APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MULTICAST DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140293861A1
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jeongki, Kwak, Jinsam, Yuk, Youngsoo
• Application Number:
  US14/238,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20140293861A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/312
• 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 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

An apparatus for transmitting/receiving multicast data in a wireless communication system and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving information including an M2M group identifier (MGID) assigned to an M2M (machine-to-machine) device from a base station, receiving a message related to M2M multicast assignment having the MGID information applied thereto from the base station, and receiving the multicast data from the base station in accordance with instruction of the message from the base station, wherein the multicast data comprises a flow identifier (FID) field in a MAC header of a MAC PDU (medium access control packet data unit) for a multicast service flow and wherein the FID field is set to a specific value.

Claims

1. A method of receiving multicast data by an M2M (machine-to-machine) device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, information including an M2M group identifier (MGID) assigned to the M2M device, from a base station;

receiving, a message related to M2M multicast assignment including the MGID, from the base station; and

receiving the multicast data based on the message from the base station, wherein the multicast data comprises a flow identifier (FID) field in a MAC header of a MAC PDU (medium access control packet data unit) for a multicast service flow, and

wherein the FID field is set to a specific value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific value set for the FID field is set to 0b0100 or 0100.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is a M2M multicast assignment A-MAP IE (Information Element) message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the MGID is transmitted through the M2M multicast assignment IE by a manner that the MGID is CRC (cyclic redundancy check) masked.

5. A method of transmitting multicast data at a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, information including an assigned M2M group identifier (MGID), to an M2M (machine-to-machine) device;

transmitting, a message related to M2M multicast assignment including the MGID, to the M2M device; and

transmitting the multicast data to the M2M device based on the message,

wherein the multicast data comprises a flow identifier (FID) field in a MAC header of a MAC PDU (medium access control packet data unit) for a multicast service flow, and

wherein the FID field is set to a specific value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the specific value set for the FID field is set to 0b0100 or 0100.

7. An M2M (machine-to-machine) device for receiving multicast data in a wireless communication system, the M2M device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive information including an M2M group identifier (MGID) assigned to the M2M device, a message related to M2M multicast assignment including the MGID, and downlink data based on the message from a base station; and

a processor configured to determining the received downlink data as the multicast data if the downlink data comprises a flow identifier (FID) field in a MAC header of a MAC PDU (medium access control packet data unit) for a multicast service flow and the FID field is set to a specific value.

8. The M2M device of claim 7, wherein the specific value set for the FID field is set to one of 0b0100 and 0100.

9. The M2M device of claim 7, wherein the message is a M2M multicast assignment A-MAP IE (Information Element) message.

10. A base station for transmitting multicast data in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit information including an M2M group identifier (MGID) assigned to an M2M (machine-to-machine) device, a message related to M2M multicast assignment including the MGID, and the multicast data based on the message to the M2M device,

wherein the multicast data comprises a flow identifier (FID) field in a MAC header of a MAC PDU (medium access control packet data unit) for a multicast service flow, and

wherein the FID field is set to a specific value.

11. The base station of claim 10, wherein the specific value set for the FID field is set to 0b0100 or 0100.