Patent ID: 9591542
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for setting a frequency priority, comprising: receiving, by a user equipment device (UE), at least one service area identity of a service area of a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) cell broadcast by a base station to which the MBMS cell belongs; determining, by the UE, whether the at least one service area identity comprises a service area identity corresponding to an MBMS service that the UE is receiving or is interested in; and if the at least one service area identity comprises the service area identity corresponding to the MBMS service that the UE is receiving or is interested in, setting, by the UE, a cell reselection priority of a frequency of the MBMS cell to the highest; wherein the service area identity is used for identifying a service area which broadcasts the MBMS service, the service area including multiple multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) areas.