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

• US 9,756,489 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2015
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• 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): Chery, Dady
• Application Number:
  US14/685,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20150223035A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 370312
• 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 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) messages by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving a first LTE MBMS message comprising information on one or more MBMS services from a network; and transmitting a second LTE MBMS message indicating a specific Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area of an MBSFN area list and a specific MBMS service to the network after receiving the first LTE MBMS message, the UE receiving or being interested to receive the specific MBMS service of the one or more MBMS services. The MBSFN area list is included in system information.

Claims

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

receiving a first LTE MBMS message comprising information on two or more MBMS services from a network; and

transmitting a second LTE MBMS message,

wherein the second LTE MBMS message indicates a specific Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area of an MBSFN area list and a specific MBMS service to the network after receiving the first LTE MBMS message, and the UE receives or is interested to receive the specific MBMS service of the two or more MBMS services, and

wherein the MBSFN area list is included in system information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

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

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first LTE MBMS message is received through a multicast control channel (MCCH) from the network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the system information is provided through a broadcast control channel (BCCH) from the network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific MBSFN area corresponds to a MBSFN area in which the first LTE MBMS message is received.

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

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

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

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

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

transmitting a first LTE MBMS message comprising information on two or more MBMS services to a user equipment (UE); and

receiving a second LTE MBMS message,

wherein the second LTE MBMS message indicates a specific Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area of an MBSFN area list and a specific MBMS service from the UE after transmitting the first LTE MBMS message, and the UE receives or is interested to receive the specific MBMS service of the two or more MBMS services, and

wherein the MBSFN area list is included in system information.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

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

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first LTE MBMS message is transmitted through a multicast control channel (MCCH) to the UE.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the system information is provided through a broadcast control channel (BCCH) to the UE.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the specific MBSFN area corresponds to a MBSFN area in which the first LTE MBMS message is transmitted.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the specific MBSFN area includes at least one cell for providing the specific MBMS service.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first LTE MBMS message comprises an MBMS counting request message, and

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

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state (RRC_CONNECTED).