Patent ID: 8867471
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for reporting radio access network element information, the method comprising: acquiring reporting policy information, wherein the reporting policy information comprises reporting content and a reporting condition; determining, by a radio access network element, whether the reporting condition is satisfied, wherein the radio access network element is a network-side device; reporting, by the radio access network element, a radio access network element information to a core network element when the reporting condition is satisfied, wherein reporting the radio access network element information to the core network element comprises sending the radio access network element information report either to a control network element using signaling according to the reporting content that comprises location information and corresponding time information or to a gateway device by using a tunnel according to the reporting content that comprises location information; and suppressing, by the radio access network element, the radio access network element information when the reporting condition is not satisfied, wherein suppressing the radio access network element information comprises not communicating the radio access network element information report from the radio access network element to the core network element when the reporting condition is not satisfied.