IP Library Granted Patent US 12,464,545
Granted Patent B2
US 12,464,545 · App. 19/096,549 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Enhanced resource allocation for multicast broadcast services

Inventor: Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W72/30H04W72/0457H04W72/121H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,464,545
App. No.
19/096,549
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system, method and apparatus for mobile communications including an enhanced scheduled process is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives multicast broadcast configuration parameters. The UE determines that a first multicast broadcast service is associated with the DRX configuration parameters and that a second multicast broadcast service is not associated with the DRX configuration parameters. The UE receives first multicast broadcast data, associated with the first multicast broadcast service, based on scheduling information determined by monitoring a control channel using the DRX configuration parameters. The UE also receives second multicast broadcast data, associated with the second multicast broadcast service, based on the SPS configuration parameters and without monitoring the control channel for the scheduling information.

Claims (26)

1 . A method of enhancing a scheduling process for multicast broadcast service (MBS) services, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), one or more configuration messages for the MBS services via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the one or more configuration messages comprising:

discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration parameters associated with a first MBS service; and

semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration parameters associated with a second MBS service;

receiving, by the UE, first multicast broadcast data associated with the first MBS service based on scheduling information determined by monitoring a control channel using the DRX configuration parameters; and

receiving, by the UE, second multicast broadcast data associated with the second MBS service based on the SPS configuration parameters,

wherein the SPS configuration parameters comprise an offset parameter indicating an offset of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, and

wherein receiving, by the UE, second multicast broadcast data comprises receiving the second multicast broadcast data based on the offset parameter.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving second multicast broadcast data associated with the second MBS service based on the SPS configuration parameters comprises determining radio resources for the second MBS service in response to receiving the SPS configuration parameters and without receiving an activation signaling for the SPS configuration parameters.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving second multicast broadcast data associated with the second MBS service based on the SPS configuration parameters comprises determining radio resources for the second MBS service in response to receiving the SPS configuration parameters and receiving an activation signaling for the SPS configuration parameters.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the SPS configuration parameters correspond to a common cell.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the SPS configuration parameters correspond to a same bandwidth part (BWP) of the same cell.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the SPS configuration parameters comprise at least one parameter indicating sub-slot-based transmission for the second multicast broadcast data.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the SPS configuration parameters comprise at least one parameter indicating repetition of a multicast broadcast transport block for a plurality of times in a SPS occasion.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the SPS configuration parameters comprise at least one parameter indicating that the SPS configuration parameters are associated with the second MBS service.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the SPS configuration parameters comprise a periodicity parameter, and wherein receiving, by the UE, second multicast broadcast data comprises receiving the second multicast broadcast data based on the periodicity parameter.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the SPS configuration parameters further comprise an offset parameter indicating an offset to a system frame number with a first value.

11 . An apparatus for utilization in wireless communications comprising:

an antenna for use in transmission of electromagnetic signals;

a memory for maintaining computer-readable code; and

a processor for executing the computer-readable code that causes the apparatus to:

receive one or more configuration message for multicast broadcast services (MBS) services via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the one or more configuration message comprising discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration parameters associated with a first MBS service and semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration parameters associated with a second MBS service;

receive first multicast broadcast data associated with the first MBS service based on scheduling information determined by monitoring a control channel using the DRX configuration parameters; and

receive second multicast broadcast data associated with the second MBS service based on the SPS configuration parameters,

wherein the SPS configuration parameters comprise an offset parameter indicating an offset of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, and

wherein receiving the second multicast broadcast data comprises receiving the second multicast broadcast data based on the offset parameter.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 18028623
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