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US 10,299,083 · App. 15/662,104 · Granted May 21, 2019

Method for providing continuity of MBMS service and device supporting the same

Inventors: Sangwon Kim (Seoul, KR); Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W4/06H04W48/12H04W76/27H04W36/08H04W36/18H04W36/24H04W36/36
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Patent No.
US 10,299,083
App. No.
15/662,104
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are: a method for providing continuity of a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) service, and a device supporting the same. The method may include: entering a radio resource control (RRC) connected state with respect to a first cell; receiving MBMS-related system information from the first cell; determining whether a mobility condition for continuity of an MBMS service is satisfied based on the received system information; and entering an RRC idle state when it is determined that the mobility condition is satisfied, and the UE does not supports a handover operation.

Claims (32)

1. A method performed by a narrow band (NB) internet of things (IoT) user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

entering a radio resource control (RRC) connected state with respect to a first cell;

receiving multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS)-related system information from the first cell;

entering an RRC idle state, when a mobility condition for continuity of an MBMS service is satisfied;

performing a cell reselection procedure with respect to a second cell to receive the MBMS service, upon entering the RRC idle state; and

receiving the MBMS service through multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN) transmission or single cell point-to-multipoint (SC-PTM) transmission from the second cell,

wherein the NB-IoT UE does not support handover operation from the first cell to the second cell, and

wherein the mobility condition comprises:

a condition that the NB-IoT UE is interested in receiving the MBMS service,

a condition that the MBMS service is not provided via a first frequency provided by the first cell,

a condition that the MBMS service is provided via a second frequency provided by the second cell, and

a condition that the MBMS service is already being provided or is to be provided within a set time.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting an RRC connection request message to the second cell after the performing of the cell reselection procedure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MBMS-related system information is a system information block 15 (SIB 15 ).

4. A narrow band (NB) internet of things (IoT) user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor to connect the memory and the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

enter a radio resource control (RRC) connected state with respect to a first cell;

control the transceiver to receive multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS)-related system information from the first cell;

enter an RRC idle state, when a mobility condition for continuity of an MBMS service is satisfied;

perform a cell reselection procedure with respect to a second cell to receive the MBMS service, upon entering the RRC idle state; and

control the transceiver to receive the MBMS service through multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN) transmission or single cell point-to-multipoint (SC-PTM) transmission from the second cell,

wherein the NB-IoT UE does not support handover operation from the first cell to the second cell, and

wherein the mobility condition comprises:

a condition that the NB-IoT UE is interested in receiving the MBMS service,

a condition that the MBMS service is not provided via a first frequency provided by the first cell,

a condition that the MBMS service is provided via a second frequency provided by the second cell, and

a condition that the MBMS service is already being provided or is to be provided within a set time.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit an RRC connection request message to the second cell after the cell reselection procedure is performed.

6. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the MBMS-related system information is a system information block 15 (SIB 15 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2017
From: KIM, SANGWON; LEE, YOUNGDAE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 043122/0115 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62369182 · Jul 31, 2016
Related Publication 20180035265A1 · Feb 1, 2018