IP Library Granted Patent US 11,337,037
Granted Patent B2
US 11,337,037 · App. 16/664,025 · Granted May 17, 2022

Multicast service reading and sending method, and related device

Inventors: Bingzhao Li (Beijing, CN); Yongqiang Gao (Beijing, CN); Jian Zhang (Beijing, CN); Wei Quan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
H04W4/06H04L1/1887H04W72/005H04W72/0446H04W72/1205
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Patent No.
US 11,337,037
App. No.
16/664,025
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a multicast service reading method. The method includes: determining, by user equipment UE, multicast control channel MCCH configuration information, where the MCCH configuration information includes a multicast control channel identifier MCCH-RNTI and MCCH sending period information; determining, by the UE, MCCH sending time information according to the MCCH sending period information; reading, by the UE, an MCCH message according to the MCCH sending time information by using the MCCH-RNTI, where the MCCH message includes configuration information of a multicast service; and reading, by the UE, the multicast service according to the configuration information of the multicast service. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a multicast service sending method and a related device. The embodiments of the present disclosure help reduce waste of an MBSFN subframe.

Claims (38)

1. A multicast service reading method by a user equipment side device, comprising:

reading a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a multicast control channel (MCCH) message in a current MCCH modification period, wherein a resource location of the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period is a subframe location determined according to a system frame number and a subframe number, wherein the system frame number is determined in accordance with a MCCH repetition period and an offset parameter for sending the MCCH message, and wherein the subframe number is determined, responsive to determining that a sending duration for the MCCH message is configured for the user equipment, according to a start subframe for the MCCH message and the sending duration for the MCCH message or, responsive to determining that the sending duration for the MCCH message is not configured for the user equipment, according to the start subframe for the MCCH message;

responsive to determining that the PDCCH indicates the MCCH message changes, reading the changed MCCH message in a resource location indicated by the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period, the changed MCCH message comprising configuration information of a multicast service; and

reading the multicast service according to the configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reading the PDCCH for the MCCH message in the current MCCH modification period comprises reading the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period using an MCCH radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH carries an MCCH change identifier, the MCCH change identifier indicating the MCCH message changes.

4. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving a system broadcast message, the system broadcast message comprising an MCCH subframe starting location; and

determining the start subframe for the MCCH message as a subframe for the PDCCH indicating the MCCH message changes, the start subframe for the MCCH message being determined according to the MCCH subframe starting location.

5. A multicast service sending method by a base station side device, comprising:

determining that a multicast control channel (MCCH) message changes;

sending a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a current MCCH modification period, the PDCCH indicating the MCCH message changes and indicating a resource location of the changed MCCH message in the current MCCH modification period, the changed MCCH message comprising configuration information of the multicast service, wherein a resource location of the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period is a subframe location determined according to a system frame number and a subframe number, wherein the system frame number is determined in accordance with a MCCH repetition period and an offset parameter for sending the MCCH message, and wherein the subframe number is determined, responsive to determining that a sending duration for the MCCH message is configured for the user equipment, according to a start subframe for the MCCH message and the sending duration for the MCCH message or, responsive to determining that the sending duration for the MCCH message is not configured for the user equipment, according to the start subframe for the MCCH message; and

sending the multicast service according to the configuration information.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the sending the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period comprises sending the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period using an MCCH radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the PDCCH in the current modification period carries an MCCH change identifier, the MCCH change identifier indicating the MCCH message changes.

8. The method according to claim 5 , the method further comprising:

sending a system broadcast message, the system broadcast message comprising an MCCH subframe starting location of the MCCH message, the MCCH subframe starting location being a location of a starting subframe of the MCCH message, the starting subframe of the MCCH message being the subframe location for the PDCCH indicating the MCCH message changes.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor in communication with the memory, the processor executing the instructions to perform:

reading a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a multicast control channel (MCCH) message in a current MCCH modification period, wherein a resource location of the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period is a subframe location determined according to a system frame number and a subframe number, wherein the system frame number is determined in accordance with a MCCH repetition period and an offset parameter for sending the MCCH message, and wherein the subframe number is determined, responsive to determining that a sending duration for the MCCH message is configured for the user equipment, according to a start subframe for the MCCH message and the sending duration for the MCCH message or, responsive to determining that the sending duration for the MCCH message is not configured for the user equipment, according to the start subframe for the MCCH message;

reading a changed MCCH message in a resource location indicated by the PDCCH responsive to determining that the PDCCH indicates the MCCH message changes, the changed MCCH message comprising configuration information of a multicast service and the resource location is within the current MCCH modification period; and

reading the multicast service according to the configuration information.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the reading the PDCCH for the MCCH message in the current MCCH modification period comprises reading the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period using an MCCH radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the PDCCH carries an MCCH change identifier, the MCCH change identifier indicating the MCCH message changes.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9 , the processor further executing the instructions to perform:

receiving a system broadcast message, the system broadcast message comprising an MCCH subframe starting location; and

determining the start subframe for the MCCH message as a subframe for the PDCCH indicating the MCCH message changes, the start subframe being determined according to the MCCH subframe starting location.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor in communication with the memory, the processor executing the instructions to perform:

determining that a multicast control channel (MCCH) message changes;

sending a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a current MCCH modification period, the PDCCH indicating the MCCH message changes and indicating a resource location of the changed MCCH message in the current MCCH modification period, the changed MCCH message comprising configuration information of the multicast service, wherein a resource location of the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period is a subframe location determined according to a system frame number and a subframe number, wherein the system frame number is determined in accordance with a MCCH repetition period and an offset parameter for sending the MCCH message, and wherein the subframe number is determined, responsive to determining that a sending duration for the MCCH message is configured for the user equipment, according to a start subframe for the MCCH message and the sending duration for the MCCH message or, responsive to determining that the sending duration for the MCCH message is not configured for the user equipment, according to the start subframe for the MCCH message; and

sending the multicast service according to the configuration information.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the sending the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period comprises sending the PDCCH in the current MCCH modification period using an MCCH radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).

15. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the PDCCH in the current modification period carries an MCCH change identifier, the MCCH change identifier indicating the MCCH message changes.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13 , the processor further executing the instructions to perform:

sending a system broadcast message, the system broadcast message comprising an MCCH subframe starting location of the MCCH message, the MCCH subframe starting location being a location of a starting subframe of the MCCH message, the starting subframe of the MCCH message being the subframe location for the PDCCH indicating the MCCH message changes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2022
From: LI, BINGZHAO; GAO, YONGQIANG; ZHANG, JIAN; QUAN, WEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059558/0156 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2015/087114 · Aug 14, 2015 · international
Continuity (3)
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