Patent ID: 6958982
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a wireless communication system including at least one access point (AP), at least one network management entity (NME) and at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the AP including a first management entity, a management information base (MIB) and a second management entity, a method of making physical parameter measurement data of the WTRU accessible to the NME, the method comprising: (a) the first management entity transmitting a first message to the second management entity in the AP instructing the second management entity to send a request to the WTRU to measure and report at least one specific physical parameter; (b) in response to receiving the first message, the second management entity in the AP transmitting a second message to the WTRU requesting that the WTRU measure and report the at least one specific physical parameter to the AP; (c) in response to the WTRU receiving the second message, the WTRU measuring the at least one specific physical parameter; (d) the WTRU transmitting a third message including data associated with the at least one specific physical parameter measurement to the AP; and (e) the first management entity storing the specific physical parameter measurement data in the MIB such that the data is available to the at least one NME.