Mbms control method, user terminal, and base station
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsTakahiro SAIWAI, Kugo MORITA
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Abstract
An MBMS control method comprises the steps of: transmitting, by a eNB 200 included in the network, an MBMS counting request for counting UE 100s that either receive or have an interest in receiving the MBMS service, by using a predetermined signal that can be received by a user terminal in an RRC idle state; receiving, by an MBMS-compliant UE 100 that supports MBMS reception, the MBMS counting request transmitted by using the predetermined signal, in the RRC idle state; and performing, by the MBMS-compliant UE 100, a predetermined operation for transmitting an MBMS counting response, on the basis of the received MBMS counting request.
Claims19
An Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) control method for understanding a demand status for an MBMS service that is provided from a network of a mobile communication system, by multicast or broadcast, in the network, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting, by a base station included in the network, an MBMS counting request for counting user terminals that either receive or have an interest in receiving the MBMS service, by using a predetermined signal that can be received by a user terminal in an RRC idle state;
- receiving, by an MBMS-compliant terminal that supports MBMS reception, the MBMS counting request transmitted by using the predetermined signal, in the RRC idle state;
- and
- performing, by the MBMS-compliant terminal, a predetermined operation for transmitting an MBMS counting response, on the basis of the received MBMS counting request.
A user terminal that supports Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) reception, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive, from a base station included in a network that provides an MBMS service either by multicast or broadcast, an MBMS counting request for counting the user terminals that either receive or have an interest in receiving the MBMS service;
- and
- a controller configured to perform a predetermined operation for transmitting an MBMS counting response on the basis of the received MBMS counting request, wherein
- the MBMS counting request is transmitted by a predetermined signal that can be received by a user terminal in an RRC idle state, and
- the receiver receives the MBMS counting request transmitted by the predetermined signal, when the user terminal itself is in the RRC idle state.
A base station that supports a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) service, comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit an MBMS counting request for counting the user terminals that either receive or have an interest in receiving the MBMS service, by a predetermined signal that can be received by a user terminal in an RRC idle state, wherein
- the MBMS counting request is a request for a user terminal to perform a predetermined operation for transmitting an MBMS counting response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.