Patent ID: 9271173
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for collecting statistics of User Equipment (UE) information in a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), comprising: a UE sending a dedicated Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling carrying feedback information to a network side when a trigger condition is satisfied, wherein the feedback information comprises a service identification (ID), and at least one of the following: a UE status and an area ID, wherein the service ID comprises: a Temporary Mobile Group Identity (TMGI), and/or a Physical Multicast Channel (PMCH) ID, and/or a Logic Channel Identification (LCID), and/or a session ID, and/or a service list index, and/or a service guidance ID; the network side collecting statistics of UE information according to the feedback information in the dedicated RRC signaling to meet requirements for activating or deactivating a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) transmission mode of the MBMS, and sending, when the collected statistics of the UE information satisfy the requirements, a feedback stop indicator to the UE; and the UE stopping sending the feedback information after receiving the feedback stop indicator.