Abort blind MCH decoding

An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus being a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• means for determining a failure to receive a multicast channel (MCH) scheduling information (MSI) for a first MCH scheduling period (MSP);
• means for attempting to decode one or more subframes in the first MSP;
• means for detecting an occurrence of an MSP abort decoding event;
• means for determining that the first MSP does not include any subframe that carries multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) data of a MBMS segment based on the detection of the MSP abort decoding event;
• and
• means for aborting the attempt to decode the one or more subframes.

An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus being a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• determine a failure to receive a multicast channel (MCH) scheduling information (MSI) for a first MCH scheduling period (MSP);
• attempt to decode one or more subframes in the first MSP;
• detect an occurrence of an MSP abort decoding event;
• determine that the first MSP does not include any subframe that carries multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) data of a MBMS segment based on the detection of the MSP abort decoding event;
• and
• abort the attempt to decode the one or more subframes.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising code for:

• determining a failure to receive a multicast channel (MCH) scheduling information (MSI) for a first MCH scheduling period (MSP);
• attempting to decode one or more subframes in the first MSP;
• detecting an occurrence of an MSP abort decoding event;
• determining that the first MSP does not include any subframe that carries multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) data of a MBMS segment based on the detection of the MSP abort decoding event;
• and
• aborting the attempt to decode the one or more subframes.