Patent ID: 9699681
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for transmission of environment-related information between a user equipment and a mobile communication network, wherein the method comprises: transmitting, in a first step, measurement configuration information from the mobile communication network to the user equipment, wherein the mobile communication network comprises a base station entity, wherein the user equipment comprises at least one radio interface, wherein an uplink radio connection between the user equipment and the base station entity is at least able to be established using the at least one radio interface of the user equipment, wherein a control channel of the mobile communication network is used for the transmission of the measurement configuration information, and wherein the measurement configuration information comprises an indication that a requested measurement shall be reported to the base station entity together with at least one other uplink transmission performed by the user equipment using the at least one radio interface of the user equipment, wherein the requested measurement is to be conducted by the user equipment and results in obtaining local network information only in case that a battery level of the user equipment is above a predefined threshold or the user equipment is connected to a battery recharger or a grid; obtaining the local network information by conducting the requested measurement, in a second step subsequent to the first step; and transmitting, in a third step subsequent to the second step, the local network information together with the at least one other uplink transmission performed by the user equipment to the base station entity by using the at least one radio interface of the user equipment; wherein during a fourth step subsequent to the second step and prior to the third step, the local network information is logged by the user equipment; wherein the measurement configuration information comprises an indication to the user equipment to perform inter-frequency and/or inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurements only in case that at most a predefined number of serving base station entities are detectable by the user equipment.