Patent ID: 8948194
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving a Multicast Control Channel, MCCH, change notification, comprising: acquiring transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification, wherein the acquiring transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification comprises: acquiring a notification period and a notification allocation offset of the MCCH change notification; and acquiring the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification according to a System Frame Number, SFN, and the acquired notification period and notification allocation offset, wherein the acquiring the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification according to the SFN and the acquired notification period and notification allocation offset comprises: when the notification period is less than or equal to the Maximum System Frame Number, MaxSFN, performing a modulo operation on the SFN and the notification period and acquiring specified sub-frame positions of the system frame as the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification when the result of the operation is equal to the notification allocation offset; and receiving the MCCH change notification for at least N times at the transmission occasions of the MCCH change notification if no MCCH change notification is received during an MCCH modification period, wherein N is a predetermined number of times that the MCCH change notification should be received.