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Method and device for indicating MBMS service suspension, and user equipment

US9055469B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9055469-B2
Application numberUS-201113638774-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 31, 2011
Priority dateMay 17, 2011
Publication dateJun 9, 2015
Grant dateJun 9, 2015

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Abstract

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A method and system for indicating MBMS suspension and a user equipment are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes: a network side determining an MBMS required to be suspended; and the network side sending an MBMS suspension indication to a UE and indicating an suspension reason. With the scheme of the present invention, when encountering a sudden service suspension, the user who is receiving the MBMS service obtains a reasonable explanation of the suspended service timely, which greatly reduces a negative influence caused to the satisfaction of the user on the operator service, and better avoids the occurrence of an offline situation of the user. Furthermore, after receiving the MBMS suspension indication, the UE informs the user of the indication through the top stratum signaling. Therefore, it is avoided that a large number of users initiating an access request to the service simultaneously or repeatedly.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for indicating suspension of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), comprising: a network side determining an MBMS required to be suspended; the network side sending an MBMS suspension indication to a User Equipment (UE) and indicating an suspension reason; the network side selecting an opportunity to send the suspension indication and reason, wherein, the opportunity is from a Minimum Time to MBMS Data Transfer contained in a session re…

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What does patent US9055469B2 cover?
A method and system for indicating MBMS suspension and a user equipment are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes: a network side determining an MBMS required to be suspended; and the network side sending an MBMS suspension indication to a UE and indicating an suspension reason. With the scheme of the present invention, when encountering a sudden service suspension, the user w…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Xu Hui, Shen Yijian, Du Xiao, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W28/0289. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 09 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).