IP Library Granted Patent US 12,219,580
Granted Patent B2
US 12,219,580 · App. 17/785,384 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Methods, apparatus, and systems for resource allocation for multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) in wireless systems

Inventors: Yugeswar Deenoo Narayanan Thangaraj (Conshohocken, PA); Ghyslain Pelletier (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W72/30H04W4/06H04L12/189
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Patent No.
US 12,219,580
App. No.
17/785,384
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, architectures, and interfaces for receiving a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast System (MBMS) service performed by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are provided. A method may include any of: receiving MBMS service configuration information including information indicating, for an MBMS service, an association between a transmission mode (TM) and a bandwidth part (BWP); receiving the MBMS service using a first BWP according to the received MBMS service configuration information; detecting a trigger for changing use of a BWP from using the first BWP to using a second BWP for receiving the MBMS service; determining a TM associated with the second BWP according to an association between a TM and the second BWP, according to an association indicated by the information included in the MBMS service configuration information; and receiving the specific MBMS service via the second BWP according to the TM associated with the second BWP.

Claims (35)

1. A Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) comprising a processor and memory, the processor and memory configured to:

receive a first configuration information associated with a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second configuration information associated with a second BWP, wherein the first configuration information associated with the first BWP indicates a first multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) transmission mode information for receiving data for a first MBMS service via the first BWP, and the second configuration information associated with the second BWP indicates a second MBMS transmission mode information for receiving data for a second MBMS service via the second BWP;

receive data for the first MBMS service using the first BWP in accordance with the first MBMS transmission mode information;

detect a trigger to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP; and

receive data for the second MBMS service using the second BWP in accordance with the second MBMS transmission mode information.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein:

the first MBMS service corresponds to a first radio bearer mapped to the first BWP; and

the second MBMS service corresponds to a second radio bearer mapped to the second BWP.

3. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein:

the first MBMS transmission mode information indicates that a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback is to be transmitted; and

the second MBMS transmission mode information indicates that the HARQ feedback is not to be transmitted.

4. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and memory are configured to:

switch from the first MBMS transmission mode to the second MBMS transmission mode based on detecting the trigger to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP.

5. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and memory are configured to:

reconfigure a radio bearer from the first bandwidth part to the second bandwidth part based on detecting the trigger to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP.

6. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the trigger to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP comprises beginning a reception of the second MBMS service.

7. The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the second MBMS service comprises a unicast service.

8. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the trigger to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP comprises reception quality associated with receiving data for the first MBMS service via the first BWP being below a threshold.

9. A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

receiving a first configuration information associated with a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second configuration information associated with a second BWP, wherein the first configuration information associated with the first BWP indicates a first multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) transmission mode information for receiving data for a first MBMS service via the first BWP, and the second configuration information associated with the second BWP indicates a second MBMS transmission mode information for receiving data for a second MBMS service via the second BWP;

receiving data for the first MBMS service using the first BWP in accordance with the first MBMS transmission mode information;

detecting a trigger to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP; and

receiving data for the second MBMS service using the second BWP in accordance with the second MBMS transmission mode information.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the first MBMS transmission mode information indicates that hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback is to be transmitted; and

the second MBMS transmission mode information indicates that HARQ feedback is not to be transmitted.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the trigger comprises downlink control information (DCI) indicating a BWP change.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the trigger comprises a BWP switch command that is common to a plurality of WTRUs.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the trigger to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP comprises beginning reception of the second MBMS service.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second MBMS service comprises a unicast service.

15. A network device comprising a processor and memory, the processor and memory configured to:

send a first configuration information associated with a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second configuration information associated with a second BWP to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), wherein the first configuration information associated with the first BWP indicates a first multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) transmission mode information for receiving data for a first MBMS service via the first BWP, and the second configuration information associated with the second BWP indicates a second MBMS transmission mode information for receiving data for a second MBMS service via the second BWP;

send data for the first MBMS service using the first BWP in accordance with the first MBMS transmission mode information;

send a trigger to the WTRU to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP; and

send data for the second MBMS service using the second BWP in accordance with the second MBMS transmission mode information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2023
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062527/0562 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2022
From: NARAYANAN THANGARAJ, YUGESWAR DEENOO; PELLETIER, GHYSLAIN
To: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 060198/0403 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62951038 · Dec 20, 2019
Related Publication 20230029998A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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