Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving control information for additional broadcast information in a wireless communication system

• US 8,787,287 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2010
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Hee Jeong, Ryu, Ki Seon, Yuk, Young Soo, Lee, Hyun Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Chriss, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): FAYED, RASHA K
• Application Number:
  US13/382,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20120113940A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,477 Days
• Field of Search: 370/203, 370/208, 370315-330, 370/468, 370476-478
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving control information for additional broadcast information in a wireless communication system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting control information for additional broadcast information in a wireless communication system comprises a step in which a base station transmits control information containing information on the transmission time of the additional broadcast message, and transmits the additional broadcast message at said transmission time.

Claims

1. A method for receiving control information for an additional broadcast message by a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the UE from a base station (BS), control information, the control information including a system configuration descriptor (SCD) count indicating version information of a system configuration to be applied for the UE; and

receiving, by the UE from the BS, the additional broadcast message, the additional broadcast message including a system configuration information and a configuration change count indicating version information of the system configuration information,

wherein the additional broadcast message is an Advanced Air Interface System Configuration Descriptor (AAI_SCD) message,

wherein the SCD count included in the received control information is the same as the configuration change count included in the received additional broadcast message,

wherein the BS applies the system configuration information included in the additional broadcast message,

wherein, if the SCD count included in the received control information is different from a previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE and if the SCD count has not been applied yet in the UE, the UE applies a system configuration information associated with the previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE, and

wherein, if the SCD count included in the received control information is different from the previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE and if the SCD count has been applied in the UE, the UE applies the system configuration information included in the received additional broadcast message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control information is received through a secondary superframe header (S-SFH).

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control information further includes a minimum duration of the control information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the received additional broadcast message is updated when the minimum duration of the control information is over.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the minimum duration of the control information is represented in a unit of superframe.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the additional broadcast message is received at a periodic interval.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control information further includes information of a transmission time point of the additional broadcast message, and the additional broadcast message is received at the transmission time point.

20. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining if the SCD count included in the received control information is different from the previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE and if the SCD count has not been applied yet in the UE.

8. A method for transmitting control information for an additional broadcast message by a base station (BS) of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the BS to a user equipment (UE), control information, the control information including a system configuration descriptor (SCD) count indicating version information of a system configuration to be applied for the UE; and

transmitting, by the BS to the UE, the additional broadcast message, the additional broadcast message including a system configuration information and a configuration change count indicating version information of the system configuration information,

wherein the additional broadcast message is an Advanced Air Interface System Configuration Descriptor (AAI_SCD) message,

wherein the SCD count included in the transmitted control information is the same as the configuration change count included in the transmitted additional broadcast message,

wherein the BS applies the system configuration information included in the additional broadcast message,

wherein, if the SCD count included in the transmitted control information is different from a previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE and if the SCD count has not been applied yet in the UE, the UE applies a system configuration information associated with the previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE, and

wherein, if the SCD count included in the transmitted control information is different from the previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE and if the SCD count has been applied in the UE, the UE applies the system configuration information included in the transmitted additional broadcast message.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the control information is transmitted through a secondary superframe header (S-SFH).

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the control information further includes a minimum duration of the control information.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the minimum duration of the control information is represented in a unit of superframe.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the additional broadcast message is transmitted at a periodic interval.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the control information further includes information of a transmission time point of the additional broadcast message, and the additional broadcast message is transmitted at the transmission time point.

21. The user equipment according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to determine if the SCD count included in the received control information is different from the previous SCD count saved lastly at the user equipment and if the SCD count has not been applied yet in the user equipment.

14. A user equipment of a wireless communication system for receiving control information for an additional broadcast message, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver; and

a processor operatively connected to the receiver and configured to;

receive, from a base station (BS), control information, the control information including a system configuration descriptor (SCD) count indicating version information of a system configuration to be applied for the user equipment; and

receive, from the BS, the additional broadcast message, the additional broadcast message including a system configuration information and a configuration change count indicating version information of the system configuration information,

wherein the additional broadcast message is an Advanced Air Interface System Configuration Descriptor (AAI_SCD) message,

wherein the SCD count included in the received control information is the same as the configuration change count included in the received additional broadcast message,

wherein the BS applies the system configuration information included in the additional broadcast message,

wherein, if the SCD count included in the received control information is different from a previous SCD count saved lastly at the user equipment and if the SCD count has not been applied yet in the user equipment, the user equipment applies a system configuration information associated with the previous SCD count saved lastly at the user equipment, and

wherein, if the SCD count included in the received control information is different from the previous SCD count saved lastly at the user equipment and if the SCD count has been applied in the user equipment, the user equipment applies the system configuration information included in the received additional broadcast message.

15. The user equipment according to claim 14, wherein the control information is received through a secondary superframe header (S-SFH).

16. The user equipment according to claim 14, wherein the control information further includes a minimum duration of the control information, and the processor updates the received additional broadcast message when the minimum duration of control information is over.

17. A base station of a wireless communication system for transmitting control information for an additional broadcast message, the base station comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor operatively connected to the transmitter and configured to;

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), control information, the control information including a system configuration descriptor (SCD) count indicating version information of a system configuration to be applied for the UE; and

transmit, to the UE, the additional broadcast message, the additional broadcast message including a system configuration information and a configuration change count indicating version information of the system configuration information,

wherein the additional broadcast message is an Advanced Air Interface System Configuration Descriptor (AAI_SCD) message,

wherein the SCD count included in the transmitted control information is the same as the configuration change count included in the transmitted additional broadcast message,

wherein the base station applies the system configuration information included in the additional broadcast message,

wherein, if the SCD count included in the transmitted control information is different from a previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE and if the SCD count has not been applied yet in the UE, the UE applies a system configuration information associated with the previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE, and

wherein, if the SCD count included in the transmitted control information is different from the previous SCD count saved lastly at the UE and if the SCD count has been applied in the UE, the UE applies the system configuration information included in the transmitted additional broadcast message.

18. The base station according to claim 17, wherein the control information is transmitted through a secondary superframe header (S-SFH).

19. The base station according to claim 17, wherein the control information further includes a minimum duration of the control information.