Patent ID: 9432911
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A multiple operator core network (MOCN) cell communication method, comprising: determining, by a base station subsystem, a number n of communication operators of an MOCN cell; configuring n broadcast control channels (BCCHs) for the MOCN cell, wherein the n BCCHs are in a one-to-one correspondence with the n communication operators and are used to broadcast in the MOCN cell public land mobile network (PLMN) information of the n communication operators; and sending, to a user equipment (UE) in the MOCN cell, PLMN information of a communication operator to which the UE belongs through a BCCH corresponding to the communication operator of the n BCCHs, wherein the determining the number n of communication operators of the MOCN cell comprises acquiring configuration information of the MOCN cell and determining the number n of communication operators of the MOCN cell, and wherein the configuring the n BCCHs for the MOCN cell comprises configuring idle channels or service channels with low service priorities of the MOCN cell as BCCHs, so that the MOCN cell is configured with n BCCHs.