Patent ID: 8780732

Claim:
A method for logging and reporting network events, comprising: receiving a Self Organized Network (SON) policy from a network that specifies a list of definitions for respective network events, a list of measurements to be performed that are associated with the respective network events, and instructions for reporting performed measurements associated with the respective network events; detecting an occurrence of a network event defined by the SON policy, wherein detecting an occurrence of a network event comprises detecting an occurrence of a radio link failure (RLF); performing one or more measurements associated with the detected network event based on the SON policy; storing information associated with the RLF in a register; and reporting the one or more measurements to the network based on the instructions for reporting measurements specified in the SON policy, wherein the reporting comprises identifying a time of occurrence of at least one predefined triggering event, the at least one triggering event comprising at least one of quality of a communication link with the network having at least a predetermined threshold quality or the register becoming full; and transferring at least a portion of information stored in the register to the network based on at least one of quality of a communication link or the register being full, and wherein the portion of information includes a timestamp indicating the identified time of occurrence.