Patent ID: 11863970
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. A base station for a mobile telecommunications system in which at least one service is not supported by all cells, the base station comprising circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
transmit scheduling information for a cell, the scheduling information including a predefined bitmap having an associated predefined bit at a predefined position indicating at least one predefined service provided by the cell to the at least one user equipment, wherein the predefined bitmap includes multiple predefined bits, wherein each predefined bit indicates a unique associated predefined service supported by the cell or a unique associated predefined group of services supported by the cell such that information regarding each predefined service or group of services is in the predefined position in the predefined bitmap;
wherein the predefined bitmap includes multiple predefined bits at associated positions that together indicate all services supported by the cell.