IP Library Granted Patent US 10,397,937
Granted Patent B2
US 10,397,937 · App. 15/550,948 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Method and device for scheduling single-cell multimedia broadcast and multicast service

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Patent No.
US 10,397,937
App. No.
15/550,948
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a scheduling method and device for a single-cell Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS). The method includes: receiving a Single Cell-Point To Multipoint (SC-PTM) Single cell-Multicast Control Channel (S-MCCH) message sent by an evolved Node B (eNB), wherein the S-MCCH message carries first Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) configuration information and/or second RNTI configuration information, a first RNTI is used for indicating that a single-cell MBMS is scheduled by using a semi-static scheduling manner, the first RNTI configuration information is used for indicating a Temporarily Mobile Group Identifier (TMGI) corresponding to the first RNTI and a subframe position where a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scrambled by using the first RNTI is located, a second RNTI is used for indicating that the single-cell MBMS is scheduled by using a dynamic scheduling manner, and the second RNTI configuration information is used for indicating a TMGI corresponding to the second RNTI; and receiving an MBMS required on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) according to scheduling information received on the PDCCH. By using the technical solution, a single-cell MBMS can be scheduled.

Claims (39)

1. A method for scheduling a single-cell Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS), comprising:

receiving a Single Cell-Point To Multipoint (SC-PTM) Single cell-Multicast Control Channel (S-MCCH) message sent by an evolved Node B (eNB), wherein the S-MCCH message carries first Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) configuration information and/or second RNTI configuration information, a first RNTI corresponding to the first RNTI configuration information is used for indicating that a single-cell MBMS is scheduled by using a semi-static scheduling manner, the first RNTI configuration information is used for indicating a Temporarily Mobile Group Identifier (TMGI) corresponding to the first RNTI and a subframe position where a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scrambled by using the first RNTI is located, a second RNTI is used for indicating that the single-cell MBMS is scheduled by using a dynamic scheduling manner, and the second RNTI configuration information is used for indicating a TMGI corresponding to the second RNTI; and

receiving an MBMS required on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) according to scheduling information received on the PDCCH scrambled by the first RNTI and/or received on a PDCCH scrambled by the second RNTI.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein receiving an S-MCCH message sent by an eNB comprises:

receiving a broadcast message and/or an MCCH message sent by the eNB, the broadcast message or the MCCH message comprising: a subframe position of an S-MCCH message, and an RNTI corresponding to the S-MCCH message;

detecting the S-MCCH message at the subframe position of the S-MCCH message indicated by the broadcast message and/or the MCCH message according to the RNTI corresponding to the S-MCCH message; and

receiving the S-MCCH message.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first RNTI configuration information comprises: a mapping relation between a TMGI and the first RNTI, and a time domain position of the first RNTI; and the second RNTI configuration information comprises: a mapping relation between a TMGI and the second RNTI, the TMGI being used for identifying the MBMS

wherein the time domain position comprises a repetition period of a frame where the first RNTI is located and a subframe offset of the first RNTI.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH scrambled by the first RNTI and/or the PDCCH scrambled by the second RNTI are/is stored in a common search space.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein after receiving the S-MCCH message sent by the eNB, the method further comprises:

blindly detecting a PDCCH for a User Equipment (UE) at a subframe position where the S-MCCH message is located or a subframe position indicated by the S-MCCH message.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein blindly detecting a PDCCH for a UE at a subframe position where the S-MCCH message is located or a subframe position indicated by the S-MCCH message comprises:

scrambling a Cyclic Redundancy Check code (CRC) of a PDCCH detected, by the UE, at a subframe according to the first RNTI configuration information and/or the second RNTI configuration information in the S-MCCH message, and checking scrambled data, wherein when check succeeds, the current PDCCH that is blindly detected is determined as a required PDCCH.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the scheduling information is carried in Downlink Control Information (DCI), the method further comprising:

when a scheduling manner indicated by the S-MCCH message is a semi-static scheduling manner, scrambling a PDCCH through the first RNTI configuration information, and carrying information for indicating activation of the semi-static scheduling manner and frequency domain scheduling information in the DCI; or

when the scheduling manner indicated by the S-MCCH message is a semi-static scheduling manner, scrambling a PDCCH through the first RNTI configuration information, and carrying information for indicating release of the semi-static scheduling manner in the DCI.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:

when the semi-static scheduling manner has been activated, directly reading, by the UE, an MBMS required on a PDSCH in a detected subframe where the first RNTI is located; and

when the scheduling manner indicated by the S-MCCH message is a dynamic scheduling manner, reading, by the UE, dynamic scheduling information in a PDCCH in each detected subframe where the second RNTI is located, and then reading an MBMS required on a PDSCH.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

when the scheduling manner indicated by the S-MCCH message is the semi-static scheduling manner, if a first RNTI acquired through the S-MCCH message is different from the first activated RNTI, reading MBMS scheduling information corresponding to the first RNTI acquired through the S-MCCH message.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a broadcast message and/or an MCCH message sent by the eNB and used for indicating a third RNTI; and

scrambling the S-MCCH message and a PDCCH of an S-MTCH multiplexing subframe through the third RNTI.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:

when each S-MTCH corresponds to a specified third RNTI, indicating a mapping relation between a TMGI and the third RNTI through the MCCH message or the S-MCCH message.

12. A method for scheduling a single-cell Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS), comprising:

sending a Single Cell-Point To Multipoint (SC-PTM) Single cell-Multicast Control Channel (S-MCCH) message to a User Equipment (UE), wherein the S-MCCH message carries: first Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) configuration information and/or second RNTI configuration information, a first RNTI corresponding to the first RNTI configuration information is used for indicating that a single-cell MBMS is scheduled by using a semi-static scheduling manner, the first RNTI configuration information is used for indicating a Temporarily Mobile Group Identifier (TMGI) corresponding to the first RNTI and a subframe position where a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scrambled by using the first RNTI is located, a second RNTI is used for indicating that the single-cell MBMS is scheduled by using a dynamic scheduling manner, and the second RNTI configuration information is used for indicating a TMGI corresponding to the second RNTI; and

scheduling a single-cell MBMS according to a scheduling manner indicated by the S-MCCH message.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein sending an SC-PTM S-MCCH message to a UE comprises:

sending a broadcast message and/or an MCCH message to the UE, the broadcast message and/or the MCCH message being used for indicating a time domain position of an S-MCCH message and an RNTI corresponding to the S-MCCH message.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first RNTI configuration information comprises: a mapping relation between a TMGI and the first RNTI, and a time domain position of the first RNTI; and the second RNTI configuration information comprises: a mapping relation between a TMGI and the second RNTI, the TMGI being used for identifying the MBMS;

wherein the time domain position comprises a repetition period of a frame where the first RNTI is located and a subframe offset of the first RNTI.

15. A device for scheduling a single-cell Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS), comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a Single Cell-Point To Multipoint (SC-PTM) Single cell-Multicast Control Channel (S-MCCH) message sent by an evolved Node B (eNB), wherein the S-MCCH message carries first Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) configuration information and/or second RNTI configuration information, a first RNTI corresponding to the first RNTI configuration information is used for indicating that a single-cell MBMS is scheduled by using a semi-static scheduling manner, the first RNTI configuration information is used for indicating a Temporarily Mobile Group Identifier (TMGI) corresponding to the first RNTI and a subframe position where a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scrambled by using the first RNTI is located, a second RNTI is used for indicating that the single-cell MBMS is scheduled by using a dynamic scheduling manner, and the second RNTI configuration information is used for indicating a TMGI corresponding to the second RNTI; and

a second receiving module, configured to receive an MBMS required on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) according to scheduling information received on the PDCCH scrambled by the first RNTI and/or received on the PDCCH scrambled by the second RNTI.

16. The device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the first RNTI configuration information received by the first receiving module comprises: a mapping relation between a TMGI and the first RNTI, and a time domain position of the first RNTI; and the second RNTI configuration information comprises: a mapping relation between a TMGI and the second RNTI, the TMGI being used for identifying the MBMS.

17. The device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the time domain position received by the first receiving module comprises a repetition period of a frame where the first RNTI is located and a subframe offset of the first RNTI.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2019
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049674/0360 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2017
From: XU, HUI; MA, ZIJIANG; WANG, YAYING; XIE, YUTANG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043285/0377 →