Control channel reception method for receiving broadcast or multicast service

• US 8,139,524 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2008
• Issued: 03/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Young-Dae, Chun, Sung-Duck, Yi, Seung-June, Park, Sung-Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, STEVEN H D
• Application Number:
  US12/451,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20100189026A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,371 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/328, 370/338, 370/474, 714746-750
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/065 using assembly or disassembly of packets
• 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 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 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Disclosed is the radio (wireless) terminal which receives a broadcast or multicast service, and more particularly, to a control information reception method for a terminal, which, if control information received through a certain control channel is segmented with the one or more data units for transmission, receives the one or more data units from a network, and stores the one or more data units in every modification period if the control information cannot be completely decoded by the received one or more data units, wherein if the control information is determined to be modified in a current modification period, the terminal discards the stored one or more data units, and if the control information is determined not to be modified in the current modification period, the terminal does not discard the stored one or more data units.

Claims

1. A method for receiving control information for providing a point-to-multipoint service in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving one or more data units from a network, wherein the control information being segmented into the one or more data units and the control information is received through a control channel;

storing the one or more data units if the control information cannot be completely decoded by the received one or more data units;

determining whether or not the control information has been modified in a current modification period; and

discarding the stored one or more data units if it is determined that the control information has been modified.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more data units are RLC PDUs (radio link control protocol data units).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the control channel is a MCCH (Multicast control channel).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the modification of control information is determined by receiving update information through a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel).

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the update information includes a value tag.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the modification of control information is determined by using different control information that is received through the control channel and/or a different control channel.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the MCCH comprises at least one of a P-MCCH (Primary MCCH) and S-MCCH (Secondary MCCH) and the MCCH is mapped to a DL-SCH (Downlink Shared Channel).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the modification of control information is determined by receiving service information that is transmitted on the control channel.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the service information includes at least one of modified service information (MSI) and unmodified service information (USI).

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the service information informs that which S-MCCH (Secondary MCCH) is used for the point-to-multipoint service.

11. The method of claim 4 wherein the PDCCH includes at least one of a PMCCH-RNTI (Primary Multicast Control Channel-Radio Network Temporary Identity) and a SMCCH-RNTI (Secondary Multicast Control Channel-Radio Network Temporary Identity).

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the S-MCCH comprises a S-MCCH#1 for a single cell service and a S-MCCH#N (N=2, 3, 4 . . . ) for a multiple cell service.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the S-MCCH#N for the multiple cell service uses a MBSFN (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Single Frequency Network).

14. A method for receiving control information for providing a point-to-multipoint service in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving control information from a network using one or more data units, wherein the control information is received through a MCCH (Multicast Control Channel); and

if a modification of the control information is notified within a current modification period through a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) related to the MCCH, discarding at least one data unit that is received in a previous modification period.