IP Library Granted Patent US 12,382,252
Granted Patent B2
US 12,382,252 · App. 17/705,893 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Network slice multicast method and apparatus

Inventors: Haiyan Luo (Shenzhen, CN); Qufang Huang (Shenzhen, CN); Mingzeng Dai (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W4/06H04W72/30H04L12/189
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Patent No.
US 12,382,252
App. No.
17/705,893
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A network slice multicast method includes generating, by an access network device, a first message. The network slice multicast method further includes sending, by the access network device, the first message to a user equipment (UE). The first message comprises a first network slice identifier and configuration information of a multicast traffic channel, and the first network slice identifier corresponds to the multicast traffic channel.

Claims (36)

1. A network slice multicast method, comprising:

generating, by an access network device, a first message; and

sending, by the access network device, the first message to a user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises a first network slice identifier and configuration information of a multicast traffic channel, and the first network slice identifier corresponds to the multicast traffic channel.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the access network device, a second network slice identifier and indication information from a core network device, wherein the indication information indicates multicast data corresponding to the second network slice identifier.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first message further comprises a temporary mobile group identity (TMGI), and the TMGI corresponds to the first network slice identifier.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information of the multicast traffic channel comprises at least one of:

a last subframe configuration, a data modulation and coding value, a scheduling period, a logic channel identifier, a duration timer, a discontinuous reception (DRX) inactivity timer, or a scheduling period start offset.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the access network device on the multicast traffic channel, multicast data corresponding to a network slice.

6. A network slice multicast method, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a first message from an access network device, wherein the first message comprises a network slice identifier and configuration information of a multicast traffic channel, and the network slice identifier corresponds to the multicast traffic channel; and

receiving, by the UE on the multicast traffic channel, multicast data corresponding to a network slice.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first message further comprises a temporary mobile group identity (TMGI), and the TMGI corresponds to the network slice identifier.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the configuration information of the multicast traffic channel comprises at least one of:

a last subframe configuration, a data modulation and coding value, a scheduling period, a logic channel identifier, a duration timer, a discontinuous reception (DRX) inactivity timer, or a scheduling period start offset.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the access network device is an access network distributed unit (DU).

10. A network slice multicast apparatus of an access network device, comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein

the processor is configured to generate a first message; and

the transceiver is configured to send the first message to a user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises a first network slice identifier and configuration information of a multicast traffic channel, and the first network slice identifier corresponds to the multicast traffic channel.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a second network slice identifier and indication information from a core network device, wherein the indication information indicates multicast data corresponding to the second network slice identifier.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first message further comprises a temporary mobile group identity (TMGI), and the TMGI corresponds to the first network slice identifier.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the configuration information of the multicast traffic channel comprises at least one of:

a last subframe configuration, a data modulation and coding value, a scheduling period, a logic channel identifier, a duration timer, a discontinuous reception (DRX) inactivity timer, or a scheduling period start offset.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to send, on the multicast traffic channel, multicast data corresponding to a network slice.

15. A network slice multicast apparatus, comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein

the processor is configured to:

receive a first message from the transceiver, wherein the first message comprises a network slice identifier and configuration information of a multicast traffic channel, and the network slice identifier corresponds to the multicast traffic channel; and

receive multicast data corresponding to a network slice from the transceiver; and

the transceiver is configured to:

receive the first message from an access network device; and

receive, on the multicast traffic channel, the multicast data corresponding to the network slice.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the first message further comprises a temporary mobile group identity (TMGI), and the TMGI corresponds to the network slice identifier.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the configuration information of the multicast traffic channel comprises at least one of:

a last subframe configuration, a data modulation and coding value, a scheduling period, a logic channel identifier, a duration timer, a discontinuous reception (DRX) inactivity timer, or a scheduling period start offset.

18. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the access network device is an access network distributed unit (DU).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2025
From: LUO, HAIYAN; HUANG, QUFANG; DAI, MINGZENG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910945418.2 · Sep 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020116795 · Sep 22, 2020
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