network currently serving the user equipment and the one cell served by a WiFi node, wherein the one cell in the wireless communications network currently serving the user equipment and one cell served by a WiFi node communicate with the user equipment using different radio access technologies, wherein the user equipment trajectory data for at least one of the visited cells includes a time-stamp, a signal measurement, and a measurement bandwidth, wherein the signal measurement is at least one of a Minimization of Drive Test, MDT, measurement, positioning measurement, an Enhanced-Cell Identification, E-CID, measurement, an Observed Time Difference of Arrival, OTDOA, measurement, an Uplink Time Difference of Arrival, UTDOA, measurement, self organizing network, SON, measurement, and mobility measurement; receiving the requested cell change information from the user equipment; and performing at least one network task using the cell change information, wherein the at least one network task includes at least one of determining a user equipment travel route, network planning, planning a new network node site, deployment of a new network node, planning a new base station site, or deployment of a new base station site.