Patent ID: 9692610
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for indicating a physical resource block PRB, comprising: receiving indication information that is sent by a multi-cell multicast coordination entity (MCE) and used to indicate usage of a physical resource block (PRB) in a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, wherein the MBSFN subframe is multiplexed for a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) transmission and another transmission that is not an MBMS transmission; and sending the indication information to a served user terminal; wherein the indication comprises indication information for indicating a PRB that is applied to an enhanced control channel (eCCH) in the MBSFN subframe; and wherein the indication information is used for indicating a quantity and/or position of the PRB that is applied to the eCCH in the MBSFN subframe and wherein indication information for indicating the PRB that is not applied to MBMS transmission in the MBSFN subframe is used for indicating a quantity and/or position of the PRB that is not applied to MBMS transmission in the MBSFN subframe.