Patent ID: 9736814
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A resource configuration method comprising: determining, by a base station, a physical multicast channel (PMCH) resource area and a non-PMCH resource area in a frequency domain resource of a data frame used for transmitting a multicast or broadcast signal, wherein the PMCH resource area is used to transmit a PMCH, and the non-PMCH resource area is used to transmit a physical downlink channel; and sending, by the base station, resource configuration information to a user equipment, wherein the resource configuration information comprises a resource identifier corresponding to at least one of the PMCH resource area and/or the non-PMCH resource area, and wherein the resource identifier is used to indicate at least one of the following: a PMCH physical resource block (PRB) pairs number indicating a total number of PRB pairs that are part of the PMCH resource area, a non-PMCH PRB number indicating a total number of PRB pairs that are part of the non-PMCH resource area, a PMCH resource block groups (RBGs) number indicating a total number of RBGs that are part of the PMCH resource area, or a non-PMCH RBGs number indicating a total number of RBGs that are part of the non-PMCH resource area; and wherein the resource identifier comprises at least one of the following: a first PMCH identifier or a first non-PMCH identifier, wherein the first PMCH identifier is used to indicate the number of PRB pairs or physical RBGs that are part of the PMCH resource area in a direction from a lowest frequency to a highest frequency of system bandwidth and the number of PRB pairs or physical RBGs that are part of the PMCH resource area in a direction from the highest frequency to the lowest frequency, and wherein the first non-PMCH identifier is used to indicate the number of PRB pairs or RBGs that are part of the non-PMCH resource area in the direction from the lowest frequency to the highest frequency of the system bandwidth and the number of PRB pairs or RBGs that are part of the non-PMCH resource area in the direction from the highest frequency to the lowest frequency.