Methods for requesting and responding to multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) counting
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a method for requesting and feeding back a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) state, the method being used for allowing a network side to inform a related user equipment (UE) to feed back MBMS state information and allowing the informed UE to feed back the MBMS state information. The request method comprises: when necessary to acquire the receiving state of an MBMS, a base station transmits, through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) belonging specially to an MBMS service, or through a system message, a multicast control channel (MCCH) change notification to the UE; and the base station transmits an MBMS state report request to the UE through the changed MCCH. The present invention also discloses a device for implementing the method.
1. A method of requesting Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, counting, comprising the steps of:
a node B, when an MBMS counting procedure is triggered, transmitting a Multicast Control Channel, MCCH, change notification to a user equipment over a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, scrambled by an MBMS-specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI; and
the node B transmitting an MBMS counting request to the user equipment over a changed MCCH;
wherein the MCCH change notification includes identification information of the changed MCCH or an MCCH change indicator, or includes identification information of the changed MCCH and an MCCH change indicator; and
wherein the Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, is a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, M-RNTI;
when a total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed a total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH or the MCCH change indicator; and
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH and the MCCH change indicator or includes the MCCH change indicator.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of the node B transmitting the MCCH change notification to the user equipment over the PDCCH scrambled by the RNTI comprises:
the node B transmitting the MCCH change notification to the user equipment over the PDCCH scrambled by the RNTI in a modification period upon reception of an MBMS counting indication message transmitted from an MBMS Coordination Entity, MCE; or
the node B transmitting the MCCH change notification to the user equipment over the PDCCH scrambled by the RNTI periodically in a range of a configured interval of time.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed the total number of MCCHs and the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH, each bit corresponds to one MCCH, and the identification information of the changed MCCH is represented by a value of the bit;
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed the total number of MCCHs and the MCCH change notification includes the MCCH change indicator, all the bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI are 0 indicating the MCCH change indicator;
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH and the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH and the MCCH change indicator, excess bits beyond the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH are for the MCCH change indicator, each MCCH corresponds to one bit, and the identification information of the changed MCCH is represented by the value of the bit corresponding to the MCCH; and
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH and the MCCH change notification includes the MCCH change indicator, excess bits beyond the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH are for the MCCH change indicator, each MCCH corresponds to one bit, and all the values of the bits corresponding to the MCCHs are 0.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of: the node B receiving MBMS counting responses transmitted from user equipments, summarizing the MBMS counting responses and transmitting a summary result to an MBMS Coordination Entity, MCE.
5. A method of responding to a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, counting, comprising the steps of:
a user equipment receiving a Multicast Control Channel, MCCH, change notification over a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, scrambled by an MBMS-specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI;
the user equipment receiving an MBMS counting request over a changed MCCH; and
the user equipment returning an MBMS counting response;
wherein the MCCH change notification includes identification information of the changed MCCH or an MCCH change indicator, or includes identification information of the changed MCCH and an MCCH change indicator; and
wherein the Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, is a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, M-RNTI;
when a total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed a total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH or the MCCH change indicator; and
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH and the MCCH change indicator or includes the MCCH change indicator.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed the total number of MCCHs, and the MCCH change notification includes identification information of the changed MCCH, each bit corresponds to one MCCH, and the identification information of the changed MCCH is represented by a value of the bit;
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed the total number of MCCHs, and the MCCH change notification includes the MCCH change indicator, all the bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI are 0 indicating the MCCH change indicator;
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, and the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH and the MCCH change indicator, each MCCH corresponds to one bit, the identification information of the changed MCCH is represented by the value of the bit, and excess bits beyond the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH are for the MCCH change indicator; and
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, and the MCCH change notification includes the MCCH change indicator, excess bits beyond the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH are for the MCCH change indicator, each MCCH corresponds to one bit, and all the values of the bits corresponding to the MCCHs are 0.
7. A node B, comprising:
a first channel module configured, when an MBMS counting procedure is triggered, to transmit a Multicast Control Channel, MCCH, change notification to a user equipment over a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, scrambled by an MBMS-specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI; and
a second channel module configured to transmit an MBMS counting request to the user equipment over a changed MCCH;
wherein the MCCH change notification includes identification information of the changed MCCH or an MCCH change indicator or includes identification information of the changed MCCH and an MCCH change indicator;
wherein the Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, is a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, M-RNTI;
when a total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed a total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH or the MCCH change indicator; and
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH and the MCCH change indicator or includes the MCCH change indicator.
8. The node B according to claim 7 , wherein the first channel module transmits the MCCH change notification to the user equipment over the PDCCH scrambled by the RNTI in a modification period upon reception of an MBMS counting indication message transmitted from an MCE or transmits the MCCH change notification to the user equipment over the PDCCH scrambled by the RNTI periodically in a range of a configured interval of time.
9. The node B according to claim 7 , wherein when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed the total number of MCCHs and the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH, each bit corresponds to one MCCH, and the identification information of the changed MCCH is represented by a value of the bit;
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed the total number of MCCHs and the MCCH change notification includes the MCCH change indicator, all the bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI are 0 indicating the MCCH change indicator;
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH and the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH and the MCCH change indicator, each MCCH corresponds to one bit, the identification information of the changed MCCH is represented by the value of the bit, and excess bits beyond the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH are for the MCCH change indicator; and
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH and the MCCH change notification includes the MCCH change indicator, excess bits beyond the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH are for the MCCH change indicator, each MCCH corresponds to one bit, and all the values of the bits corresponding to the MCCHs are 0.
10. The node B according to claim 7 , wherein the second channel module is further configured to receive an MBMS counting response transmitted from the user equipment; and
the node B further comprises:
a processing module configured to summarize the MBMS counting responses; and
a network interfacing module configured to transmitting a summary result to an MCE.
11. A user equipment, comprising:
a first channel module configured to receive a Multicast Control Channel, MCCH, change notification over a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, scrambled by an MBMS-specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI; and
a second channel module configured to receive an MBMS counting request over a changed MCCH and to return an MBMS counting response;
wherein the MCCH change notification includes identification information of the changed MCCH or an MCCH change indicator, or includes identification information of the changed MCCH and an MCCH change indicator; and
wherein the Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, is a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, M-RNTI;
when a total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed a total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH or the MCCH change indicator; and
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH and the MCCH change indicator or includes the MCCH change indicator.
12. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed the total number of MCCHs, and the MCCH change notification includes identification information of the changed MCCH, each bit corresponds to one MCCH, and the identification information of the changed MCCH is represented by a value of the bit;
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI does not exceed the total number of MCCHs, and the MCCH change notification includes the MCCH change indicator, all the bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI are 0 indicating the MCCH change indicator;
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, and the MCCH change notification includes the identification information of the changed MCCH and the MCCH change indicator, each MCCH corresponds to one bit, the identification information of the changed MCCH is represented by the value of the bit, and excess bits beyond the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH are for the MCCH change indicator; and
when the total number of bits corresponding to the PDCCH scrambled by the M-RNTI exceeds the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH, and the MCCH change notification includes the MCCH change indicator, excess bits beyond the total number of MCCHs indicated by the PDCCH are for the MCCH change indicator, each MCCH corresponds to one bit, and all the values of the bits corresponding to the MCCHs are 0.
13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the MBMS counting request includes a responding condition to instruct a user equipment satisfying the responding condition to make a response.
14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the responding condition includes at least one of:
that a user equipment in a connected state makes a report;
that all the user equipments make a report;
that a user equipment interested in a service specified by the MBMS counting request makes a report; and
that a user equipment satisfying a configured probability makes a report.
15. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the step of the node B transmitting the summary result to the MCE comprises:
the node B transmitting the summary result to the MCE at a configured second interval of time; or
the node B transmitting the summary result to the MCE when the summary result satisfies a preset report condition.
16. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the MBMS counting request includes a responding condition; and
the step of the user equipment returning the MBMS counting response comprises: the user equipment returning the MBMS counting response upon determining that the user equipment satisfies the responding condition.
17. The node B according to claim 7 , wherein the MBMS counting request includes a responding condition to instruct a user equipment satisfying the responding condition to make a response.
18. The node B according to claim 17 , wherein the responding condition includes at least one of:
that a user equipment in a connected state makes a report;
that all the user equipments make a report;
that a user equipment interested in a service specified by the MBMS counting request makes a report; and
that a user equipment satisfying a configured probability makes a report.
19. The node B according to claim 10 , wherein the network interfacing module transmits the summary result to the MCE at a configured second interval of time or transmits the summary result to the MCE when the summary result satisfies a preset report condition.
20. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the MBMS counting request includes a responding condition; and
the second channel module returns the MBMS counting response upon determining that the user equipment satisfies the responding condition.