IP Library Granted Patent US 12,598,628
Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,628 · App. 18/203,793 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Method and apparatus for transmitting MBS service, and terminal device

Inventor: Shukun Wang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W72/30H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,598,628
App. No.
18/203,793
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a method and apparatus for transmitting an MBS service, and a terminal device. The method comprises: a terminal device determines a correspondence between a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) occasion and a synchronization signal block (SSB) index, wherein the PDCCH occasion is used for transmitting an MBS PDCCH; and the terminal device receives the MBS PDCCH on the basis of the correspondence between the PDCCH occasion and the SSB index.

Claims (81)

1 . A multicast broadcast service MBS service transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal device, a corresponding relationship between a physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunity and a synchronization signal block SSB index, wherein the PDCCH opportunity is used to transmit an MBS PDCCH; and

receiving, by the terminal device, the MBS PDCCH based on the correspondence between the PDCCH opportunity and the SSB index,

wherein the method further comprises: acquiring, by the terminal device, first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used to determine a first time window; wherein, within the first time window, the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the MBS service is numbered from 0,

wherein, for an n-th MBS data in the first time window, an index of the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to a k-th actually transmitted SSB is:

( n− 1)* S +( k− 1);

wherein, n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, k is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to S: S is a number of SSBs actually transmitted, and N is a number of MBS data transmitted within the first time window,

wherein the MBS data has H repeated transmissions, and H is a positive integer; for an h-th repeated transmission of the n-th MBS data in the first time window, the index of the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the k-th actually transmitted SSB is:

( n− 1)* S*H+S *( h− 1)+( k− 1);

wherein, h is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to H, and

wherein a value of N satisfies the following formula: N=floor (total number of PDCCH opportunities in the first time window/(S*H)), wherein floor represents a rounding down operation.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information is used to determine a length and/or a cycle of the first time window, and the second indication information is used to determine a starting position of the first time window.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein,

the first configuration information is protocol defined; or,

the first configuration information is configured by a network device through a multicast control channel MCCH; or,

the first configuration information is configured by the network device through a system broadcast message.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein,

a value of N satisfies the following formula: N=floor (the total number of PDCCH opportunities in the first time window/S), and floor represents a rounding down operation; or,

the value of N is configured by a network device.

5 . A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory, the memory is used to store a computer program, the processor is used to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, to cause the terminal device to perform:

determining a corresponding relationship between a physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunity and a synchronization signal block SSB index, wherein the PDCCH opportunity is used to transmit an MBS PDCCH; and

receiving the MBS PDCCH based on the correspondence between the PDCCH opportunity and the SSB index,

wherein the execution causes the terminal device to: acquire first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used to determine a first time window; wherein, within the first time window, the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the MBS service is numbered from 0,

wherein, for an n-th MBS data in the first time window, an index of the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to a k-th actually transmitted SSB is:

( n− 1)* S +( k− 1);

wherein, n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, k is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to S; S is a number of SSBs actually transmitted, and N is a number of MBS data transmitted within the first time window,

wherein the MBS data has H repeated transmissions, and H is a positive integer; for an h-th repeated transmission of the n-th MBS data in the first time window, the index of the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the k-th actually transmitted SSB is:

( n− 1)* S*H+S *( h− 1)+( k− 1);

wherein, h is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to H, and

wherein a value of N satisfies the following formula: N=floor (total number of PDCCH opportunities in the first time window/(S*H)), wherein floor represents a rounding down operation.

6 . The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the first configuration information comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information is used to determine a length and/or a cycle of the first time window, and the second indication information is used to determine a starting position of the first time window.

7 . The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein,

the first configuration information is protocol defined; or,

the first configuration information is configured by a network device through a multicast control channel MCCH; or,

the first configuration information is configured by the network device through a system broadcast message.

8 . The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein,

a value of N satisfies the following formula: N=floor (the total number of PDCCH opportunities in the first time window/S), and floor represents a rounding down operation; or,

the value of N is configured by a network device.

9 . A multicast broadcast service MBS service transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal device, a corresponding relationship between a physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunity and a synchronization signal block SSB index, wherein the PDCCH opportunity is used to transmit an MBS PDCCH; and

receiving, by the terminal device, the MBS PDCCH based on the correspondence between the PDCCH opportunity and the SSB index,

wherein the method further comprises: acquiring, by the terminal device, first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used to determine a first time window; wherein, within the first time window, the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the MBS service is numbered from 0,

wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the terminal device, second configuration information or third configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the second configuration information is used to determine a PDCCH opportunity index list, the PDCCH opportunity index list comprises N PDCCH opportunity indexes, and N is a positive integer greater than 1; each PDCCH opportunity index in the N PDCCH opportunity indexes is used to indicate a first one PDCCH opportunity corresponding to one MBS data, and wherein the third configuration information is used to determine an MBS data interval, and the MBS data interval is used to indicate a number of PDCCH opportunities between two adjacent MBS data intervals;

in response to receiving the second configuration information, for the MBS data, an index of the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to a k-th actually transmitted SSB is: index of the first PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the MBS data+(k−1); wherein, k is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to S; and S is a number of SSBs actually transmitted, and

in response to receiving the third configuration information, for an n-th MBS data in the first time window, an index of the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to a k-th actually transmitted SSB is: first PDCCH opportunity index+(n−1)*MBS data interval+(k−1); wherein, the first PDCCH opportunity index is used to indicate a first one PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the first one MBS data in the first time window, n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, and k is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to S; S is a number of SSBs actually transmitted, and N is a number of MBS data transmitted in the first time window.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the MBS data has H repeated transmissions, and H is a positive integer;

in response to receiving the second configuration information, for an h-th repeated transmission of the MBS data, the index of the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the k-th actually transmitted SSB is:

index of the first one PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the MBS data+S*(h−1)+(k−1); or

index of the first PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the h-th repeated transmission of the MBS data+(k−1);

wherein, h is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to H.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the index of the first one PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the h-th repeated transmission is configured by a network device.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein,

the first PDCCH opportunity index is configured by the network device; or,

the first PDCCH opportunity index is 0 by default.

13 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein,

a value of N satisfies the following formula: first PDCCH opportunity index+N*MBS data interval≤total number of PDCCH opportunities in the first time window−1; or,

the value of N is configured by the network device.

14 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the MBS data has H repeated transmissions, and H is a positive integer;

in response to receiving the third configuration information, for an h-th repeated transmission of the n-th MBS data in the first time window, the index of the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the k-th actually transmitted SSB is:

first PDCCH opportunity index+(n−1)*MBS data interval+S*(h−1)+(k−1); or

first PDCCH opportunity index+(n−1)*MBS transmission interval*H+(h−1)*MBS transmission interval+(k−1);

wherein, h is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to H.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein,

a value of N satisfies the following formula:

first PDCCH opportunity index+ N *MBS data interval≤total number of PDCCH opportunities in the first time window−1; or

the value of N satisfies the following formula:

first PDCCH opportunity index+ N *MBS transmission interval* H ≤total number of PDCCH opportunities in the first time window−1; or

the value of N is configured by the network device.

16 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the MBS transmission interval is used to indicate the number of PDCCH opportunities between two adjacent transmissions, and the two adjacent transmissions belong to two transmissions of a same MBS data or two transmission of different MBS data.

17 . A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory, the memory is used to store a computer program, the processor is used to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, to cause the terminal device to perform steps of the method according to claim 9 , wherein:

the MBS data has H repeated transmissions, and H is a positive integer;

in response to receiving the third configuration information, for an h-th repeated transmission of the n-th MBS data in the first time window, the index of the PDCCH opportunity corresponding to the k-th actually transmitted SSB is:

first PDCCH opportunity index+( n− 1)*MBS data interval+( h− 1)*MBS repetition interval+( k− 1);

wherein, h is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to H.

18 . The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein,

a value of N satisfies the following formula: first PDCCH opportunity index+N*MBS data interval≤total number of PDCCH opportunities in the first time window−1; or,

the value of N is configured by the network device.

19 . The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein the MBS repetition interval is used to indicate the number of PDCCH opportunities between two adjacent transmissions of the same MBS data.

20 . The terminal device according to claim 19 , wherein,

a value of H is configured by a network device; or,

the value of H is 1 by default.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: WANG, SHUKUN
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063806/0667 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020140989 · Dec 29, 2020
Related Publication 20230309121A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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