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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Minjae Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Junhyuk Song, Anyang-si, KR;
Daejoong Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyungtaig Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided are a method for providing a broadcast service of an MBMS coordination entity (MCE) in a mobile communication system, and an MCE for performing the same. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a terminal counting request message to at least one base station in a multicast-broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) area; receiving a counting result message comprising the number of terminals receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) session for each cell of the base station from the base station; and determining MBMS resource allocation for each cell in the MBSFN area on the basis of the counting result message. In addition, it is possible to provide a base station and a terminal operating together with the MCE, and a method for the operation thereof.