Patent ID: 9622116
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for handling a request for obtaining event information relating to a User Equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs from an event information sequence for the plurality of UEs, the event information sequence obtained by creating a plurality of segments for the plurality of UEs upon recording of event information for the plurality of UEs, in which segments pertaining to respective UEs are linked as a group and in which each segment including one or more elements, wherein each element includes a next pointer pointing to a next element in the event information sequence and a state to show whether the element is released, and wherein at least one element of each segment is a segment head that includes a next segment pointer pointing to a next segment in a same group, a previous pointer pointing to a previous element in the event information sequence, and an identity of the segment, and storing the elements in order of time when the event information sequence is recorded for the plurality of UEs, the method including: obtaining the group of segments which is created for the UE from the event information sequence based on an identity of the UE included in the request; comparing at least one matching parameter included in the request with event information of each element of segments in the group for the UE till the requested event information is obtained or all elements if the group is compared, wherein a next element to be compared is found via at least one of a next pointer and a next segment pointer of the current element; and obtaining respective event information when said at least one matching parameter is matched.