Patent ID: 9332527
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) counting message, comprising: configuring, by a network side, a counting message for performing feedback counting on an MBMS service; and determining, by the network side, a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area to which the counted MBMS service belongs and a Multimedia Control Channel (MCCH) which corresponds to the MBSFN area, and transmitting the counting message to User Equipment (UE) through carrying the counting message on the MCCH which corresponds to the MBSFN area, wherein the network side comprises an MCE and an eNB; when MBSFN area overlapped coverage exists, the method further comprises: generating, by the MCE, the counting message for the MBMS service which needs to be subjected to the feedback counting and determining the MBSFN area where the counting message is transmitted, or the MCCH through which the counting message is transmitted; and transmitting the counting message generated to all relative eNBs in the MBSFN area to which the MBMS service belongs by the MCE; and transmitting the counting message to UE by the eNBs; wherein the configuring by a network side a counting message for performing feedback counting on an MBMS service comprises: configuring a counting message for each MBSFN area respectively by the network side, wherein the counting message is only transmitted in an MBSFN sub-frame corresponding to the each MBSFN area; and in a cell which is covered by the MBSFN areas in a overlapping manner, the counting message of the each MBSFN area only contains an MBMS service in an MBSFN area for which the counting message is configured.