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Granted Patent B2
US 8,638,707 · App. 12/305,920 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Method for supporting quality of multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) in mobile communications system and terminal thereof

Inventors: Sung-Duck Chun (Gyeonggi-Do, KR); Young-Dae Lee (Gyeonggi-Do, KR); Sung-Jun Park (Gyeonggi-Do, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W4/06
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Patent No.
US 8,638,707
App. No.
12/305,920
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a wireless mobile communications system, a method of supporting quality of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) while using minimum possible radio resource(s) of a cell. A method of providing a multimedia multicast broadcast service (MBMS) in a wireless communications system that may include: transmitting a feedback configuration parameter to at least one terminal that is subscribed in a MBMS service; transmitting a MBMS service data to the at least one terminal; and receiving feedback information from the at lest one terminal that uses the feedback configuration parameter for a transmission of the feedback information.

Claims (51)

1. A method of providing a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) service in a wireless communications system, the method comprising:

receiving a feedback configuration parameter from a base station,

wherein the feedback configuration parameter is related to a radio resource for a transmission of feedback information with respect to the MBMS service,

wherein the feedback configuration parameter is received through an MBMS Control Channel (MCCH), and

wherein the feedback configuration parameter is allocated per each MBMS service;

receiving MBMS service data;

transmitting the feedback information using the received feedback configuration parameter,

wherein the feedback information is an ACK/NACK signal,

wherein the feedback information is transmitted to the base station only when a certain condition is met,

wherein the certain condition is previously set by each terminal that is subscribed in the MBMS service,

wherein only the NACK signal is transmitted to the base station when the MBMS service data is not successfully received, and

wherein the ACK signal is not transmitted to the base station even if the MBMS service data is successfully received;

receiving a measurement control message from the base station, the measurement control message specifying at least a parameter to be measured and a condition for transmitting a measurement report message;

measuring the specified parameter with respect to the MBMS service; and

transmitting a result of the measurement of the specified parameter to the base station when the condition for transmitting a measurement report message is satisfied.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feedback information is transmitted to the base station based on whether the feedback configuration parameter and the MBMS service data are successfully received.

3. A method of providing a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) service in a wireless communications system, the method comprising:

transmitting a feedback configuration parameter to at least one terminal that is subscribed in the MBMS service,

wherein the feedback configuration parameter is related to a radio resource for a transmission of feedback information by the at least one terminal with respect to the MBMS service,

wherein the feedback configuration parameter is transmitted through an MBMS Control Channel (MCCH), and

wherein the feedback configuration parameter is allocated per each MBMS service;

transmitting MBMS service data to the at least one terminal;

receiving the feedback information from the at least one terminal according to the feedback configuration parameter,

wherein the feedback information is an ACK/NACK signal,

wherein only the NACK signal is received from the at least one terminal when the MBMS service data is not successfully received by the at least one terminal, and

wherein the ACK signal is not received from the at least one terminal even if the MBMS service data is successfully received by the at least one terminal;

transmitting a measurement control message to the at least one terminal, the measurement control message specifying at least a parameter to be measured and a condition for transmitting a measurement report message; and

receiving a result of a measurement from the at least one terminal when the condition for transmitting a measurement report message is satisfied, wherein the measurement is of the specified parameter with respect to the MBMS service.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

adjusting a radio configuration parameter according to the received feedback information.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

transmitting the MBMS service data to the at least one terminal using the adjusted radio configuration parameter.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the radio configuration parameter includes at least a code, a power, a frequency, or time allocated for the MBMS service.

7. A mobile terminal for providing a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) service in a wireless communications system, the mobile terminal comprising:

a transceiver adapted to transmit or receive data related to the MBMS service;

a memory adapted to store the data transmitted or received via the transceiver or from an external source; and

a processor cooperating with the transceiver and the memory and adapted to:

receive a feedback configuration parameter from a base station,

wherein the feedback configuration parameter is related to a radio resource for a transmission of feedback information with respect to the MBMS service,

wherein the feedback configuration parameter is received through an MBMS Control Channel (MCCH), and

wherein the feedback configuration parameter is allocated per each MBMS service;

receive MBMS service data;

transmit feedback information using the received feedback configuration parameter,

wherein the feedback information is an ACK/NACK signal,

wherein the feedback information is transmitted to the base station only when a certain condition is met,

wherein the certain condition is previously set by each terminal that is subscribed in the MBMS service,

wherein only the NACK signal is transmitted to the base station when the MBMS service data is not successfully received, and

wherein the ACK signal is not transmitted to the base station even if the MBMS service data is successfully received;

receive a measurement control message from the base station, the measurement control message specifying at least a parameter to be measured and a condition for transmitting a measurement report message;

measure the specified parameter with respect to the MBMS service; and

transmit a result of the measurement of the specified parameter to the base station when the condition for transmitting a measurement report message is satisfied.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2010
From: CHUN, SUNG-DUCK; LEE, YOUNG-DAE; PARK, SUNG-JUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 024446/0820 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2007-0042094 · Apr 30, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60815722 · Jun 21, 2006
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