Configuration Method, Device and System for Resource Occupied by Multicast Control Channel

A specified network element, comprising:

• a subframe allocation pattern (SAP) generation module (401) configured to:
• generate at least one SAP in accordance with a set of Multicast/Broadcast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframes bearing a multicast control channel;
• and
• an SAP configuration message sending module (402) configured to:
• send an SAP configuration message to a network layer device according to the at least one SAP generated by the SAP generating module, wherein the SAP configuration message carries at least one SAP generated by the SAP generation module or an index value of at least one SAP generated by the SAP generation module to indicate the network layer device to send information of the multicast control channel according to the corresponding SAP.

A system for configuring resources occupied by a multicast control channel, comprising a specified network element (601) and a network layer device (602);

• wherein,
• the specified network element (601) is configured to:
• generate at least one subframe allocation pattern (SAP) in accordance with a set of Multicast/Broadcast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframes bearing the multicast control channel, and send an SAP configuration message to the network layer device, wherein the SAP configuration message carries at least one SAP generated by the specified network element or an index value of at least one SAP generated by the specified network element to indicate the network layer device to send information of the multicast control channel according to the corresponding SAP;
• and
• the network layer device (602) is configured to:
• receive the SAP configuration message sent by the specified network element, and send the information of the multicast control channel according to the SAP indicated by the SAP configuration message.