System and method for providing broadcast service in a mobile communication system

• US 20060239265A1
• Filed: 04/25/2006
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Koo, Chang-Hoi, Lee, Sung-Jin, Son, Yeong-Moon, Kang, Hyun-Jeong, Kim, Young-Ho, Son, Jung-Je, Lim, Hyoung-Kyu
• Application Number:
  US11/410,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20060239265A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/390
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast

Abstract

Disclosed is a broadcast service connection setup method for receiving a Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) by a mobile station (MS) in a mobile communication system supporting the MBS. The MS sends a connection setup request for a particular broadcast service to a base station (BS). The MS receives from the BS a first identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service and second identifiers individually mapped to at least one content broadcast.

Claims

1. A broadcast service connection setup method for receiving a Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) by a mobile station (MS) in a mobile communication system supporting the MBS, the method comprising:

sending a connection setup request for a particular broadcast service to a base station (BS); and

receiving a first identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service and second identifiers individually mapped to at least one content broadcast, the first and second identifiers being allocated from the BS.

2. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 1, wherein the connection setup request is included in a Type/Length/Value (TLV) Encoded Information field of a Dynamic Service Addition_REQuest (DSA_REQ) message.

3. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 1, wherein the first identifier is a Transport Connection Identifier (CID) for identifying a broadcast service which is uniquely broadcast in one cell.

4. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 1, wherein the first identifier is a Multicast CID for identifying broadcast services commonly broadcast in a predetermined number of cells.

5. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 1, wherein combination values obtained by a combination of the first identifier and the second identifiers are allocated as third identifiers which are mapped to the each content broadcast on a one-to-one basis.

6. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 1, wherein a combination value obtained by a combination of the first identifier and the second identifiers is allocated as a fourth identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service.

7. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 1, wherein the second identifier is an MBS contents ID mapped to the at least one content broadcast.

8. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 1, wherein the second identifier is a logical channel identifier allocated to the first identifier.

9. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 8, wherein the logical channel identifier is used to distinguish the second identifier which belongs to the same first identifier.

10. A broadcast service connection setup method for providing by a base station (BS) a Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) to a mobile station (MS) in a mobile communication system supporting the MBS, the method comprising:

receiving a connection setup request for a particular broadcast service from the MS; and

allocating a first identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service and second identifiers individually mapped to at least one content broadcast, to the MS.

11. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 10, wherein the identifiers are included in a Type/Length/Value (TLV) Encoded Information field of a Dynamic Service Addition_ReSPonse (DSA_RSP) message.

12. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 10, wherein the first identifier is a Transport Connection Identifier (CID).

13. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 10, wherein the first identifier is a Multicast CID.

14. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 10, wherein combination values obtained by a combination of the first identifier and the second identifiers are allocated as third identifiers which are mapped to each content broadcast on a one-to-one basis.

15. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 10, wherein a combination value obtained by the combination of the first identifier and the second identifier is allocated as a fourth identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service.

16. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 14, wherein information indicating location and size of MBS data obtained through an allocation of the first identifier and the second identifier, or the third identifier, or the fourth identifier is included in a particular field of an MBS MAP message of a downlink frame before being transmitted.

17. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 15, wherein information indicating location and size of MBS data obtained through an allocation of the first identifier and the second identifier, or the third identifier, or the fourth identifier is included in a particular field of an MBS MAP message of a downlink frame before being transmitted.

18. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 16, wherein the MBS MAP message includes information indicating the number of information pieces indicating location and size of MBS data having the second identifier.

19. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 17, wherein the MBS MAP message includes information indicating the number of information pieces indicating location and size of MBS data having the second identifier.

20. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 16, wherein the MBS MAP message includes information on the first identifier and the second identifier.

21. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 17, wherein the MBS MAP message includes information on the first identifier and the second identifier.

22. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 16, wherein the information indicating location and size of MBS data is represented by the first identifier and the second identifier.

23. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 17, wherein the information indicating location and size of MBS data is represented by the first identifier and the second identifier.

24. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 10, wherein the second identifier is an MBS contents ID mapped to the at least one content broadcast.

25. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 10, wherein the second identifier is a logical channel identifier allocated to the first identifier.

26. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 25, wherein the logical channel identifier is used to distinguish the second identifier which belongs to the same first identifier.

27. A broadcast service connection setup method for providing a Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) between a mobile station (MS) and a base station (BS) in a previously mobile communication system supporting the MBS, the method comprising:

sending, by the MS, a connection setup request for a particular broadcast service to the BS;

allocating, by the BS, a first identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service and second identifiers individually mapped to the at least one content broadcast, to the MS; and

receiving, by the MS, the MBS mapped to the allocated identifiers.

28. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 27, wherein the first identifier is a Transport Connection Identifier (CID).

29. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 27, wherein the first identifier is a Multicast CID.

30. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 27, wherein the second identifier is an MBS contents ID mapped to at least one content broadcasts.

31. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 27, wherein combination values obtained by a combination of the first identifier and the second identifiers are allocated as third identifiers which are mapped to the at least one content broadcast on a one-to-one basis.

32. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 27, wherein a combination value obtained by a combination of the first identifier and the second identifiers is allocated as a fourth identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service.

33. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 31, wherein information indicating location and size of MBS data obtained through an allocation of the first identifier and the second identifier, or the third identifier, or the fourth identifier is included in a particular field of an MBS MAP message of a downlink frame before being transmitted.

34. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 32, wherein information indicating location and size of MBS data obtained through an allocation of the first identifier and the second identifier, or the third identifier, or the fourth identifier is included in a particular field of an MBS MAP message of a downlink frame before being transmitted.

35. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 33, wherein the MBS MAP message includes information indicating the number of information pieces indicating location and size of MBS data having the second identifier.

36. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 34, wherein the MBS MAP message includes information indicating the number of information pieces indicating location and size of MBS data having the second identifier.

37. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 33, wherein the MBS MAP message includes information on the first identifier and the second identifier.

38. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 34, wherein the MBS MAP message includes information on the first identifier and the second identifier.

39. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 27, wherein the second identifier is an MBS contents ID mapped to the at least one content broadcast.

40. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 27, wherein the second identifier is a logical channel identifier allocated to the first identifier.

41. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 40, wherein the logical channel identifier is used to distinguish the second identifier which belongs to the same first identifier.

42. A broadcast service connection setup system for providing a Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) in a mobile communication system supporting the MBS, the system comprising:

a mobile station (MS) for sending a connection setup request for a particular broadcast service and multiple content broadcasts and receiving a first identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service; and

a base station (BS) for allocating the first identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service and second identifiers mapped to at least one content broadcast upon receiving the connection setup request for the particular broadcast service and the multiple content broadcasts provided in the particular broadcast service.

43. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 42, wherein the MS includes a connection setup request for the multiple content broadcasts in a Type/Length/Value (TLV) Encoded Information field of a Dynamic Service Addition_REQuest (DSA_REQ) message before transmission.

44. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 42, wherein the BS includes the identifiers in a TLV Encoded Information field of a Dynamic Service Addition_ReSPonse (DSA_RSP) message before allocation.

45. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 42, wherein the first identifier is a Transport Connection Identifier (CID).

46. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 42, wherein the first identifier is a Multicast CID.

47. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 42, wherein the BS allocates combination values obtained by a combination of the first identifier and the second identifiers as third identifiers which are mapped to the at least one content broadcasts on a one-to-one basis.

48. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 42, wherein the BS allocates a combination value obtained by a combination of the first identifier and the second identifiers as a fourth identifier mapped to the particular broadcast service.

49. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 48, wherein the BS includes information indicating location and size of MBS data in an MBS data information element of an MBS MAP message of a downlink frame before transmission.

50. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 49, wherein the MBS MAP message includes information indicating a number of information pieces indicating location and size of MBS data having the second identifier.

51. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 49, wherein the information indicating location and size of MBS data is represented by the first identifier and the second identifier.

52. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 51, wherein the MBS data is sequentially included in an MBS data burst field of a downlink frame based on the information represented by the first identifier and the second identifier.

53. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 51, wherein the MBS data is randomly included in an MBS data burst field of a downlink frame regardless of the information represented by the first identifier and the second identifier.

54. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 53, wherein the MBS data is identified by a logical channel identifier included in the MBS MAP message.

55. The broadcast service connection setup system of claim 42, wherein the second identifier is an MBS contents ID mapped to the at least one content broadcast.

56. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 42, wherein the second identifier is a logical channel identifier allocated to the first identifier.

57. The broadcast service connection setup method of claim 56, wherein the logical channel identifier is used to distinguish the second identifier which belong to the same first identifier.