Patent ID: 9462572
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A multimedia broadcast multicast service counting method, comprising: each of a plurality of eNBs in a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) over a Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area receiving an MBMS Counting Initiation information sent by a network side at an M2 interface, wherein the MBMS Counting Initiation information comprises an MBMS list and start time, wherein the MBMS list comprises identification information for the MBMS and the start time indicates when an eNB configures the MBMS list; after receiving the MBMS Counting Initiation information sent by the network side, each of the plurality of eNBs configuring the MBMS list during a Multicast Control Channel (MCCH) update time according to an MCCH modification period indicated by the start time, sending an acknowledge or failure message of a request message to the network side, and sending the MBMS counting indication information to User Equipments (UEs) via an air interface; and each of the plurality of eNBs reporting counting information about the MBMS to the network side according to a received MBMS counting result reported by the UEs; wherein when the network side fails to receive the acknowledge message of an eNB from the plurality of eNBs, the request message for initiating counting is sent to the eNB again until the eNB replies to the acknowledge message.