Apparatus and method for establishing feedback in a broadcast or multicast service
First Claim
1. A method of communicating with a network in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a first connection message in a terminal subscribing to a service while the terminal is in an idle state;
transmitting a connection request message to the network to request a connection response message, wherein the connection request message is a first response to the first connection message and comprises feedback capability information indicating whether the terminal is capable of supporting reception of the service and transmission of feedback associated with the service; and
receiving the connection response message from the network.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for establishing feedback channels in an MBMS (multimedia broadcast/multicast service) for UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) by selectively establishing RRC connections with terminals that are capable of transmitting uplink feedback information regarding the particular MBMS service. When requesting an RRC connection, a terminal sends an RRC connection message including information related to MBMS and the UTRAN selectively establishes an RRC connection with the terminal based on the information related to MBMS. The terminal indicates whether both a point-to-multipoint radio bearer and a point-to-point radio bearer can be received and, optionally, provides terminal class information in the RRC connection request message. The UTRAN gives higher priority to those terminals that indicate the capability to receive both a point-to-multipoint radio bearer and a point-to-point radio bearer when selecting terminals with which to establish an RRC connection, thereby maximizing feedback information regarding a particular MBMS service.
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58 Claims
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1. A method of communicating with a network in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first connection message in a terminal subscribing to a service while the terminal is in an idle state;
transmitting a connection request message to the network to request a connection response message, wherein the connection request message is a first response to the first connection message and comprises feedback capability information indicating whether the terminal is capable of supporting reception of the service and transmission of feedback associated with the service; and
receiving the connection response message from the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of communicating with a network in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a terminal that has no control plane connection with the network;
initiating a control plane connection procedure by transmitting a connection request message to the network to request a connection response message, wherein the connection request message comprises terminal capability information indicating whether the terminal is capable of supporting reception of multiple channels; and
receiving the connection response message from the network, wherein the connection response message comprises one of connection setup information and connection reject information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of communicating with terminals in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a first connection message to a plurality of terminals subscribing to a service while the terminals are in an idle state;
receiving connection request messages from the plurality of terminals, the connection request message requesting a connection response message and comprising one of positive feedback capability information and negative feedback capability information, wherein positive feedback capability information indicates the terminal is capable of supporting reception of the service and transmission of feedback associated with the service and negative feedback capability information indicates the terminal is not capable of supporting reception of the service and transmission of feedback associated with the service;
selecting a predetermined number of the plurality of terminals to receive a connection response message comprising connection setup information, wherein each terminal that sent positive feedback capability information is selected if the number of terminals that sent positive feedback capability information is not greater than the predetermined number and no terminal that sent negative feedback capability information is selected if the number of terminals that sent positive feedback capability information is one of greater than and equal to the predetermined number; and
transmitting a connection response message comprising connection setup information to the selected terminals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A terminal for communicating with a network in a mobile communication system, the terminal comprising:
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a transmitter adapted to initiate a network connection process associated with a user service by transmitting a connection request message to the network;
a display adapted to convey information to a user;
a memory unit adapted to store information related to feedback capability, the user service and network connections;
a receiver adapted to receive a first connection message while the terminal is in an idle state and connection response messages comprising one of connection setup information and connection reject information; and
a processing unit adapted to generate the connection request message as a first response to the first connection message, the connection request message requesting a connection response message and comprising feedback capability information indicating whether the terminal is capable of supporting reception of the service and transmission of feedback associated with the service. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A network for radio communication with a plurality of terminals in a mobile communication system, the network comprising:
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a receiver adapted to receive connection request messages from a plurality of terminals subscribing to a service, the connection request messages requesting a connection response message and comprising one of positive feedback capability information and negative feedback capability information, wherein positive feedback capability information indicates the terminal is capable of supporting reception of the service and transmission of feedback associated with the service and negative feedback capability information indicates the terminal is not capable of supporting reception of the service and transmission of feedback associated with the service;
a transmitter adapted to transmit a first connection message to a plurality of terminals subscribing to the service while the terminals are in an idle state;
a storage unit adapted to store information related to feedback capability, the user service and network connections; and
.a controller adapted to evaluate the positive feedback capability information and negative feedback capability information in the connection request messages to select a predetermined number of terminals with which to establish a communication connection, wherein each terminal that sent positive feedback capability information is selected if the number of terminals that sent positive feedback capability information is not greater than the predetermined number and no terminal that sent negative feedback capability information is selected if the number of terminals that sent positive feedback capability information is one of greater than and equal to the predetermined number. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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