Method for realizing MBMS under bandwidth aggregation, CoMP and relay operation

• US 20110243056A1
• Filed: 03/31/2011
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Jen, Yu-Chih
• Application Number:
  US13/076,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20110243056A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/312
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2607 Cyclic extensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/006 Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0062 Avoidance of ingress interference, e.g. ham radio channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/00 Local resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Method for realizing MBMS under bandwidth aggregation, CoMP and relay operation includes allowing a first cell in an MBSFN area to transmit data on a physical downlink data channel in a first subframe while a second cell in the MBSFN area transmitting MBMS data on a physical multicast channel in a second subframe; wherein the first cell operates in a first wireless communication system and the second cell operates in a second wireless communication system; wherein the first wireless communication system is as same as the second wireless communication system, or the first wireless communication system is different from the second wireless communication system.

Claims

1. A method for realizing MBMS under bandwidth aggregation, comprising:

a UE in a cell within at least one MBSFN area expecting at least one or different MBSFN reference signals from at least one or different transmission points or cells for MBMS or MBSFN transmission from the same MBSFN area or different MBSFN areas.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of pattern and density of the at least one or different MBSFN reference signals are configured by higher layer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of pattern and density of the at least one or different MBSFN reference signals are derived by the UE according to at least one of component carrier, MBSFN area identity, cell identity, UE identity, channel condition, Control format indicator (CFI) value, and MBSFN subframe.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE performs measurement before receiving data in an MBSFN subframe, and wherein the data in the MBSFN subframe is MBMS data for MBMS service or UE data for data service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein different MBSFN reference signals are sent on a same component carrier or frequency band or different component carriers or frequency bands;

or

wherein the same MBSFN area or each of the different MBSFN areas use the same MBSFN reference signal or different MBSFN reference signals in the cell.

6. A method realizing MBMS under bandwidth aggregation, comprising:

a cell in an MBSFN area stopping transmitting at least one MBMS service which is transmitted by another cell or other cells in the MBSFN area.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the cell decides not to transmit the at least one MBMS service according to cell location, time duration, number of UE receiving the at least one MBMS service, or channel measurement, or because of providing another MBMS service or OAM purpose.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the cell transmits at least one MBSFN reference signal when the at least one MBMS service is stopped.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the cell stops transmitting an MBSFN reference signal when the at least one MBMS service is stopped.

10. A method for realizing MBMS under bandwidth aggregation, comprising:

when MBMS service is transmitted with a dedicated component carrier, band or channel, no LCID being signaled along with the MBMS data transmission.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein there is no system information on the dedicated component carrier, band or channel.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the MCCH transmission information is indicated by system information in another component carrier, band or channel or in a component carrier, band or channel different from the dedicated carrier, band or channel.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein a UE does not expect PDCCH cross carrier scheduling of PDSCH on the dedicated component carrier, band or channel.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein a UE does not expect MBSFN subframe allocation pattern (MSAP) on MCCH on the dedicated component carrier, band or channel.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the dynamic scheduling information (DSI) is transmitted on the first subframe of a radio frame of system frame number (SFN), and appears periodically.

16. A method for realizing MBMS under CoMP operation, comprising:

for a UE configured with CoMP operation, the UE detecting at least one PDCCH from at least one cell by using system configured cyclic prefix (CP) type of each cell of the at least one cell.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the UE decodes the at least one PDSCH scheduled by the at least one PDCCH from the at least one cell by using extended CP type.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one PDCCH and the at least one PDSCH are transmitted on at least one component carrier.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein each of the at least one cell has own system configured CP type or different cells have different system configured CP types.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one PDSCH transmission of CoMP is signaled in at least one MBSFN subframe;

and

wherein the at least one PDSCH in the at least one MBSFN subframe is transmitted with at least one of MBSFN reference signal and demodulation signal.