Patent ID: 8605706
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for notifying a purpose of a subframe, comprising: sending a broadcast message to a user equipment (UE), wherein the broadcast message carries a first indication and a second indication, wherein the first indication includes an M bits sequence, a position of each bit in the M bits sequence corresponds to a position of one corresponding subframe in M subframes to be sent, each bit in the M bits sequence indicates whether the corresponding subframe is a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe or a non-MBSFN subframe, and N subframe(s) of the M subframes are MBSFN subframes, and the second indication includes a K*N bits sequence, a position of each K bit(s) in the K*N bits sequence correspond(s) to a position of one corresponding MBSFN subframe of the N MBSFN subframe(s), each K bit(s) of the K*N bits sequence indicate(s) a purpose of the corresponding MBSFN, M is a natural number equal or greater than 2, and N and K are each a natural number; and after sending the broadcast message, sending a the M subframes to the UE.