Method for performing cell broadcasting and communication system using the same
First Claim
1. A method for performing cell broadcasting, comprising steps of:
- receiving in a mobile station at least one data unit of a short message service cell broadcasting (SMSCB) message broadcast from at least one cell of a communication system; and
reading the SMSCB message based on a schedule message comprised of a plurality of fields for informing the mobile station of a location of the SMSCB message, a length of a schedule period, and whether a new SMSCB message has been broadcast.
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Abstract
A method for performing cell broadcasting and a communication system using the same are provided. The method includes steps of receiving in a mobile station at least one data unit of a short message service cell broadcasting (SMSCB) message broadcast from at least one cell of a communication system; and reading the SMSCB message based on the schedule message, wherein the schedule message is comprised of a plurality of fields for informing the mobile station of a location of the SMSCB message, a length of a schedule period, and whether a new SMSCB message has been broadcast. The schedule message also includes a field for informing the mobile station of a location of a next schedule message, a field for informing the mobile station of at least one of a start frame and an end frame of the schedule period, and a media access control (MAC) header made up of first and second fields, the first field indicating whether the at least one data unit is to be mapped to one of a common logical channel of the MAC layer or a dedicated logical channel of the MAC layer and the second field indicating whether the at least one data unit is to be mapped to one of a common control channel of the MAC layer or a common traffic channel of the MAC layer. The communication system realizes the SMS cell broadcasting through a UTRAN-MAC-c entity for performing steps of scheduling, multiplexing, and transmitting, and a UE-MAC-c entity for performing steps of receiving, demultiplexing, and reading.
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43 Claims
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1. A method for performing cell broadcasting, comprising steps of:
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receiving in a mobile station at least one data unit of a short message service cell broadcasting (SMSCB) message broadcast from at least one cell of a communication system; and
reading the SMSCB message based on a schedule message comprised of a plurality of fields for informing the mobile station of a location of the SMSCB message, a length of a schedule period, and whether a new SMSCB message has been broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for performing cell broadcasting, comprising steps of:
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scheduling a short message service cell broadcasting (SMSCB) message;
multiplexing, at a lower layer in a first communication system, a common traffic channel with a common control channel, a dedicated traffic channel, and a dedicated control channel, wherein the common traffic channel and the common control channel are common logical channels and the dedicated traffic channel and the dedicated control channel are dedicated logical channels; and
transmitting a schedule message through the common traffic channel of the first communication system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for cell broadcasting, comprising steps of:
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receiving a schedule message through a common traffic channel of a first communication system;
demultiplexing, at a lower layer in the first communication system, a common traffic channel with a common control channel, a dedicated traffic channel, and a dedicated control channel, wherein the common traffic channel and the common control channel are common logical channels and the dedicated traffic channel and the dedicated control channel are dedicated logical channels; and
reading a short message service cell broadcasting (SMSCB) message based on the schedule message. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for performing cell broadcasting, comprising:
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a UTRAN-MAC-c entity for scheduling a short message service cell broadcasting (SMSCB) message by segmenting the SMSCB message into a plurality of data units, multiplexing, at a UTRAN lower layer in a first communication system, a common traffic channel with a common control channel, a dedicated traffic channel, and a dedicated control channel, wherein the common traffic channel and the common control channel are common logical channels and the dedicated traffic channel and the dedicated control channel are dedicated logical channels, and transmitting a schedule message through the common traffic channel of the first communication system; and
a UE-MAC-c entity for receiving a schedule message through a common traffic channel of a first communication system, demultiplexing, at a UE lower layer in the first communication system, a common traffic channel with a common control channel, a dedicated traffic channel, and a dedicated control channel, wherein the common traffic channel and the common control channel are common logical channels and the dedicated traffic channel and the dedicated control channel are dedicated logical channels, and reading the SMSCB message based on the schedule message, by reconstructing the SMSCB message from the plurality of data units, wherein the schedule message is comprised of a plurality of fields for informing the mobile station of a location of the SMSCB message, a length of a schedule period, and whether a new SMSCB message has been broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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