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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention provides processes of creating, updating, and releasing SYNC entities between eNB and BM-SC, and an eNB and a BM-SC for implementing the processes of creating, updating, and releasing the SYNC entities. According to a solution of the present invention, a method of creating SYNC entities is provided, including: creating, at a BM-SC, a plurality of SYNC entities whose amount is equal to the total amount of services, and associating the created plurality of SYNC entities with the services in a one-to-one correspondence manner; sending a SYNC entity creating instruction to all eNBs within an MBSFN area; creating, at each eNB, a plurality of SYNC entities whose amount is equal to the total amount of services based on the received SYNC entity creating instruction, and associating the created plurality of SYNC entities with the services in a one-to-one correspondence manner.