A method for performing a minimization of drive test, MDT, in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving by a terminal, from a base station, a logged measurement configuration message including a MDT_public land mobile network, PLMN, list, wherein the MDT_PLMN list comprises PLMN identifiers of PLMNs where the terminal is allowed to perform a logged MDT process; and wherein the MDT _PLMN list is transmitted to the base station from a mobility management entity, MME, through at least one of an initial context setup request message and a handover request message; determining if a MDT _PLMN is the registered PLMN of the terminal or one of the MDT_PLMNs in the MDT_PLMN list; releasing a connection between the terminal and the base station, the terminal operating in idle mode thereafter; performing, by the terminal, a logged MDT process if a PLMN on which the terminal currently camps is the determined MDT _PLMN or is one of MDT_PLMNs in the MDT_PLMN list; sending, by the terminal, a Radio Resource Control, RRC, connection request message to the base station; receiving, by the terminal, an RRC, connection setup message from the base station; sending, by the terminal, to the base station, an RRC connection setup complete message indicating that a result of the logged MDT process is available, if the PLMN on which the terminal currently camps PLMN during the RRC connection setup, is the determined MDT_PLMN or one of the MDT PLMNs in the MDT_PLMN list; receiving by the terminal, from the base station, a request message including a first parameter requesting to report the result of the logged MDT process; and transmitting by the terminal, to the base station, a response message in response to the request message, the response message including a second parameter reporting the result of the logged MDT process wherein the registered PLMN is a PLMN in which the terminal is registered and an MDT_PLMN is a PLMN which commands the terminal to perform a logged MDT process. receiving by a terminal, from a base station, a logged measurement configuration message including a MDT_public land mobile network, PLMN, list, wherein the MDT_PLMN list comprises PLMN identifiers of PLMNs where the terminal is allowed to perform a logged MDT process; and wherein the MDT _PLMN list is transmitted to the base station from a mobility management entity, MME, through at least one of an initial context setup request message and a handover request message; wherein the MDT_PLMN list comprises PLMN identifiers of PLMNs where the terminal is allowed to perform a logged MDT process; and wherein the MDT _PLMN list is transmitted to the base station from a mobility management entity, MME, through at least one of an initial context setup request message and a handover request message; determining if a MDT _PLMN is the registered PLMN of the terminal or one of the MDT_PLMNs in the MDT_PLMN list; releasing a connection between the terminal and the base station, the terminal operating in idle mode thereafter; performing, by the terminal, a logged MDT process if a PLMN on which the terminal currently camps is the determined MDT _PLMN or is one of MDT_PLMNs in the MDT_PLMN list; sending, by the terminal, a Radio Resource Control, RRC, connection request message to the base station; receiving, by the terminal, an RRC, connection setup message from the base station; sending, by the terminal, to the base station, an RRC connection setup complete message indicating that a result of the logged MDT process is available, if the PLMN on which the terminal currently camps PLMN during the RRC connection setup, is the determined MDT_PLMN or one of the MDT PLMNs in the MDT_PLMN list; receiving by the terminal, from the base station, a request message including a first parameter requesting to report the result of the logged MDT process; and transmitting by the terminal, to the base station, a response message in response to the request message, the response message including a second parameter reporting the result of the logged MDT process wherein the registered PLMN is a PLMN in which the terminal is registered and an MDT_PLMN is a PLMN which commands the terminal to perform a logged MDT process.