… the OPEX associated with traditional drive tests. However, in the … Therefore, in 3GPP
Release 11 specifications, MDT is … the MDT enhancements added in Release 11, explains how …

… Release 10 (Rel-10) specification, 3GPP studied and specified solutions to reduce this OPEX
for drive tests… Some of these enhancements are expected to be specified within Rel11 time …

… fully dynamic system simulation tool modeling UTRAN LTE Release 8 and 9 in both DL and
… used in 3GPP standardization as well as in several scientific publications as in [11] and [12]. …

… reduce drive tests, but that there are still use cases where MDT cannot replace drive tests. …
In 3GPP Release 11 the throughput and volume measurement at MDT was also addressed. …

… to the LTE Minimization of Drive Tests architecture which … with minor changes to the 3GPP
MDT framework. We refer to this … Therefore, one objective of 3GPP Release 11 research was …

… QoS verification is done for modeled LTE mobile network with implementation of main
features according to 3GPP Releases 8, 9, 10 and partly 11. Mapping of link level Signal to …

… User satisfaction classification for minimization of drive tests QoS verification. In Personal …
Minimization of drive tests in 3GPP release 11. Communications Magazine, IEEE, 50(11):36…

… be utilized to predict LTE signal quality metrics using drive test … (MDT) was introduced in
Release 10 which enables the use … We use a basic feed-forward NN with two hidden layers [11]. …

… In this sense, the 3GPP in Release 10 presents a study named Minimization Drive Test (MDT…
[11]. A microcomputer with the VQT tools installed is connected to an audio card and an UE. …

… and interfaces introduced in the 3GPP Release 10 and Release 11 specifications for minimizing
drive tests in LTE and UMTS. The concept of Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) provides …