UE Measurement Reporting and Control

The measurements performed by the UE are controlled by the RNC using RRC protocol
messages, in terms of what to measure, when to measure and how to report, including both
UTRA radio interface and other systems. RRC signalling is also used in reporting of the
measurements from the UE to the UTRAN (RNC).

Measurement Control
The measurement control (and reporting) procedure is designed to be very flexible. The
serving RNC may start, stop or modify a number of parallel measurements in the UE and
each of these measurements (including how they are reported) can be controlled independently
of each other. The measurement control information is included in System Information
Block Type 12 and System Information Block Type 11. For UEs in Cell_DCH state also a
dedicated Measurement Control message can be used. This is illustrated in Figure below.
Measurement control procedures in different UE states

The measurement control information includes:

Measurement identity number: A reference number that is used by the UTRAN at
modification or release of the measurement and by the UE in the measurement report.

Measurement command: May be either set-up, modify or release.

Measurement type: One of the seven types from a predefined list, where each type
describes what the UE measures. The seven types of measurement are defined as:
– Intra-frequency measurements: measurements on downlink physical channels at the
same frequency as the active set.
– Inter-frequency measurements: measurements on downlink physical channels at
frequencies that differ from the frequency of the active set.
– Inter-system measurements: measurements on downlink physical channels belonging
to a radio access system other than UTRAN, e.g. GSM.
– Traffic volume measurements: measurements on uplink traffic volume, e.g. RLC buffer
payload for each Radio Bearer.
– Quality measurements: measurements of quality parameters, e.g. downlink transport
channel block error rate.
– Internal measurements: measurements of UE transmission power and UE received
signal level.

Measurement objects: The objects the UE shall measure, and corresponding object
information. In handover measurements this is the cell information needed by the UE to
make measurements on certain intra-frequency, inter-frequency or inter-system cells. In
traffic volume measurements this parameter contains transport channel identification.

Measurement quantity: The quantity the UE measures.

Measurement reporting quantities: The quantities the UE includes in the report.

Measurement reporting criteria: The criteria that trigger the measurement report, such as
periodical or event-triggered reporting.

Reporting mode: This specifies whether the UE transmits the measurement report using
acknowledged or unacknowledged data transfer of RLC.

Examples:

001306 01:09:26.353 RRC DL DL-DCCH MeasurementControl

Uu_RRC: DL_DCCH_Message
- . .message:- measurementControl:- r3
- . . . . .measurementControl-r3
- . . . . . .rrc-TransactionIdentifier: 1
- . . . . . .measurementIdentity: 1
- . . . . . .measurementCommand:- setup:- intraFrequencyMeasurement
- . . . . . . . . .intraFreqCellInfoList
- . . . . . . . . . .removedIntraFreqCellList:- removeAllIntraFreqCells: null
- . . . . . . . . . .newIntraFreqCellList [ 0 ]
- . . . . . . . . . . .intraFreqCellID: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . .cellInfo
- . . . . . . . . . . . .cellIndividualOffset: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . . .modeSpecificInfo:- fdd
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .primaryCPICH-Info
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .primaryScramblingCode: 239
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .readSFN-Indicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .tx-DiversityIndicator: 0
- . . . . . . . . . .newIntraFreqCellList [ 1 ]
- . . . . . . . . . . .intraFreqCellID: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . .cellInfo
- . . . . . . . . . . . .cellIndividualOffset: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . . .modeSpecificInfo:- fdd
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .primaryCPICH-Info
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .primaryScramblingCode: 137
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .readSFN-Indicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .tx-DiversityIndicator: 0
- . . . . . . . . .intraFreqMeasQuantity
- . . . . . . . . . .filterCoefficient: 2 ( fc2)
- . . . . . . . . . .modeSpecificInfo:- fdd
- . . . . . . . . . . . .intraFreqMeasQuantity-FDD: 0 ( cpich_Ec_N0)
- . . . . . . . . .intraFreqReportingQuantity
- . . . . . . . . . .activeSetReportingQuantities
- . . . . . . . . . . .dummy: 0 ( noReport)
- . . . . . . . . . . .cellIdentity-reportingIndicator: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . .cellSynchronisationInfoReportingIndicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . .modeSpecificInfo:- fdd
- . . . . . . . . . . . . .cpich-Ec-N0-reportingIndicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . . . .cpich-RSCP-reportingIndicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . . . .pathloss-reportingIndicator: 0
- . . . . . . . . . .monitoredSetReportingQuantities
- . . . . . . . . . . .dummy: 0 ( noReport)
- . . . . . . . . . . .cellIdentity-reportingIndicator: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . .cellSynchronisationInfoReportingIndicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . .modeSpecificInfo:- fdd
- . . . . . . . . . . . . .cpich-Ec-N0-reportingIndicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . . . .cpich-RSCP-reportingIndicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . . . .pathloss-reportingIndicator: 0
- . . . . . . . . . .detectedSetReportingQuantities
- . . . . . . . . . . .dummy: 0 ( noReport)
- . . . . . . . . . . .cellIdentity-reportingIndicator: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . .cellSynchronisationInfoReportingIndicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . .modeSpecificInfo:- fdd
- . . . . . . . . . . . . .cpich-Ec-N0-reportingIndicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . . . .cpich-RSCP-reportingIndicator: 1
- . . . . . . . . . . . . .pathloss-reportingIndicator: 0
- . . . . . . . . .reportCriteria:- intraFreqReportingCriteria
- . . . . . . . . . . .eventCriteriaList [ 0 ]
- . . . . . . . . . . . .event:- e1a
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .triggeringCondition: 4 ( detectedSetAndMonitoredSetCells)
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingRange: 6
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .w: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .reportDeactivationThreshold: 2 ( t2)
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingAmount: 7 ( ra_Infinity)
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingInterval: 3 ( ri1)
- . . . . . . . . . . . .hysteresis: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . . .timeToTrigger: 11 ( tt320)
- . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingCellStatus:- allActivePlusMonitoredAndOrDetectedSet: 2 ( viactCellsPlus3)
- . . . . . . . . . . .eventCriteriaList [ 1 ]
- . . . . . . . . . . . .event:- e1b
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .triggeringCondition: 0 ( activeSetCellsOnly)
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingRange: 10
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .w: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . . .hysteresis: 0
- . . . . . . . . . . . .timeToTrigger: 12 ( ttt640)
- . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingCellStatus:- withinActiveSet: 2 ( e3)
- . . . . . . . . . . .eventCriteriaList [ 2 ]
- . . . . . . . . . . . .event:- e1c
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .replacementActivationThreshold: 3 ( t3)
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingAmount: 7 ( ra_Infinity)
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingInterval: 3 ( ri1)
- . . . . . . . . . . . .hysteresis: 2
- . . . . . . . . . . . .timeToTrigger: 11 ( tt320)
- . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingCellStatus:- allActivePlusMonitoredAndOrDetectedSet: 2 ( viactCellsPlus3)
- . . . . . . . . . . .eventCriteriaList [ 3 ]
- . . . . . . . . . . . .event:- e1d: null
- . . . . . . . . . . . .hysteresis: 15
- . . . . . . . . . . . .timeToTrigger: 14 ( ttt2560)
- . . . . . . . . . . . .reportingCellStatus:- allActivePlusMonitoredAndOrDetectedSet: 0 ( viactCellsPlus1)
- . . . . . .measurementReportingMode
- . . . . . . .measurementReportTransferMode: 0 ( acknowledgedModeRLC)
- . . . . . . .periodicalOrEventTrigger: 1 ( eventTrigger)