IP Library Granted Patent US 10,327,111
Granted Patent B2
US 10,327,111 · App. 15/523,345 · Granted Jun 18, 2019

MBMS operation method performed by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same

Inventors: Sunghoon Jung (Seoul, KR); Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR); Sangwon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W4/06H04W24/10H04W48/08H04W48/20H04L12/189
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Patent No.
US 10,327,111
App. No.
15/523,345
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one MBMS cell list from a network; receiving an offset from a network; and applying the offset to a plurality of cells included in the MBMS cell list so as to perform estimation for mobility, wherein the MBMS cell list includes information on MBMS services provided by the plurality of cells included in the MBMS cell list.

Claims (47)

1. A method for multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) operation performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving MBMS cell list information including at least one MBMS cell list from a network;

receiving offset information including at least one offset from the network;

applying the at least one offset to a plurality of cells providing at least one MBMS service of interest; and

performing estimation for mobility by applying the at least one offset, wherein the MBMS cell list information further includes information on MBMS services provided by cells of the at least one MBMS cell list,

wherein the plurality of cells are included in the cells of the at least one MBMS cell list,

wherein each of the MBMS services, including the at least one MBMS service of interest, is provided, by the network, in a unit of MBMS cell list, and

wherein the at least one offset is MBMS service-specific.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the MBMS cell list includes a cell identifier, frequency information, and a plurality of MBMS services for each of the plurality of cells, and

wherein the plurality of cells provide the MBMS service as point-to-multipoint transmission.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein when the list of at least one MBMS cell is received from the network, the obtained MBMS cell list is stored for a predetermined time.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one MBMS cell list includes an MBMS cell list corresponding to an interested MBMS service, and

wherein performing the estimation for mobility for a cell included in the MBMS cell list, the offset is applied to a plurality of cells included in the MBMS cell list corresponding to the interested MBMS service.

5. The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the at least one MBMS cell list includes an MBMS cell list corresponding to an uninterested MBMS service, and

wherein performing the estimation for mobility for a cell included in the MBMS cell list, the offset is not applied to a plurality of cells included in the MBMS cell list corresponding to the interested MBMS service.

6. The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the interested MBMS service is an MBMS service that is receiving or desires to receive via point-to-multipoint transmission.

7. The method of claim 4 ,

wherein a cell providing the interested MBMS service includes a first cell and a second cell, and

wherein the offset is applied to the first cell and the second cell.

8. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein at least one cell included in the MBMS cell list is included in an MBSFN (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Single Frequency Network) area.

9. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the UE is in an RRC connected state, and

wherein the estimation for mobility is estimation for triggering a measurement result report.

10. The method of claim 9 ,

further comprising transmitting the measurement result report to the network, based on the estimation for triggering the measurement result report.

11. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the UE is a RRC idle state, and

wherein the estimation for mobility is to set a priority for cell selection.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising performing the cell selection by the UE, based on the priority for the cell selection.

13. A user equipment (UE), the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor operatively coupled to the RF unit,

wherein the processor configured to:

receive MBMS cell list information including at least one MBMS cell list from a network;

receive offset information including at least one offset from the network;

apply the at least one offset to a plurality of cells providing at least one MBMS service of interest; and

perform estimation for mobility by applying the at least one offset,

wherein the MBMS cell list information further includes information on MBMS services provided by cells of the at least one MBMS cell list,

wherein the plurality of cells are included in the cells of the at least one MBMS cell list,

wherein each of the MBMS services, including the at least one MBMS service of interest, is provided, by the network, in a unit of MBMS cell list, and

wherein the at least one offset is MBMS service-specific.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2017
From: JUNG, SUNGHOON; LEE, YOUNGDAE; KIM, SANGWON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC
Reel/Frame 042187/0258 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62072449 · Oct 30, 2014
Related Publication 20170245121A1 · Aug 24, 2017