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    2) United States Patent Beckmann et al (54) METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FROM, AN EMITTER TO A PLURALITY OF RECEIVERS. (75) Tnveators: Mark Beckmann, Braunschweig (DE) Michael Eckert, Braunschweig (DE) Martin Hans, ildesheim (DE) Andreas Otte, Celle (DE) (73) Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Muni or) (4) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the tem of this pateat is extended of adjusted under 35 USC. 154(b) by 547 days. (21) Appl.No: — 10/486,466 (22) PCT Filed: Jul. 26, 2002 (86) PCT Nos PCTBPO208351 $371 (ol), (2),(4) Date: Now. 12, 2008 (87) PCT Pub. Nos WO03/015439 PCT Pub, Date: Feb, 20, 2003 co) Prior Publication Data US 200510066034 41 Mar 24, 2005 G0) Forcign Application Priority Data Aug.7.2001 (EP) 01710038 Oct 15,2001 (DP) 101 50846 (1) neck oar 15716 (2006.01) (2) US.C 7097230 (58) Fleld of Classification Search 455/403, 455/424, 425; 709/217 219, 295-233, 256-237 See application file for complete search history. Covel signaling 'US008200835B2 (10) Patent No. 4s) Date of Patent: US 8,200,835 B2 Jun, 12, 2012 66) References Cited US. PATENT DOCUMENTS S802465 A #911998 Hamalainen etal oo 455403, S831975 A + 1U1908 Chenet al sm2s6 Sas2u97 A * 22000 Bidwell ta joa SO8SIO1 A + 72000 Jain etal 488500, 62491089 BL* 62001 Johnson eal 5002 (Continsed) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS iP 0996489 AP 2/1900 iP OrsiL9 AZ * 7/1999 wo woot" 32901 OTHER PUBLICATIONS XP-002191630—3 Gencation Panrship Project; Technic Specification Group Radio Access Network, Broadcast Multicast Conta BMC (ease (Continved) Jeffrey Poa ‘ott M Sciacca King & Spalding LLP, Primary Examiner Assistant Examiner (74) Attornes, Agent, oF Firm 6 A method is provide for uansmiting data from a sender toa ‘number of reseivers. Also provided are an emitting and/or receiving unit and communication system. TIhe present invention socks to provide a method, an emiting andior receiving unit and a communication system for the elicit, resource saving and energy saving transmission of data to a cup of receivers of poial-o-maultipait service, To this end, 2 point-to-multipoint service is earied out as an exter sion of a broadcast service CBS in a multi-layer protocol system, providing » multimedia transmission and/or a mult- ‘east service, preferably inthe form of a mulimediabroadcast ‘multicast service MEMS, during the distribution andor plan- ring of the use of system resources and the use of 8 sscontinaous reception DRX. ABSTRACT 17 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets ee infrmtion {= 1 | L losin ‘hates cee US 8,200,835 B2 Page 2 6370 Sa71660 6068879 000680 ‘Tzo.02 ‘7031708 ‘Toasso2 TH0RI85 Tung 20020146074 20020150009 USS. PATENT DOCUMENTS BI Bie Ble Bie Ee Be Ee BI Bae ale ale 42002 ‘82004 112005 1006 3006 “4006 $2006 9 006 1007 to2002 yo2002 Eng bows a Shit Woof Tuominen a Sarkknen et. Wallentin eal Srivastava etal uncon al ‘Ariel eal Pangea amas wrnaes yan 29s small aSsa36 assait 380277 700290 Sasaa0.27 370300 20040177154 AL* 972004 Sarkkinen (OTHER PUBLICATIONS P.00219629 —3GencatonPataership Projet Teena Spec Seaton Group Radio Access Network: Radio interface orbroadcst multicast services (Release 19, Univers Mobile Telecommunications System (UMS), Radio Inrfae for Broaeas Malicas Services GGPP TR 28.925 version 344.0 lege 1999), ETSI TI 125 Technical Report 34 pages, Mas 2.2001 091236 * cited by examiner U.S. Patent Jun. 12, 2012 Sheet 1 of 2 US 8,200,835 B2 C-level signaling Uslevel information 1B RB xt RRC {— pcr PO L2ppce yA 3a 1 a = auc Lac =a = ee pe LURLC [ oe [me Rue Logical | SSR channels Mac LaMac —____._ Transy SS ee LH FY u Pig. 1 TPP TEE ee salar cron [erer] | Pig. 2 Frame numbers | CTCH resouree index 29 89) is 20,21 28,27 32.33 Fig. 3 U.S, Patent 10.3.83 CBS DRX level 1 information (TS 25.331) This information Jun, 12, 2012 Sheet 2 of 2 US 8,200,835 B2 yment Includes the information about discontinuous CBS reception, \Which is transmitted lo the UE in order to calculate the CBS DRX level 1 information. formation Require- | Multi | Type and Description of the wentgroup name | mont Roference mantles Pood ofthe CTH WP ame | ueteareans allocation (N) N mtipte of Mn (CAS frame offset (R) WP Integer (0.255) | OsK= NA, K multiple of Ms "New information element or extension for mutcat = Period of logical channel used for multicast + MBMS parameter 10.3 BMC schedule message (TS 25.324) ‘The BMC schedule message describes, for the subsequent CBS scheduling period, the timing determination for each CBS message and the position determination in the schedule for messages in the subsequent CBS scheduling period. RLC-SAP: UM, Logical channel: CTCH, Direction: UTRAN -» UE. ‘Table 10.3-1: Scheduling message Information slement | Require- | __ Mult Type and] Description of the semantics | ‘mont Roference Type of message. Me See. tt ‘Offeat atthe etart ofthe | MP S60. 11.8 (CTOH BS indox Length of the CBS uP Sen 7 schodutng period ‘Bimap of anew uP Sen. 8 message — — a Description ofthe MP | To dengih | S00. 11.9 | Information element to message of the CBS describe the message isnot scheduling only in each new message (1 in petiod> the naw bitmap mes-sage) but ‘aise for each old message (0 in the new bitmap message). The +h information element the ‘message deserp-tion relates to the ith bitin the IE ofthe new bitmap message. Fig. 5 US 8,200,835 B2 1 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FROM. AN EMITTER TO A PLURALITY OF RECEIVERS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates toa method for transmiting ‘ofdata rom sender to two or more recipients, toa transmit ting and/or receiving unit, and toa communications system. In the ease of many services and applications which are ‘offeredin modern mobile radi systems, the aim isto tans ‘estages not just to one mobile radio subserber but wo Wo oF more mobile radio subseribors. Examples of services and ‘applications such as these include news groups, video con- ferences, video-on-demand, distributing applications, ec. ‘Where messages are being transmitted tothe various sub scribers, itis possible send each recipient a copy ofthe data Separately. Although this technique ean be implemented eas- ily itis not suitable for lage groups, however. Since the same riestageis transmitted to a lola ofN recipients via individual ‘connections or tnicast connections, and is transmitted.a num: ber of times inthe process over common connecting paths this method requires a very wide bandwidth -Abette option is offered by multiast transmission. In this ‘ease, the various subscribers to which the same message is ‘intended to be temsmited are combined to form a multieast s10up, which is allocated a multicast address. The data to be Transmitted is then sent only once to this multicast address. ‘The MC message sin the ideal ease sent only once fom the sender tothe recipients via common eoanecting paths. The sender docs ot need ta know where an how many recipients ‘are concealed behind the multicast addres, In the ease of broadcast, messages ate sent to all he sub scribers within a geographical region. region sueh 2 this ray, for example, be defined by a part ofthe overall nctwork. ‘Asin the case of multicast, dhe broadcast message is ideally sent only once via common connecting paths from the sender to the recipients. Each subscriber has o carry out enabling settings om their respective terminal if he/she subsequently ‘wishes fo evaluate broadcast packets from a comesponding broadcast group, The subscriber ean then determine whether helshe wishes to reeive or reject ll of the broadcast mes- sages, orto receive only specie messages Tn the course of known method for data teansmission, 2 specific number of frames are typically always interchanged berwoen a network and a mobile radio within.a specie time. Aframe isin this casea tine structure on which, or example, in the case of UMTS, all ofthe signal processing and data transmission is based, see also (1) fall of the frames are transmitted and received by the mobile radio continuously, this is refered to as continuous transmission or eontinoows reception. However, itis also possible, for transmission, to use interrupted reception oF o-clled discontinuous reception DRX inorder, for example, to reduce the enemzy requirement ofthe mobile dios. Whes using DRX, the frames arent transmitted and received the mobile radio continuously, but rather specific frames are ‘onittd. In this mode, however at least one specific subset of all ofthe frames ora subset of the possible frames must be transmitted in onder to maintain the connection. “The present invention is, therefore, directed towant a method, a tansmiting andor ceiving unit and a commu ‘cations system for efficent, resource-saving and energy sav jing transmission of data toa group of recipients on & point- ‘o-multipoint service. In particular, is the present invention scoksto allow use forthe purposes aa multimedia broadcast rnltiast service MBMS, 0 o 2 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, a method aeconding 1 the present invention is distinguished in that a poin-to-multipoint service i pro- vided ina system witha muliayerprotocol architectureasan extension to a brosdcast service CBS by multimedia trans- ‘mission andor multicast service, preferably’in the form of @ ‘multimedia broadeast/mlticast service MEMS, for alloca- ‘ion andor planning of use of system resources and use of iscontingots reception DRX, Information is thus sent in aa clficent form via the point-to-multipoint service, andistrans- ited only once inthe process. In this case, for the purposes ‘of the present invention, the expression “information” also ‘efersto information which is basically commercial ors sent ‘without being requested; that isto say in particular, an oe 4 commercial oF an advertisement for a new product, and ‘consumer information in some other form, Inthe case of relatively complex, multilayer protocol rchi- teetures, such asthe protocol stack in the Universal Mobile ‘Telecommunications System UMTS, no functions have yet ben included for group transmission or point-to-miltipoint transmissions which either are not defined or are defined not ‘only regionally: Since UMTS forms an essential field of use Torte presen vention, the following text uses the deserip- ‘ion of an exemplary embodiment with reference to the fig lures of the drawing 1o describe the protocol steture of UMTS, although the present invention snot restricted such ‘aplication. “The planning fora method according tothe present wen sion is advantageously carried out in two stages: a first mes- sage i use to signal where, how many and when resources fare assigned foe the transmission of multicast mestages. ‘Accordingly this message advantagensiy may he very short The first message is preferably wsed fo transmit information clements with details about what resources ofthe transport channels or which frames of the physical channels are reserved or assigned forthe transmission of messages. Sig- naling therefore does not take pace until he planning. foe the transmission of a message, thus defining which physical channels and transport channels are used forthe transmission fof messages. The method according o the present invention thus can be adaped in avery flexible manner. [nthe case of UMTS, 2 common traffic channel CICH is mapped in one embodiment of the present invention, on the basis of ‘equirement by the sender, onto other transport channels than the forward access channel FACH, and onto other physical channels than the Secondary common control physical chan- pel S-CCPCH, aris protocol layers are configured on the basis of di ‘continous reception DRX planning messages by the radio ‘esourve monitoring unit RRC; that is to say, by the RRC ofa sender for unidirectional connections. Notification therefore is provided at physical level of arecipient asto the resources ‘in which data can be expected in an MC message or further planning messages. In this ease the messages about planning And/or assignment of resourees include, in ane embodiment fof the present invention, information about a respective mul- sieast group, so that entire groups of reipienis are informed. Groups suchas these, particularly multicast groups, ae pre. erably indicated by an MC group address or an MC group identi, Further information ina message is identified ina paren Jarlyadvantageons manner ina monitoring layer ina reipient inorder to decide whether an MC message with payload data should be received. Thus, for example, the only subscribers ‘who are accessed are those who wish Io receive sports mes- sages so that, by using this group identity, infomnation and US 8,200,835 B2 3 data are effectively preveted from being ead unnecessarily by subscribers who have no interest in messages in the cor responding group. A frst planning stage, MC DRX evel 1, 5 used to signal hich physical channels and transport chaels wil be used {or the transmission of MC messages. In other worls, the resources which are used or reserved for transmission of Point-o-multipoint services, particularly the MBMS service, ‘are signaled andioe notified forthe transmission of messages andor signaling data, This is preferably done in the DRX. evel 1 message, and allows the subscriber terminal to be informed of when messages and/or signaling data, paricu- larly the DRX level 2 messages actualy will be transmit. “Thisis also used to signal where and on what channels these rmestages will be transmitted. In one embodiment, a basic specification of the messages andor signaling data is also producedin oder to decide whether thisisaCBS, multimedia broadcast or multicast. The advantages ofthe respective in ‘ation, which is Finkedto-4 message, about the tansmisso ‘chanaels and the fundamental classification of the informa tion which ean be expected willbe described in more detail in the following text. Hossever, even when using UMTS, i is possible forthe CTCH to be mapped, onthe bass ofa require- ment by the sender, onto cthee transport channels than the FACH and onto other physical channels than the S-CCPCH. ‘On the basis ofthe discontinuous reception DRX planaing messages, various protocol layers are configured viathe rio resoure monitoring unit RRC, in particular by the RRC in & receiver. In this ease, a notification is provided ata physical level as o the resources in which data in an MC message oF ‘lurther planning messages can be expected. These messages about planning and/or assignment of resources include infor ‘mation about a respective multicast group, This farther infor ‘mation ina message, inter alia relating toa proup association js identified in a monitoring layer BMC in order o decide ‘whether an MC message with payload data should be received, This informations preferably signaled in the course ‘of an MC DRX level 2 message, which includes information ‘out the physica channels and transport channels on which MC messiges actually will he trnsmited a¢ payload data Atematively, payload data contents also are signaled in the ‘course of an MC DRX level 2 message itself with details ‘bout resources via which a multicast message subsequently will be actually transmitted. In ono preferred embodiment of the present vention, previously assigned indices are used asthe bass forassigning ‘or notifying when MC messages are actually transmitted 10 resources of physical channels and transport channels, such 2 frames, in which ease an oflset with respect to fist frame Which is used for an MC transmission, and/or a length ofthe CBS planning perio, ean be indicated. Preferably, an formation clement also is tnsmited ia ‘onder to decide on reserved resources in resources for broad ‘east or multicast services, so tha the method according tothe present invention ean be used for both services Owing to the progress in miniaturization, the method accondingo the present iaventon is implemented ina mobile telephone as a transmitting and/or receiving unit, with @ mobile unit preferably being designed to send and/or receive multimedia messages. corresponding communications sy tem alsoean cope with therelatively lage amounts of data for multimedia message by virwe of the fexbility explained above. “Additional festures and advantages of the present inwen= tionare deseribed in, and willbe apparent from, the following Detsiled Description of the Invention and the Figures. 0 o 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES PIG. 1 shows a simplified structogram illustrating proto- col stack in UMTS, FIG. 2 shows an assignment of frames to logical channel CICH via which cell broadcast messages are transmitted. FIG, 3 shows an index layout a is use for CBS DRX, in ‘order to allocate an index to sets of resources and frames. FIG. 4 shows the information element that is used accord ing to the prior art for signaling of the CBS DRX level T information as a detail from (3. FIG. 8 shows the information clement that is used accord wo te priorart forsignaling the BMC scheduling message (CBS DRX level 2 as detail Irom [4]. DETAILED DES CRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A protocol stack in the universal mobile telecommunica sions system UMS has 2 mufiayer structure and is subd vided into the physical layer, te data Tink layer and the network layer. The data link layer is subdivided into the sub-layers of medium access control MAC. radio link contol RLC, packet data convergence protocol PDCP and broadcast multicast contro! MBC, as shown inthe illustration in FIG. 1 The network layer inehides two parts the radio resource cor fol RRC and duplication avoidance, with only the RRC Jayer also ending in the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Acovss Net- work UTRAN. The corresponding instance for the dupica- tion avoidance doesnot belong to the UTRAN, but is moved ‘ut toa core network CN, In the layer 3 and the RC layer, 1 distinction is drawn hetween a user plane N plane and a control plane C plane, with the PDCP layer and the BMC layer belonging exchiively to the user plane. Flipses between the layers symbolize the locations of the servi ocess points for communication with the respective partner instance, as defined ia [2 "The RRC layer manages and controls the use ofthe radio ‘equipment and, therefore, has connections via control service fceess points to all the othe layers in order to control their ‘configuration, These conteo srview access points thse not twsed for communication between partner instances, but exclusively between layers in the same protocol slack: The ‘connections between the RRC and lower layers are used for reception of measured valves from the bit ansmission layer and MAC layer as well as for contrlling functions in the individual layers. The RRC layer determines, for example, the nominal Value of the inner power contol loop, which is ‘implemented inthe bit transmission layer, ‘The transmission via the ie interface is provided via so- called physical channels. The transmission services in the physical layer are provided atthe service access points via ‘So-called transport channels. Transport channels are charac- terized by how the data is transmitted. The transmission Ser vices forthe monitoring and MAC layer are provided vi the logical channels. Logical channels are characterized by the type of data being transmitted. A distinction is, in this case,

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