Patent ID: 8655263
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for searching for a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) cluster, the method comprising: synchronizing firstly a User Equipment with a non-MBSFN cell associated with at least one type of physical layer frame structures of the MBSFN cluster when the User Equipment is required to receive an Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) service from the at least one type of the MBSFN cluster, wherein association between the non-MBSFN cell and the at least one type of the MBSFN cluster is predefined by a Radio Network Controller; and searching for the at least one type of the MBSFN cluster according to indication of system broadcast information in the non-MBSFN cell, wherein the searching for the at least one type of the MBSFN cluster according to indication of system broadcast information in the non-MBSFN cell comprises: synchronizing secondly the at least one type of the MBSFN cluster searched out by the searching step; and receiving the MBMS service from the at least one type of the MBSFN cluster in synchronization with the second synchronization, wherein the MBMS service receiving unit comprises: a MBMS service receiving subunit, configured to receive the MBMS service from the at least one type of the MBSFN cluster in synchronization with the User Equipment, according to the information of the slot used for transmitting the MBMS service obtained by the slot information obtaining subunit and the information of the traffic channel for transmitting the MBMS service obtained by the traffic channel information obtaining subunit.