Wireless communication method and apparatus for providing multimedia broadcast services

• US 7,586,874 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2003
• Issued: 09/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dick, Stephen G., Rudolf, Marian
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban; Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Tu X
• Application Number:
  US10/740,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20040228301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,091 Days
• Field of Search: 455 304- 306, 455450-454, 455463-464, 455/3.01, 455/423, 455/429, 455/422.1, 370/321, 370336-337, 370/347, 370/276, 370/281, 370/343, 370/330, 370/335, 370/468
• US Class Current: 370/330
• 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 16/10 Dynamic resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/04 Error control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/16 Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
• 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 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/34 TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast

Abstract

A system and method for configuring the system for configuring a wireless multi-cell communication to provide multimedia broadcast services (MBMS) to a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The cells of the communication system are organized into a plurality of sets of one or more cells. Resource units are assigned to each set of cells in the communication system. The assigned resource units are allocated in each cell of the communication system for MBMS transmission. The WTRUs receive information indicating how to access the resource units allocated for MBMS transmission. The WTRUs receive the MBMS from one or more of the cells of the communication system.

Claims

1. A method of providing multimedia broadcast services (MBMS), the method comprising:

organizing a plurality of wireless communication cells into a plurality of cell sets, each cell set having at least one cell;

determining whether or not to use multi-frame allocations; and

when it is determined not to use multi-frame allocations, providing different combinations of timeslots for each cell set, wherein the different combinations of timeslots are not provided when it is determined to use multi-frame allocations.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

allocating assigned resource units in each cell for MBMS transmission.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

providing information indicating how to access the resource units allocated for MBMS transmission.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

determining whether current MBMS requirements are fulfilled with respect to previously established MBMS requirements.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein combinations of time slots are reused.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the reusing of combinations of time slots is based on time slot repetition periods.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein a time-domain reuse factor of 3 is used.

8. A wireless communication apparatus configured to provide multimedia broadcast services (MBMS), the wireless communication apparatus configured to:

organize a plurality of wireless communication cells into a plurality of cell sets, each cell having at least one cell;

determine whether or not to use multi-frame allocations; and

provide different combinations of timeslots for each cell set when it is determined not to use multi-frame allocations, wherein different combinations of timeslots are not provided when it is determined to use multi-frame allocations.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 further configured to:

allocate assigned resource units in each cell for MBMS transmission.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 further configured to:

provide information indicating how to access the resource units allocated for MBMS transmission.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 farther configured to:

determine whether current MBMS requirements are fulfilled with respect to previously established MBMS requirements.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein combinations of time slots are reused.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the reusing of combinations of time slots is based on time slot repetition periods.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein a time-domain reuse factor of 3 is used.