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

• US 9,025,512 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2014
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• 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:
  US14/179,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20140161017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 447 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-458, 455/414.1, 455/466, 370/389
• US Class Current: 370/312
• 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 of processing a Long Term Evolution (LTE) Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) message by a network in a wireless communication system, the method including transmitting a system information block (SIB) including information on a Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area list through a broadcast control channel (BCCH) to a user equipment (UE); transmitting a first LTE MBMS message including information on one or more services through a multicast control channel (MCCH) to the UE; and receiving a second LTE MBMS message indicating a specific area corresponding to an area of the MBSFN area list and a specific service from the UE in response to the first LTE MBMS 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.

Claims

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

transmitting a system information block (SIB) including information on a Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area list through a broadcast control channel (BCCH) to a user equipment (UE);

transmitting a first LTE MBMS message including information on one or more services through a multicast control channel (MCCH) to the UE; and

receiving a second LTE MBMS message indicating a specific area corresponding to an area of the MBSFN area list and a specific service from the UE in response to the first LTE MBMS 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:

providing the specific service in the specific area to the UE.

3. The method of claim 1, 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 transmitted.

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

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first LTE MBMS message includes an MBMS counting request message, and

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

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

7. A base station in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a wireless communication module configured to transceive signals with a user equipment (UE); and

a processor configured to control the wireless communication module and process the signals,

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

wherein the wireless communication module receives a second LTE MBMS message indicating a specific area corresponding to an area of the MBSFN area list and a specific service from the UE in response to the first LTE MBMS 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.

8. The base station of claim 7, wherein the processor further controls the wireless communication module to provide the specific service in the specific area to the UE.

9. The base station of claim 7, 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 transmitted.

10. The base station of claim 7, wherein the specific area includes at least one cell for providing the specific service.

11. The base station of claim 7, wherein the first LTE MBMS message includes an MBMS counting request message, and

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

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