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Granted Patent B2
US 12,483,862 · App. 18/105,657 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Multicast and broadcast service status reporting

Inventors: Tao Qi (Guangdong, CN); Lin Chen (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W4/06H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 12,483,862
App. No.
18/105,657
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and systems that enable reporting of reception status associated with a Multicast and Broadcast Service are provided. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a communication device from the network node, configuration information that configures information indicating a reception status of a multicast and broadcast service. Data for the multicast and broadcast service is carried in one or more bearers. The method also includes transmitting, by the communication device, the information indicating the reception status to the network node based on a result the measurement.

Claims (27)

1 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a communication device from a network node, configuration information that configures information indicating a reception status of a multicast and broadcast service, wherein data for the multicast and broadcast service is carried in one or more radio bearers;

performing, by the communication device, measurement on the reception status based on the configuration information; and

transmitting, by the communication device, the information indicating the reception status to the network node based on a result of the measurement to trigger a transmission mode switching from a first transmission mode to a second transmission mode different than the first transmission mode for at least one radio bearer that carries the data for the multicast and broadcast service.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises enabling information indicating whether transmitting of the information indicating the reception status is enabled or disabled.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises information that triggers the transmitting of the information indicating the reception status.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the configuration information comprises a periodicity at which the transmitting of the information indicating the reception status is triggered.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the configuration information comprises information that enables or disables periodically triggering of the transmitting of the information indicating the reception status.

6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the configuration information comprises information about an event that triggers the transmitting of the information indicating the reception status.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the event is indicated by one or more thresholds associated with the multicast and broadcast service or a radio bearer associated with the multicast and broadcast service, and wherein the threshold comprises one of: 1) a packet loss rate at a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer; 2) a Block Error Rate (BLER) at a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, 3) Channel State Information Reference Signal Received Power (CSI-RSRP) in a physical layer, or (4) Channel State Information Reference Signal Received Quality (CSI-RSRQ) in the physical layer.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the reception status comprises a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) status report.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the reception status comprises a packet loss rate at a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the reception status comprises a Block Error Rate (BLER) in a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, a CSI-RSRP in a physical layer, or a CSR-RSRQ in the physical layer.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the reception status is transmitted to the network node using a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling message, a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE), or a physical layer signaling message.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more radio bearers is associated with a transmission mode, and wherein the information indicating the reception status comprises a mode switching request that requests to switch from the first transmission mode to the second transmission mode for at least one radio bearer that carries the data for the multicast and broadcast service.

13 . The method of claim 1 wherein the information indicating the reception status that comprises the mode switching request is of a granularity corresponding to at least one of: (1) each of the one or more radio bearers of the multicast and broadcast service, (2) the multicast and broadcast service, or (3) the communication device.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving, by the communication device, mode switching response information from the network node in response to the mode switching request from the communication device, wherein the mode switching response information is optionally associated with at least one of: (1) an identifier for a radio bearer, (2) an identifier for the multicast and broadcast service.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission mode comprises a point-to-point transmission mode or a point-to-multipoint transmission mode.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the network node comprises a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU).

17 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting, by a network node, configuration information to a communication device that configures information indicating a reception status of a multicast and broadcast service, wherein data for the multicast and broadcast service is carried in one or more bearers; and

receiving, by the network node, the information indicating the reception status from the communication device to trigger a transmission mode switching from a first transmission mode to a second transmission mode different than the first transmission mode for at least one radio bearer that carries the data for the multicast and broadcast service.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the configuration information comprises an enabling information indicating whether transmitting of the information indicating the reception status is enabled or disabled.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the information indicating the reception status that comprises the mode switching request is of a granularity corresponding to at least one of: (1) each of the one or more radio bearers of the multicast and broadcast service, (2) the multicast and broadcast service, or (3) the communication device.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the network node, mode switching response information to the communication device in response to the mode switching request, wherein the mode switching response information is associated with at least one of: (1) an identifier for a radio bearer, (2) an identifier for the multicast and broadcast service.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: QI, TAO; CHEN, LIN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062602/0377 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020107471 · Aug 6, 2020
Related Publication 20230179962A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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