Granted Patent B2

US 12,418,776 · App. 17/982,289 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Inventor: Zhuoyun Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED

H04W4/08H04W64/006

Abstract

Claims (50)

1. A communication method of a multicast and broadcast service performed by a user terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a multicast and broadcast service (MBS) rule issued by a policy control functional entity, the MBS rule being generated by the policy control functional entity based on a service request message transmitted by an application functional entity, and the service request message comprising information of an MBS service region;

determining whether the user terminal is located in the MBS service region according to the MBS rule and position information of the user terminal; and

accessing an MBS service in the MBS service region in response to a determination that the user terminal is located in the MBS service region.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein accessing the MBS service comprises:

determining, according to the MBS rule and a target MBS service that the user terminal accesses, whether there is an MBS session corresponding to the target MBS service; and

joining the MBS session to access the target MBS service in response to a determination that there is the MBS session.

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

initiating an MBS session creation request for the target MBS service in response to a determination that there is not the MBS session.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein joining the MBS session comprises:

transmitting a session joining request message for the MBS session to a user plane functional entity, to join the MBS session, the session joining request message being used for triggering the user plane functional entity to transmit a first notification message that is used for the user terminal to request to join the MBS session to a session management functional entity.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the session joining request message is further used for triggering the user plane functional entity to transmit a second notification message that the user terminal accesses the target MBS service to a service server corresponding to the target MBS service.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the MBS rule comprises:

receiving a user equipment routing selection policy (URSP) rule supporting a multicast service issued by the policy control functional entity, the URSP rule comprising the MBS rule.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the MBS rule comprises:

receiving the MBS rule issued by the policy control functional entity in response to a determination that the MBS rule is registered in a mobile communication network; or

receiving the MBS rule issued by the policy control functional entity in response to a determination that the MBS rule has been registered in the mobile communication network and moved to the MBS service region; or

receiving the MBS rule issued by the policy control functional entity in response to a determination that the MBS rule has been registered in the mobile communication network and moved to the MBS service region, and its own mobility management state is converted to a connection state.

8. A communication apparatus of a multicast and broadcast service, comprising: a memory storing computer program instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer program instructions and perform:

receiving a multicast and broadcast service (MBS) rule issued by a policy control functional entity, the MBS rule being generated by the policy control functional entity based on a service request message transmitted by an application functional entity, and the service request message comprising information of an MBS service region;

determining whether the user terminal is located in the MBS service region according to the MBS rule and position information of the user terminal; and

accessing an MBS service in the MBS service region in response to a determination that the user terminal is located in the MBS service region.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein accessing the MBS service includes:

determining, according to the MBS rule and a target MBS service that the user terminal accesses, whether there is an MBS session corresponding to the target MBS service; and

joining the MBS session to access the target MBS service in response to a determination that there is the MBS session.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program instructions and perform:

initiating an MBS session creation request for the target MBS service in response to a determination that there is not the MBS session.

11. The communication apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein joining the MB S session includes:

transmitting a session joining request message for the MBS session to a user plane functional entity, to join the MBS session, the session joining request message being used for triggering the user plane functional entity to transmit a first notification message that is used for the user terminal to request to join the MBS session to a session management functional entity.

12. The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the session joining request message is further used for triggering the user plane functional entity to transmit a second notification message that the user terminal accesses the target MBS service to a service server corresponding to the target MBS service.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein receiving the MBS rule includes:

receiving a user equipment routing selection policy (URSP) rule supporting a multicast service issued by the policy control functional entity, the URSP rule comprising the MBS rule.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein receiving the MBS rule includes:

receiving the MBS rule issued by the policy control functional entity in response to a determination that the MBS rule is registered in a mobile communication network; or

receiving the MBS rule issued by the policy control functional entity in response to a determination that the MBS rule has been registered in the mobile communication network and moved to the MBS service region; or

receiving the MBS rule issued by the policy control functional entity in response to a determination that the MBS rule has been registered in the mobile communication network and moved to the MBS service region, and its own mobility management state is converted to a connection state.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions executable by at least one processor to perform:

receiving a multicast and broadcast service (MBS) rule issued by a policy control functional entity, the MBS rule being generated by the policy control functional entity based on a service request message transmitted by an application functional entity, and the service request message comprising information of an MBS service region;

determining whether the user terminal is located in the MBS service region according to the MBS rule and position information of the user terminal; and

accessing an MBS service in the MBS service region in response to a determination that the user terminal is located in the MBS service region.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein accessing the MBS service includes:

determining, according to the MBS rule and a target MBS service that the user terminal accesses, whether there is an MBS session corresponding to the target MBS service; and

joining the MBS session to access the target MBS service in response to a determination that there is the MBS session.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein the computer program instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to perform:

initiating an MBS session creation request for the target MBS service in response to a determination that there is not the MBS session.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein joining the MBS session includes:

transmitting a session joining request message for the MBS session to a user plane functional entity, to join the MBS session, the session joining request message being used for triggering the user plane functional entity to transmit a first notification message that is used for the user terminal to request to join the MBS session to a session management functional entity.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein the session joining request message is further used for triggering the user plane functional entity to transmit a second notification message that the user terminal accesses the target MBS service to a service server corresponding to the target MBS service.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein receiving the MBS rule includes:

receiving a user equipment routing selection policy (URSP) rule supporting a multicast service issued by the policy control functional entity, the URSP rule comprising the MBS rule.

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