# US 10,313,185 B2 · Method and device for updating multimedia broadcast multicast control channel information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,313,185 B2 - Document ID: US10313185B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/308,368 - Filed: 2014-07-15 - Published: 2017-03-09 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-07 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: Zte Corporation - Inventors: Hui Xu; Zijiang Ma; Yaying Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10313185B2 ## CPC - H04L 41/0816: the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events - H04L 12/189: {in combination with wireless systems (selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06)} - H04W 4/06: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services - H04W 72/30: Resource management for broadcast services - H04W 72/56: based on priority criteria - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Disclosed are a method for updating multimedia broadcast multicast control channel information, a method for receiving updated multimedia broadcast multicast control channel information, a network device and a user equipment. Herein, the method includes: updating, by a network side, MCCH information in a short Multicast Control CHannel MCCH modification period, and when the MCCH information to be updated is related to a resource configuration change of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service MBMS traffic data, selecting, by the network side, to update the MCCH information in the short MCCH modification period or selecting to update the MCCH information in a normal MCCH modification period, based on the priority of the MBMS traffic data for which resource configuration is changed; transmitting, by the network side, the updated MCCH information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for updating multimedia broadcast multicast control channel information, comprising: updating, by a network side, Multicast Control CHannel (MCCH) information in a short MCCH modification period, when the MCCH information to be updated is related to a resource configuration change of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) traffic data, based on a priority of the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed, if the priority is a high priority, selecting to update the MCCH information in the short MCCH modification period; if the priority is not a high priority, selecting to update the MCCH information in a normal MCCH modification period; wherein the high priority refers to that the updated MBMS service has a higher priority than the existing MBMS service on the MCCH; transmitting, by the network side, the updated MCCH information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, the method further comprises: the short MCCH modification period comprising an MCCH modification period less than 5.12 seconds; the normal MCCH modification period being an MCCH modification period equal to 5. 12 seconds. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, the resource configuration comprises one or more of the following: subframe allocation ending; data modulation and coding scheme; a number of allocated subframes; Multimedia Broadcast Multicast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe allocation pattern. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, the method further comprises: in the short MCCH modification period, except MBMS traffic data with a high priority, not allowing to change content of the MCCH, and only allowing to change the content of the MCCH in the normal MCCH modification period, which comprises one or more items of the following content: the data modulation and coding scheme of each Physical Multicast CHannel (PMCH) only being able to be changed in the normal MCCH modification period; the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe allocation pattern of an MBSFN area corresponding to the MCCH only being able to be changed in the normal MCCH modification period; except the last PMCH, an end subframe of each PMCH only being able to be changed in the normal MCCH modification period, and an end subframe of the last PMCH being able to be changed in a current short MCCH modification period; except the last PMCH, a number of MBSFN subframes occupied by each PMCH only being able to be changed in the normal MCCH modification period. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, the MCCH information is updated when there is an MBMS session start within the short MCCH modification period, and the MBMS session is not on the last Physical Multicast CHannel (PMCH); and the method further comprises: determining, by the network side, the priority of the MBMS traffic data through Quality of Service (QoS) information of the MBMS; updating, by the network side, the MCCH information in the short MCCH modification period when judging that the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed have a high priority; updating, by the network side, the MCCH information in the normal MCCH modification period when judging that the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed do not have a high priority. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, the MBMS traffic in one Multimedia Broadcast Multicast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area is distributed on one or more Physical Multicast CHannels (PMCHs), and the MCCH information is updated when there is an MBMS session end in the short MCCH modification period; and the method further comprises: updating, by a network device, the MCCH information in the normal MCCH modification period. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, the MBMS traffic in one Multimedia Broadcast Multicast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area is distributed on one or more Physical Multicast CHannels (PMCHs), and the MCCH information is updated when there is an MBMS session update in the short MCCH modification period; and the method further comprises: determining, by the network side, the priority of the MBMS traffic data through Quality of Service (QoS) information of the MBMS; updating, by the network side, the MCCH information in the short MCCH modification period when judging that the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed have a high priority; updating, the network side, the MCCH information in the normal MCCH modification period when judging that the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed do not have a high priority; the MBMS session update comprises one or more of subframe allocation ending, data modulation and coding scheme, and MB SFN subframe allocation pattern. ### Claim 8 A network device, comprising: hardware performing instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium which executes steps in following units: a judging unit, a selecting and processing unit, and a transmitting unit; wherein, the judging unit is configured to, when Multicast Control CHannel (MCCH) information is updated in a short MCCH modification period, judge whether the MCCH information to be updated is related to a resource configuration change of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) traffic data, and when the MCCH information to be updated is related to the resource configuration change of the MBMS traffic data, notify the selecting and processing unit to implement a processing; the selecting and processing unit is configured to, based on a priority of the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed, if the priority is a high priority, select to update the MCCH information in the short MCCH modification period; if the priority is not a high priority, select to update the MCCH information in a normal MCCH modification period; wherein the high priority refers to that the updated MBMS service has a higher priority than the existing MBMS service on the MCCH; the transmitting unit is configured to transmit the updated MCCH information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The network device of claim 8, wherein, the short MCCH modification period comprises an MCCH modification period less than 5.12 seconds; the normal MCCH modification period is an MCCH modification period equal to 5.12 seconds. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The network device of claim 8, wherein, the resource configuration comprises one or more of the following: subframe allocation ending; data modulation and coding scheme; a number of allocated subframes; Multimedia Broadcast Multicast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe allocation pattern. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The network device of claim 8, wherein, the hardware performing the instructions stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium further executes steps in a following unit: a configuring unit, configured to set to not allow to change content of the MCCH in the short MCCH modification period, expect the MBMS traffic data with a high priority, and only allow to change the content of the MCCH in the normal MCCH modification period, which comprises one or more items of the following content: the data modulation and coding scheme of each Physical Multicast CHannel (PMCH) only being able to be changed in the normal MCCH modification period; the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe allocation pattern of the MBSFN area corresponding to the MCCH only being able to be changed in the normal MCCH modification period; except the last PMCH, an end subframe of each PMCH only being able to be changed in the normal MCCH modification period, and an end subframe of the last PMCH only being able to be changed in a current short MCCH modification period; except the last PMCH, a number of MBSFN subframes occupied by each PMCH only being able to be changed in the normal MCCH modification period. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The network device of claim 8, wherein, the network device updates the MCCH information when there is an MBMS session start in the short MCCH modification period, and in the case that the MBMS session is not on the last Physical Multicast CHannel (PMCH), the hardware performing the instructions stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium further executes steps in a following module: a priority determining unit, configured to determine the priority of the MBMS traffic data through Quality of Service (QoS) information of the MBMS; the selecting and processing unit is further configured to update the MCCH information in the short MCCH modification period when judging that the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed have a high priority, and update the MCCH information in the normal MCCH modification period when judging that the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed do not have a high priority. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The network device of claim 8, wherein, for the network device, in a case that the MBMS traffic in one Multimedia Broadcast Multicast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area are distributed on one or more Physical Multicast CHannels (PMCHs), and the MCCH information is updated when there is an MBMS session end in the short MCCH modification period, the selecting and processing unit is further configured to update the MCCH information in the normal MCCH modification period. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The network device of claim 8, wherein, in a case that the MBMS traffic in one Multimedia Broadcast Multicast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area are distributed on one or more Physical Multicast CHannels (PMCHs), and the MCCH information is updated when there is an MBMS session update in the short MCCH modification period, the hardware performing the instructions stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium further executes steps in a following unit: a priority determining unit, configured to determine the priority of the MBMS traffic data through Quality of Service (QoS) information of the MBMS; the selecting and processing unit is further configured to update the MCCH information in the short MCCH modification period when judging that the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed have a high priority, and update the MCCH information in the normal MCCH modification period when judging that the MBMS traffic data for which the resource configuration is changed do not have the high priority; the MBMS session update comprises one or more of subframe allocation ending, data modulation and coding scheme, and MB SFN subframe allocation pattern. ### Claim 15 A method for receiving updated multimedia broadcast multicast control channel information, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by a user side, updated Multicast Control CHannel (MCCH) information; the updated MCCH information is MCCH information selected by a network side, based on a priority of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) traffic data for which a resource configuration is changed, to be updated in a short MCCH modification period when the priority is a high priority; or to be updated in a normal MCCH modification period when the priority is not a high priority; wherein the high priority refers to that the updated MBMS service has a higher priority than the existing MBMS service on the MCCH. ### Claim 16 A user equipment, comprising: hardware performing instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium which executes steps in a following unit: a receiving unit, configured to receive updated Multicast Control CHannel (MCCH) information for a user side; the updated MCCH information is MCCH information selected by a network side,-based on a priority of the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) traffic data for which a resource configuration is changed, to be updated in a short MCCH modification period when the priority is a high priority; or to be updated in a normal MCCH modification period when the priority is not a high priority; wherein the high priority refers to that the updated MBMS service has a higher priority than the existing MBMS service on the MCCH.