METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST/MULTICAST SERVICE
First Claim
1. A method for implementing Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service MBMS, wherein MBMS are born on different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers, and each multimedia broadcast multicast bearer corresponds to a multimedia broadcast multicast area respectively, comprising:
- establishing an association relationship between different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers associated with MBMS of a same type at a network side; and
in response to a User Equipment UE switching between different multimedia broadcast multicast areas, the network side providing the UE with a multimedia broadcast multicast bearer of a multimedia broadcast multicast area where the UE is located currently, according to the association relationship between different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers corresponding to the MBMS requested by the UE.
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Abstract
A method and a system for implementing MBMS. According to embodiments of the present invention, the MBMS are born on different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers; each multimedia broadcast multicast bearers corresponds to a multimedia broadcast multicast area; an association relationship between the different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers of MBMS of a same type is set at a network side; when the UE switches between different multimedia broadcast multicast areas, the network side provides the UE with the multimedia broadcast multicast bearer of the multimedia broadcast multicast area where the UE is located currently according to the association relationship between the multimedia broadcast multicast bearers corresponding to the MBMS request by the UE. The method and the system in accordance with the present invention can support MBMS better.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for implementing Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service MBMS, wherein MBMS are born on different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers, and each multimedia broadcast multicast bearer corresponds to a multimedia broadcast multicast area respectively, comprising:
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establishing an association relationship between different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers associated with MBMS of a same type at a network side; and
in response to a User Equipment UE switching between different multimedia broadcast multicast areas, the network side providing the UE with a multimedia broadcast multicast bearer of a multimedia broadcast multicast area where the UE is located currently, according to the association relationship between different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers corresponding to the MBMS requested by the UE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for implementing Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service MBMS, comprising:
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at least one User Equipment UE receiving MBMS, and switching between different MBMS service areas;
a first network unit for establishing an association relationship between different MBMS bearers of MBMS of a same type, wherein the MBMS of the type are born on different MBMS bearers, and each MBMS bearer corresponds to one MBMS service area; and
a second network unit for providing the UE with the multimedia broadcast multicast bearer of the multimedia broadcast multicast area where the UE is located, according to the association relationship between different multimedia broadcast multicast bearers corresponding to the MBMS requested by the UE. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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