IP Library Granted Patent US 10,785,764
Granted Patent B2
US 10,785,764 · App. 16/324,359 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Information change transmission method and device for single-cell multicast service

Inventors: Chongming Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Renmao Liu (Shanghai, CN); Shohei Yamada (Sakai, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG Innovation Company Limited
H04W72/042H04W4/06H04W68/005H04L12/189
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Patent No.
US 10,785,764
App. No.
16/324,359
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides an information change transmission method and device related to a single-cell multicast service. According to one aspect, a method executed by user equipment (UE) is provided, comprising: receiving downlink control information (DCI) on a second narrow-band physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH); receiving an information change notification for a single-cell multicast control channel (SC-MCCH) according to the information on the second NPDCCH; and receiving SC-MCCH information according to an indication of DCI on a first NPDCCH. The SC-MCCH information change notification is comprised in the DCI of the second NPDCCH or a message indicated by the DCI of the second NPDCCH. The present application further provides a corresponding method executed by a base station, and corresponding user equipment (UE) and a base station.

Claims (33)

1. A User Equipment (UE) comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to receive, in more than one second subframe, a second downlink control information (DCI) format carried on a second narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH), after receiving Single-Cell Multicast Control Channel (SC-MCCH) information; and

processing circuitry configured to acquire, on the basis of a first DCI format carried on a first NPDCCH and received in more than one first subframe, another SC-MCCH information, in a case that the second DCI format indicates an SC-MCCH information change notification, wherein

a period of the more than one first subframe is different from a period of the more than one second subframe, and

the first DCI format indicates a resource for a transmission of the another SC-MCCH information.

2. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein

the second DCI format includes a field of multiple bits, and

the SC-MCCH information change notification is indicated by the field of the multiple bits, one of the multiple bits indicating that a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) service is changed.

3. A base station comprising:

transmitting circuitry configured to transmit Single-Cell Multicast Control Channel (SC-MCCH) information; and

generating circuitry configured to generate a second downlink control information (DCI) format indicating an SC-MCCH information change notification, wherein

the transmitting circuitry is configured to transmit, in more than one second subframe, the second DCI format carried on a second narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH),

the generating circuitry configured to generate a first DCI format indicating a resource for a transmission of another SC-MCCH information,

the transmitting circuitry is configured to transmit, in more than one first subframe, the first DCI format carried on a first NPDDCH,

a period of the more than one first subframe is different from a period of the more than one second subframe, and

the transmitting circuitry is configured to transmit the another SC-MCCH information with use of the resource indicated by the first DCI format and in accordance with the second DCI format.

4. The base station according to claim 3 , wherein

the second DCI format includes a field of multiple bits, and

the SC-MCCH information change notification is indicated by the field of the multiple bits, one of the multiple bits indicating that a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) service is changed.

5. A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) comprising:

receiving Single-Cell Multicast Control Channel (SC-MCCH) information;

receiving, in more than one second subframe, a second downlink control information (DCI) format carried on a second narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH);

acquiring, on the basis of a first DCI format carried on a first NPDCCH and received in more than one first subframe, another SC-MCCH information, in a case that the second DCI format indicates an SC-MCCH information change notification, wherein

a period of the more than one first subframe is different from a period of the more than one second subframe, and

the first DCI format indicates a resource for a transmission of the another SC-MCCH information.

6. A method performed by a base station comprising:

transmitting Single-Cell Multicast Control Channel (SC-MCCH) information;

generating a second downlink control information (DCI) format indicating an SC-MCCH information change notification;

transmitting, in more than one second subframe, the second DCI format carried on a second narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH);

generating a first DCI format indicating a resource for a transmission of another SC-MCCH information;

transmitting, in more than one first subframe, the first DCI format carried on a first NPDDCH; and

transmitting the another SC-MCCH information with use of the resource indicated by the first DCI format and in accordance with the second DCI format, wherein

a period of the more than one first subframe is different from a period of the more than one second subframe.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063353/0974 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2023
From: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: ACTIVE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 063089/0981 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2019
From: ZHANG, CHONGMING; LIU, RENMAO; YAMADA, SHOHEI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050393/0970 →