Method of transmitting counting response message indicating service area at user equipment in wireless communication system and apparatus thereof

• US 8,688,145 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2011
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Youngdae, Jung, Sunghoon, Yi, Seungjune, Chun, Sungduck, Park, Sungjun
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US13/201,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20120009947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,028 Days
• Field of Search: 455/458, 455/414.1, 370/389
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• 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 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/14 using user query or user detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states

Abstract

A method for a user equipment to transmit a message in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The present invention includes the steps of receiving a first message containing an information on at least one service from a network and transmitting a second message indicating a specific area and a specific service to the network in response to the first message, if wishing to receive the specific service of the at least one service or being interested to receive the specific service of the at least one service. Preferably, the present invention further includes the step of receiving system information for providing information on at least one area.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a Long Term Evolution (LTE) Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) message by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the UE, a system information block 13 (SIB13) including information on a Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area list, through a broadcast control channel (BCCH) from a network;

receiving, by the UE, a first LTE MBMS message comprising information on one or more services through a multicast control channel (MCCH) from the network; and

transmitting, by the UE, a second LTE MBMS message indicating a specific area corresponding to an area of the MBSFN area list and a specific service to the network in response to the first message, the UE wishing to receive the specific service of the one or more services or being interested to receive the specific service of the one or more services.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the specific service in the specific area from the network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking the specific area related to the specific service based on the information on the MBSFN area list.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the specific area corresponds to the area of the MBSFN area list and is an area in which the first LTE MBMS message is received.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific area includes at least one cell for providing the specific service.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first LTE MBMS message comprises an MBMS (multimedia broadcast multicast service) counting request message, and

wherein the second LTE MBMS message comprises an MBMS counting response message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE is in an RRC (radio resource control) connected state (RRC_CONNECTED).

8. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a wireless communication module of the UE configured to transceive signals with a network; and

a processor of the UE controlling the wireless communication module, the processor of the UE configured to process the signals,

wherein the wireless communication module of the UE receives a system information block 13 (SIB 13) including information on a Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area list through a broadcast control channel (BCCH) from the network and receives a first Long Term Evolution (LTE) Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) message comprising information on one or more services through a multicast control channel (MCCH) from the network and

wherein the processor of the UE generates a second LTE MBMS message indicating a specific area corresponding to an area of the MBSFN area list and a specific service to transmit the second LTE MBMS message to the network in response to the first message, the UE wishing to receive the specific service of the one or more services or being interested to receive the specific service of the one or more services.