Method for supporting ENTV broadcast mode and unicast mode in UE

Abstract

Various aspects include methods for supporting delivery of television enhancement (ENTV) services to a user equipment (UE) in a fifth generation new radio (5G‑NR) radio access network (RAN). Various aspects may include generating an ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; and sending the ENTV capability message to a next generation NodeB (gNB) of the 5G‑NR RAN. Various aspects may include receiving an ENTV capability message from the UE, the ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; determining one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on the one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; and generating a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of the UE; and sending the configuration message to the UE.

Description

Background Art

[0001] Long Term Evolution (LTE), fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) (5G-NR), and other recently developed communications technologies allow wireless devices to communicate information at data rates (e.g., measured in gigabits per second, etc.) that are orders of magnitude greater than what was available just a few years ago.

[0002] Today’s communications networks are also more secure, more resilient to multipath fading, allow for lower latency for network traffic, and provide better communications efficiency (e.g., in terms of bits per second per unit of bandwidth used, etc.). These and other recent improvements have facilitated the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive machine-to-machine (M2M) communications systems, autonomous vehicles, and other technologies that rely on consistent and secure communications.

[0003] One service provided in today's communication networks is the Enhancement for Television (ENTV) service. ENTV is a high power and high tower (HPHT) solution developed for television broadcasters for implementing the broadcast of television services according to the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) protocol. In some implementations of ENTV, the ENTV service may be a service provided via broadcast and / or unicast transmission. In some implementations of ENTV, the broadcast transmission of the ENTV service may be provided to the user equipment (UE) by an ENTV radio access network (RAN) (ENTV RAN) including an ENTV base station (such as an ENTV base station operating according to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) protocol and broadcasting the ENTV service to the UE only on the downlink (DL)). In some implementations of ENTV, the unicast transmission of the ENTV service may be provided to the UE by a 5G-NR RAN including a next generation NodeB (gNB). In some implementations of ENTV, the ENTV-RAN providing the ENTV service via broadcast may be a network different from the 5G-NR RAN providing the same ENTV service via unicast. In some implementations of ENTV, some UEs may only support unicast reception of ENTV services, some UEs may only support broadcast reception of ENTV services, and some UEs may support both broadcast reception and unicast reception of ENTV services. In implementations of ENTV that support broadcast ENTV mode and unicast ENTV mode, interference may occur between broadcast transmission and unicast transmission, such as a conflict between the two modes, and coexistence issues between broadcast mode and unicast mode may be experienced on UEs receiving ENTV services. Summary of the invention

[0004] Various aspects include methods for supporting delivery of enhanced television (ENTV) services to user equipment (UE) in a fifth generation new radio (5G-NR) radio access network (RAN). Various aspects can reduce interference between broadcast transmissions and unicast transmissions of ENTV services. Various aspects can alleviate coexistence issues between broadcast ENTV mode and unicast ENTV mode on a UE receiving ENTV services.

[0005] Various aspects may provide a method for supporting the delivery of ENTV services to a UE in a 5G-NR RAN. In some aspects, the method may be performed by a processor of the UE. In various aspects, the method may include generating an ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; and sending the ENTV capability message to a next generation NodeB (gNB) of the 5G-NR RAN. In some aspects, one or more ENTV parameters may include one or more of a list of frequency bands supported by ENTV, an access spectrum location of ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of ENTV, or a buffer capability of ENTV. In some aspects, the ENTV capability message may be a radio resource control (RRC) message or a scheduling request (SR) message.

[0006] Some aspects may also include receiving a trigger message from a gNB or an ENTV base station, wherein generating the ENTV capability message may include generating the ENTV capability message in response to the trigger message.

[0007] Some aspects may also include receiving a configuration message from a gNB, and controlling one or more radio resources of the UE to receive ENTV services based on the configuration message. In some aspects, the ENTV services may be received via a unicast transmission with the gNB or via a broadcast transmission from an ENTV base station. In some aspects, controlling one or more radio resources of the UE to receive the ENTV services based on the configuration message includes controlling a paging cycle of the UE to receive the ENTV services based on the configuration message.

[0008] In some aspects, the method may be performed by a processor of a gNB. In various aspects, the method may include: receiving an ENTV capability message from a UE, the ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; determining one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on the one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; generating a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of the UE; and sending the configuration message to the UE.

[0009] Some aspects may also include sending an ENTV capability message to the ENTV base station.

[0010] Some aspects may also include receiving ENTV configuration parameters from an ENTV base station, wherein determining one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on one or more ENTV parameters of the UE includes determining one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on one or more ENTV parameters and ENTV configuration parameters from the ENTV base station. In some aspects, the ENTV configuration parameters from the ENTV base station include ENTV paging cycle information. In some aspects, the ENTV capability message may be a radio resource control (RRC) message or a scheduling request (SR) message.

[0011] Some aspects may also include, before receiving the ENTV capability message from the UE, generating a trigger message for the UE, the trigger message being configured to cause the UE to send the ENTV capability message; and sending the trigger message to the UE. In some aspects, the trigger message may be a radio resource control (RRC) message.

[0012] In some aspects, one or more ENTV parameters may include a buffer capacity of the ENTV. In some aspects, one or more ENTV parameters may include a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV. Some aspects may also include: determining whether the ENTV transmission and the 5G-NR transmission are deployed in the same frequency band based at least in part on the list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV; and in response to determining that the ENTV transmission and the 5G-NR transmission are deployed in the same frequency band, calling a cell center for the 5G transmission based at least in part on the frequency domain used by the ENTV UE to reduce throughput loss due to UE-to-UE interference or intra-device interference, wherein the scheduled cell center may be at least one of the one or more radio resource configurations of the UE. In some aspects, one or more ENTV parameters may include a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV. Some aspects may also include determining a paging cycle of the UE based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing of the ENTV to avoid paging conflicts between the ENTV and the 5G-NR, wherein the determined paging cycle may be at least one of the one or more radio resource configurations of the UE. In some aspects, one or more ENTV parameters may include an access spectrum location of the ENTV. Some aspects may also include determining whether ENTV transmission and 5G-NR transmission are deployed in adjacent spectrum, and in response to determining that ENTV transmission and 5G-NR transmission are deployed in adjacent spectrum, scheduling: 5G-NR downlink (DL) transmission in a sub-band of a 5G-NR DL band separated from the ENTV DL band by a 5G-NR protection band of the 5G-NR DL band or an ENTV protection band of the ENTV DL band, or 5G-NR uplink (UL) transmission in a sub-band of a 5G-NR UL band separated from the ENTV DL band by a 5G-NR protection band of the 5G-NR UL band or an ENTV protection band of the ENTV DL band.

[0013] In some aspects, the ENTV capability message includes ENTV paging cycle information.Some aspects may also include receiving an ENTV service announcement (SA) from an ENTV base station, and sending the ENTV SA to the UE.

[0014] Further aspects may include a wireless device having a processor configured to perform one or more operations of the method outlined above. Further aspects may include a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, the processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of the wireless device to perform the operations of the method outlined above. Further aspects include a wireless device having components for performing the functions of the above methods. Further aspects include a system on a chip for a wireless device, the system on a chip including a processor configured to perform one or more operations of the above methods. Further aspects include a system in a package including two systems on a chip for a wireless device, the wireless device including a processor configured to perform one or more operations of the above methods. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the claims and, together with the general description given above and the detailed description given below, serve to explain features of the claims.

[0016] Figure 1A is a system block diagram conceptually illustrating an example communication system.

[0017] Figure 1B is a system block diagram conceptually illustrating an example ENTV RAN and 5G-NR RAN providing ENTV services to a UE.

[0018] Figure 2 is a component block diagram illustrating a computing system that may be configured to implement ENTV service delivery according to various embodiments.

[0019] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a software architecture including a radio protocol stack for a user plane and a control plane in wireless communications according to various embodiments.

[0020] Figure 4A and Figure 4B is a component block diagram illustrating a system configured to support delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN.

[0021] Figure 5A is a process flow diagram illustrating a method for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments.

[0022] Figure 5B is a process flow diagram illustrating a method for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments.

[0023] Figure 6 is a diagram of an example ENTV capabilities message according to various embodiments.

[0024] Fig. 7A is a process flow diagram illustrating a method for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments.

[0025] Figure 7B is a process flow diagram illustrating a method for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments.

[0026] Figure 7C is a call flow diagram illustrating example interactions between a UE, a gNB, and an ENTV base station according to various embodiments.

[0027] Figure 8 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments.

[0028] Fig. 9 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments.

[0029] Fig.10 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments.

[0030] Fig.11 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments.

[0031] Fig.12 is a diagram of scheduled uplink and downlink transmissions according to various embodiments.

[0032] Fig.13 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments.

[0033] Fig.14 is a network computing device suitable for supporting ENTV service delivery according to various embodiments.

[0034] Fig.15 is a component block diagram of a wireless communication device suitable for supporting ENTV service delivery in accordance with various embodiments. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] Various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In all drawings, the same reference numerals are used to refer to the same or similar parts as much as possible. References to specific examples and implementations are for illustrative purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

[0036] Various embodiments provide methods implemented by user equipment and / or base stations (e.g., gNBs) for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN. Various embodiments may include generating an ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; and sending the ENTV capability message to a next generation NodeB (gNB) of the 5G-NR RAN. Various embodiments may include: receiving an ENTV capability message from a UE, the ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; determining one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on the one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; generating a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of the UE; and sending the configuration message to the UE. Various aspects may reduce interference between broadcast transmissions and unicast transmissions of ENTV services. Various aspects may mitigate coexistence issues between broadcast ENTV mode and unicast ENTV mode on a UE receiving ENTV services.

[0037] The term "wireless device" is used herein to refer to wireless router devices, wireless appliances, cellular phones, smart phones, portable computing devices, personal or mobile multimedia players, laptop computers, tablet computers, smartbooks, ultrabooks, handheld computers, wireless email receivers, multimedia Internet-enabled cellular phones, medical devices and instruments, biometric sensors / devices, wearable devices including smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart wristbands, smart jewelry (e.g., smart rings, smart bracelets, etc.), entertainment devices (e.g., wireless game controllers, music and video players, satellite radios, etc.), wireless network-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices including smart meters / sensors, industrial manufacturing instruments, large and small machines and appliances used in homes or businesses, wireless communication elements within autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, wireless devices fixed to or incorporated into various mobile platforms, global positioning system devices, and similar electronic devices including memory, wireless communication components, and programmable processors.

[0038] The term "system on chip" (SOC) is used herein to refer to a single integrated circuit (IC) chip that contains multiple resources and / or processors integrated on a single substrate. A single SOC may contain circuits for digital, analog, mixed signal, and radio frequency functions. A single SOC may also include any number of general-purpose processors and / or special-purpose processors (digital signal processors, modem processors, video processors, etc.), memory blocks (e.g., ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc.), and resources (e.g., timers, voltage regulators, oscillators, etc.). The SOC may also include software for controlling the integrated resources and processors and for controlling peripheral devices.

[0039] The term "system-in-package" (SIP) may be used herein to refer to a single module or package that contains multiple resources, computing units, cores, and / or processors on two or more IC chips, substrates, or SOCs. For example, a SIP may include a single substrate on which multiple IC chips or semiconductor dies are stacked in a vertical configuration. Similarly, a SIP may include one or more multi-chip modules (MCMs) on which multiple ICs or semiconductor dies are packaged into a unified substrate. A SIP may also include multiple independent SOCs that are coupled together via high-speed communication circuits and packaged in close proximity (such as on a single motherboard or in a single wireless device). The proximity of the SOCs facilitates high-speed communication and the sharing of memory and resources.

[0040] ENTV is a high power and high tower (HPHT) solution developed for television broadcasters to enable broadcasting of television services in accordance with the 3GPP protocol. An ENTV base station may have a transmit (Tx) power greater than or equal to 1 kW, which may be greater than or equal to 10 dB higher than a macro base station of a 5G-NR RAN such as a gNB. Therefore, compared to the number of base stations required for 5G-NR to cover a geographic area, ENTV RAN only requires a few base stations to cover the same geographic area. Since there may be two types of base stations (e.g., ENTV base stations and gNBs) covering a geographic area, ENTV broadcast may be deployed on a first RAN (e.g., ENTV RAN), while ENTV unicast may be deployed on a second different RAN (e.g., 5G-NR RAN). Some UEs may only support unicast reception of ENTV services. These unicast-only UEs may be referred to as type 1 UEs. Some UEs may only support broadcast reception of ENTV services. These broadcast-only UEs may be referred to as type 2 UEs. Some UEs may support both broadcast reception and unicast reception of ENTV services. Dual broadcast and unicast UEs may be referred to as type 3 UEs. In some implementations of ENTV, ENTV broadcast transmissions may be in the same frequency band as ENTV unicast transmissions. For example, the same ENTV broadcaster (e.g., a television broadcaster) may own both an ENTV broadcast license (e.g., a license to use LTE designated spectrum for broadcast transmissions of ENTV services) and an ENTV unicast license (e.g., a license to use NR designated spectrum for unicast transmissions of ENTV services).

[0041] In a scenario where the UE supports both ENTV broadcast and unicast, the UE may need to switch between ENTV broadcast mode and unicast mode with an appropriate paging cycle to ensure that there is no conflict between the two modes. However, the current broadcast network and unicast network (e.g., the current 5G-NR RAN and the current ENTV RAN) do not know the type of UE (e.g., type 1 UE, type 2 UE, or type 3 UE) operating in its coverage area. In addition, there is no current mechanism for reporting UE parameters (such as supported frequency bands, subcarrier spacing (SCS), and paging cycles) for supporting ENTV to the current 5G-NR RAN. In addition, the current network does not support capability reporting from ENTV UEs (e.g., UEs capable of receiving ENTV services, such as type 1, type 2, and / or type 3 UEs) and signaling switching procedures between ENTV base stations and unicast base stations (e.g., gNBs). In addition, in scenarios where UEs (e.g., type 3 UEs) that support unicast and broadcast modes and unicast transmissions and broadcast transmissions are in the same frequency band, the current system does not provide a mechanism to avoid coexistence issues. The interference between unicast transmission and broadcast transmission in the same frequency band in current systems is related to the ENTV system bandwidth used for ENTV DL transmission.

[0042] Various embodiments may support the delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN to reduce interference between broadcast and unicast transmissions of ENTV services. Various embodiments may support the delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN to mitigate coexistence issues between broadcast ENTV mode and unicast ENTV mode on UEs receiving ENTV services.

[0043] In various embodiments, since there is no uplink (UL) for the ENTV broadcast mode, the UE may report ENTV broadcast related parameters to a unicast base station (e.g., a gNB). In various embodiments, the UE may generate and send an ENTV capability message to a gNB providing unicast ENTV transmission. The ENTV capability message may indicate one or more ENTV parameters of the UE. In various embodiments, the one or more ENTV parameters include one or more of a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV, an access spectrum location of the ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV, or a buffer capacity of the ENTV. In various embodiments, the ENTV capability message may be a radio resource control (RRC) message.

[0044] In various embodiments, an interface may be established between an ENTV base station and a gNB. For example, the ENTV base station may communicate directly and / or through their respective core networks via a communication link established between the ENTV base station and the gNB. In various embodiments, a unicast network may transmit signaling (such as an ENTV capability message) from a UE to an ENTV BS via such an interface. In various embodiments, the ENTV BS and the gNB may coordinate to configure the UE in both broadcast mode and unicast mode. In various embodiments, if there is no interface between the ENTV base station and the gNB, the gNB may configure the UE in unicast mode, and / or the UE may report the ENTV paging configuration via an ENTV capability message (such as via a scheduling request (SR) process to the gNB). Based on the ENTV capability message (e.g., an SR message), a unicast base station (e.g., a gNB) may configure a measurement gap to avoid the UE from missing ENTV paging. In various embodiments, the gNB may send a configuration message to the UE to control one or more radio resources of the UE to receive ENTV services. For example, the configuration message may indicate the paging cycle of the UE.

[0045] In various embodiments, the ENTV capability report of the UE may include sending an ENTV capability message. The ENTV capability message may indicate one or more ENTV parameters, including one or more of a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV, an access spectrum position of the ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV, or a buffer capacity of the ENTV. For example, the ENTV parameter may be included as an additional information element in an RRC message sent by the UE to the gNB. The additional information element may implement the ENTV capability report. The UE may report at least the following ENTV related information elements: a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV, an access spectrum position supported by the ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV, and a buffer size for broadcast reception.

[0046] In various embodiments, the reported ENTV parameters may enable the gNB and the ENTV base station to provide ENTV services to the UE via broadcast and / or unicast to reduce interference between broadcast transmission and unicast transmission of the ENTV service and / or to mitigate coexistence issues between broadcast ENTV mode and unicast ENTV mode on the UE receiving the ENTV service. For example, using capability information indicated by the list of frequency bands supported by ENTV, the gNB may classify the UE into two types of UEs, either a type 1 UE that can only support NR unicast reception of ENTV services, or a type 3 UE that can support both ENTV broadcast transmission of ENTV services and NR unicast transmission of ENTV services. In addition, the ENTV frequency band may be determined from the list of supported frequency bands. For example, using capability information about subcarrier spacing (SCS) and bandwidth, the gNB may derive the frame length of the ENTV service.

[0047] Based on SCS, the gNB can configure Type 3 UE as a normal NR UE. Based on SCS, the gNB can configure Type 1 UE to coordinate the paging cycles of ENTV broadcast and NR unicast to ensure that paging conflicts between ENTV broadcast and ENTV unicast can be avoided. For example, using capability information about the buffer size, the amount of data provided to the UE via broadcast ENTV transmission or unicast ENTV transmission can be controlled. For example, a larger buffer size may indicate that the UE can buffer more data. For example, using capability information, the gNB can determine whether ENTV broadcast and NR unicast of ENTV service are deployed in the same frequency band. When unicast ENTV service and broadcast ENTV service are deployed in the same frequency band, there will be coexistence on adjacent spectrum.

[0048] The gNB can schedule the cell center for the NR UE based on the bandwidth of the ENTV indicated by the band list to reduce throughput loss. For example, using the capability information about the access spectrum location of the ENTV, the gNB can adjust the scheduling of the NR's UL transmission and / or DL ​​transmission to increase the guard band between the ENTV broadcast and the NR UL and / or DL. As a specific example, when there are multiple filters (e.g., 2 filters) to cover the entire ENTV broadcast and NR unicast allocated spectrum, the ENTV broadcast and NR unicast can be deployed in adjacent spectrum.

[0049] In this way, when ENTV and unicast work simultaneously (for example, in type 3 UE), there may be interference of NR UL to ENTV DL in the UE device. To prevent such in-device interference, the ENTV UE can report the access spectrum location (for example, access through filter 2 (upper ENTV spectrum)) to the gNB. Using this information about the access spectrum location (for example, filter 2), the gNB can schedule the NR DL in duplexer 2 (NR upper spectrum) to increase the guard band (i.e., NR band) between the ENTV broadcast mode and the ENTV unicast mode. A similar method can be applied to lower spectrum (for example, when the UE uses filter 1). This scheduling offset can also be used to reduce UE-UE coexistence interference (for example, interference between type 1 UE and type 2 UE).

[0050] In some embodiments, the gNB may trigger the UE to transmit ENTV configuration information (e.g., paging cycle of ENTV) to the gNB. The Type 3 UE may then check the paging parameters to avoid missing ENTV paging information. In various embodiments, the gNB may generate a trigger message for the UE, which is configured to cause the UE to send an ENTV capability message.

[0051] In some embodiments, the ENTV BS may transmit a service announcement (SA) to the gNB, thereby triggering the gNB to send the SA to the UE to reduce the switching between unicast and ENTV broadcast modes at the UE. In such an embodiment, paging information may not be necessary.

[0052] In some embodiments, information about the ENTV configuration may not be transmitted to the gNB, and the ENTV base station may be configured with a default setting. In some embodiments, the UE receives the ENTV paging cycle configuration and reports the ENTV paging cycle to a unicast base station (e.g., gNB) via the SR procedure. Using the reported ENTV paging cycle, the gNB may configure the measurement gaps used when the UE resides on a unicast network.

[0053] Figure 1AAn example of a communication system 100 suitable for implementing various embodiments is shown. The communication system 100 may be a 5G NR network, an ENTV network, or any other suitable network, such as an LTE network.

[0054] The communication system 100 may include a heterogeneous network architecture including a core network 140 and various mobile devices (also referred to as user equipment (UE) computing devices or simply UE) (shown as wireless devices 120a-120e in Figure 1). The communication system 100 may also include multiple base stations (shown as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c and BS 110d) and other network entities. A base station is an entity that communicates with a wireless device (mobile device or UE computing device) and may also be referred to as a NodeB, NodeB, LTE evolved nodeB (eNB), access point (AP), radio head, transmit receive point (TRP), new radio base station (NR BS), 5G NodeB (NB), next generation NodeB (gNB), ENTV base station, etc. Each base station can provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area. In 3GPP, the term "cell" can refer to the coverage area of ​​a base station, a base station subsystem serving the coverage area, or a combination thereof, depending on the context in which the term is used.

[0055] Base stations 110a-110d may provide communication coverage for macro cells, pico cells, femto cells, another type of cell, or a combination thereof. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., a radius of several kilometers) and may allow unrestricted access to mobile devices with service subscriptions. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access to mobile devices with service subscriptions. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access to mobile devices associated with the femto cell (e.g., mobile devices in a closed subscriber group (CSG)). A base station of a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS. A base station of a pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS. A base station of a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS. In the example shown in FIG. 1 , base station 110a may be a macro BS of a macro cell 102a, base station 110b may be a pico BS of a pico cell 102b, and base station 110c may be a femto BS of a femto cell 102c. Base stations 110a-110d may support one or more (e.g., three) cells. The terms “eNB”, “base station”, “NR BS”, “gNB”, “TRP”, “AP”, “Node B”, “5G NB”, “ENTV base station” and “cell” may be used interchangeably in this document.

[0056] In some examples, the cells may not be stationary, and the geographic area of ​​the cells may move depending on the location of the mobile base station. In some examples, the base stations 110a-110d may be interconnected to each other and to one or more other base stations or network nodes (not shown) in the communication system 100 via various types of backhaul interfaces, such as direct physical connections, virtual networks, or combinations thereof using any suitable transport networks.

[0057] The base stations 110a-110d may communicate with the core network 140 via a wired or wireless communication link 126. The wireless devices 120a-120e (UE computing devices) may communicate with the base stations 110a-110d via a wireless communication link 122.

[0058] The wired communication link 126 can use various wired networks (e.g., Ethernet, TV cable, telephone, fiber optic, and other forms of physical network connections), which can use one or more wired communication protocols, such as Ethernet, Point-to-Point Protocol, High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol (ADCCP), and Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP).

[0059] The communication system 100 may also include a relay station (e.g., relay BS 110d). A relay station is an entity that can receive data transmissions from an upstream station (e.g., a base station or a mobile device) and send data transmissions to a downstream station (e.g., a wireless device or a base station). A relay station may also be a mobile device that can relay transmissions for other wireless devices. In the example shown in FIG. 1 , a relay station 110d may communicate with a macro base station 110a and a wireless device 120d to facilitate communication between the base station 110a and the wireless device 120d. A relay station may also be referred to as a relay base station, a relay BS, a relay, etc.

[0060] The communication system 100 may be a heterogeneous network including different types of base stations, such as macro base stations, pico base stations, femto base stations, relay base stations, etc. These different types of base stations may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impacts on interference in the communication system 100. For example, a macro base station may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 watts), while a pico base station, a femto base station, and a relay base station may have a lower transmit power level (e.g., 0.1 to 2 watts).

[0061] A network controller 130 may be coupled to a set of base stations and may provide coordination and control for these base stations. The network controller 130 may communicate with the base stations via a backhaul. The base stations may also communicate with each other directly or indirectly, for example, via a wireless or wired backhaul.

[0062] Wireless devices (UE computing devices) 120a, 120b, 120c may be dispersed throughout the communication system 100, and each wireless device may be fixed or mobile. A wireless device may also be referred to as an access terminal, UE, terminal, mobile station, subscriber unit, station, etc.

[0063] The macro base station 110a may communicate with the core network 140 via a wired or wireless communication link 126. The wireless devices 120a, 120b, 120c may communicate with the base stations 110a-110d via wireless communication links 122. The core network 140 may be connected to other devices, such as an ENTV content server 141. In this manner, via connection to the core network 140, the ENTV content server 141 may make ENTV services (such as television content) available to the wireless devices 120a, 120b, 120c (e.g., from the core network 140 via link 126, and from the base stations 110a-110d via link 122).

[0064] The wireless communication links 122, 124 may include multiple carrier signals, frequencies, or frequency bands, each of which may include multiple logical channels. The wireless communication links 122 and 124 may utilize one or more radio access technologies (RATs). Examples of RATs that may be used in the wireless communication links include 3GPP LTE, 3G, 4G, 5G (e.g., NR), GSM, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), and other mobile phone communication technology cellular RATs. Other examples of RATs that may be used in one or more of the various wireless communication links 122, 124 within the communication system 100 include medium-range protocols such as Wi-Fi, LTE-U, LTE-Direct, LAA, MuLTEfire, and relatively short-range RATs such as ZigBee, Bluetooth, and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE).

[0065] Certain wireless networks (e.g., LTE) utilize orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) on the downlink and single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) on the uplink. OFDM and SC-FDM divide the system bandwidth into multiple (K) orthogonal subcarriers, which are also commonly referred to as tones, bins, etc. Each subcarrier can be modulated with data. In general, modulation symbols are sent in the frequency domain using OFDM and in the time domain using SC-FDM. The spacing between adjacent subcarriers can be fixed, and the total number of subcarriers (K) can depend on the system bandwidth. For example, the spacing of the subcarriers can be 15kHz, and the minimum resource allocation (referred to as a "resource block") can be 12 subcarriers (or 180kHz). Therefore, for system bandwidths of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, or 20 megahertz (MHz), the nominal Fast File Transfer (FFT) size can be equal to 128, 256, 512, 1024, or 2048, respectively. The system bandwidth may also be divided into subbands. For example, a subband may cover 1.08 MHz (ie, 6 resource blocks), and there may be 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 subbands for system bandwidths of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, or 20 MHz, respectively.

[0066] Although the description of some embodiments may use terms and examples associated with LTE technology, the various embodiments may be applicable to other wireless communication systems, such as new radio (NR) or 5G networks. NR can utilize OFDM with a cyclic prefix (CP) on the uplink (UL) and downlink (DL), and includes support for half-duplex operation using time division duplex (TDD). A single component carrier bandwidth of 100 MHz can be supported. NR resource blocks can span 12 subcarriers in a duration of 0.1 milliseconds (ms), with a subcarrier bandwidth of 75 kHz. Each radio frame can consist of 50 subframes with a length of 10 ms. Therefore, each subframe can have a length of 0.2 ms. Each subframe can indicate the link direction (ie, DL or UL) for data transmission, and the link direction of each subframe can be dynamically switched. Each subframe can include DL / UL data and DL / UL control data. Beamforming can be supported, and the beam direction can be dynamically configured. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission with precoding can also be supported. MIMO configurations in the DL can support up to eight transmit antennas with multi-layer DL transmissions of up to eight streams and up to two streams per wireless device. Multi-layer transmissions of up to 2 streams per wireless device can be supported. Aggregation of multiple cells (up to eight serving cells) can be supported. Alternatively, NR can support a different air interface instead of an OFDM-based air interface.

[0067] Although the description of some embodiments may use terms and examples associated with LTE technology, the various embodiments may be applicable to other wireless communication systems, such as ENTV networks. ENTV is a high power and high tower (HPHT) solution developed for television broadcasters to enable broadcasting of television services in accordance with the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) protocol. In an ENTV network, an ENTV base station such as a macro base station 110a may have a transmit power greater than or equal to 1 kW, which may be more than 10 dB higher than the transmit power of a gNB, for example. Therefore, the ENTV network can provide comprehensive coverage with only a few base stations. In some ENTV networks, the ENTV network may be configured as a broadcast-only network in which ENTV base stations such as a macro base station 110a transmit only on DL.

[0068] Some mobile devices may be considered to be machine type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) mobile devices. MTC and eMTC mobile devices include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, etc., which may communicate with a base station, another device (e.g., a remote device), or some other entity. For example, a wireless node may provide a connection to a network (e.g., a wide area network such as the Internet or a cellular network) via a wired or wireless communication link. Some mobile devices may be considered to be Internet of Things (IoT) devices, or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband Internet of Things) devices. Wireless devices 120a-120e may be included in a housing that houses components of the wireless device (e.g., a processor component, a memory component, a similar component, or a combination thereof).

[0069] Generally, any number of communication systems and any number of wireless networks can be deployed in a given geographic area. Each communication system and wireless network can support a specific radio access technology (RAT) and can operate on one or more frequencies. RAT can also be referred to as radio technology, air interface, etc. Frequency can also be referred to as carrier, channel, etc. Each frequency can support a single RAT in a given geographic area to avoid interference between communication systems of different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks can be deployed.

[0070] In some implementations, two or more mobile devices 120a-120e (e.g., shown as wireless device 120a and wireless device 120e) may communicate directly (e.g., without using base station 110a-110d as an intermediary to communicate with each other) using one or more side link channels 124. For example, the wireless devices 120a-120e may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, device-to-device (D2D) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocols (which may include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocols, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocols, or similar protocols), mesh networks, or similar networks, or combinations thereof. In this case, the wireless devices 120a-120e may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and other operations performed by the base station 110a as described elsewhere herein.

[0071] Figure 1B is a system block diagram conceptually illustrating an example ENTV RAN and a 5G-NR RAN that provide ENTV services to a UE 170 (e.g., UEs 120a-120e). Figure 1A and Figure 1B ENTV RAN and 5G-NR RAN can each Figure 1A The ENTV RAN may be configured in a similar manner to the communication system 100 of FIG. 1 . The ENTV RAN may be configured to provide broadcast ENTV services to UEs (such as UE 170) in the ENTV coverage area 158. The 5G-NR RAN may be configured to provide unicast ENTV services to UEs (such as UE 170) in the 5G-NR RAN coverage area 168. The ENTV coverage area 158 and the 5G-NR RAN coverage area 168 may overlap, such that when the UE 170 is located at a position where the ENTV coverage area 158 and the 5G-NR RAN coverage area 168 overlap, the UE 170 may receive the broadcast ENTV services from the ENTV base station 154 (e.g., base stations 110a-110d) via the broadcast transmission 156, and receive the unicast ENTV services from the gNB 164 (e.g., base stations 110a-110d) via the unicast transmission 166. In some cases, the broadcast transmission 156 and the unicast transmission 166 may be in the same frequency band. Each of the ENTV base stations 154 and gNBs 164 may be connected to their respective core networks 152, 162 (e.g., core network 140). Alternatively, the same core network 153 may control the ENTV base stations 154 and gNBs 164 (e.g., core networks 152 and 162 may be part of the same core network 153).

[0072] In some optional embodiments, the ENTV base station 154 and the gNB 164 may be connected via a communication link 172, and may exchange information with each other via the communication link 172. In some optional embodiments, the core networks 152 and 162 may be connected to each other, and the ENTV base station 154 and the gNB 164 may share information with each other via their respective connections to their core networks 152, 162 and the connection between the core networks 152, 162. Similarly, in some embodiments, the core networks 152, 162 may be the same core network 153, and the ENTV base station 154 and the gNB 164 may share information with each other via the same core network 153.

[0073] The ENTV content server 141 may be connected to the core networks 152, 153, 162 and may provide ENTV services (e.g., TV content) for provisioning to UEs 170 in the ENTV coverage area 158 and the 5G-NR RAN coverage area 168. The same ENTV service (e.g., the same TV content) may be available to the UEs 170 via broadcast transmissions 156 from the ENTV base stations 154 and unicast transmissions 166 from the gNBs 166. The UE 170 may be any type of UE, such as a UE that may only support unicast reception of ENTV services, a UE that may only support broadcast reception of ENTV services, or a UE that may support both broadcast reception and unicast reception of ENTV services.

[0074] Figure 2 is a component block diagram illustrating an example computing and wireless modem system 200 suitable for implementing any of the various embodiments. The various embodiments may be implemented on a variety of single-processor and multi-processor computer systems, including system-on-chip (SOC) or system-in-package (SIP).

[0075] refer to Figure 1A , Figure 1B and Figure 2, the illustrated example computing system 200 (which may be a SIP in some embodiments) includes two SOCs 202, 204 coupled to a clock 206, a voltage regulator 208, and one or more wireless transceivers 266, which are configured to send and receive wireless communications to / from a wireless device such as a base station 110a via one or more antennas 267. In some embodiments, the first SOC 202 operates as a central processing unit (CPU) of the wireless device, which executes instructions of a software application by performing arithmetic, logic, control, and input / output (I / O) operations specified by the instructions. In some embodiments, the second SOC 204 can operate as a dedicated processing unit. For example, the second SOC 204 can be a dedicated 5G processing unit responsible for managing high-capacity, high-speed (e.g., 5 Gbps, etc.) and / or very high frequency short wavelength (e.g., 28 GHz millimeter wave spectrum, etc.) communications.

[0076] The first SOC 202 may include a digital signal processor (DSP) 210, a modem processor 212, a graphics processor 214, an application processor 216, one or more coprocessors 218 (e.g., vector coprocessors) connected to one or more of the processors, a memory 220, a custom circuit 222, system components and resources 224, an interconnect / bus module 226, one or more temperature sensors 230, a thermal management unit 232, and a thermal power envelope (TPE) component 234. The second SOC 204 may include a 5G modem processor 252, a power management unit 254, an interconnect / bus module 264, a plurality of millimeter wave transceivers 256, a memory 258, and various additional processors 260, such as an application processor, a packet processor, etc. The plurality of millimeter wave transceivers 256 may be connected to one or more antennas 268 and may be configured to send and receive wireless communications to / from wireless devices such as the base station 110a via the one or more antennas 268. Multiple millimeter wave transceivers 256, one or more antennas 268, one or more wireless transceivers 266 and / or one or more antennas 267, alone and / or in combination with other components of the system 200, may be radio resources that can be controlled by the first SOC 202 and / or the second SOC 204 to send and receive wireless communications, such as unicast and / or broadcast communications (e.g., unicast and / or broadcast ENTV transmissions).

[0077] Each processor 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260 may include one or more cores, and each processor / core may perform operations independently of other processors / cores. For example, the first SOC 202 may include a processor that executes a first type of operating system (e.g., FreeBSD, LINUX, OS X, etc.) and a processor that executes a second type of operating system (e.g., MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10). In addition, any one or all of the processors 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260 may be included as part of a processor cluster architecture (e.g., a synchronous processor cluster architecture, an asynchronous or heterogeneous processor cluster architecture, etc.).

[0078] The first SOC 202 and the second SOC 204 may include various system components, resources, and custom circuits for managing sensor data, analog-to-digital conversion, wireless data transmission, and for performing other specialized operations (such as decoding data packets and processing encoded audio and video signals for presentation in a web browser). For example, the system components and resources 224 of the first SOC 202 may include power amplifiers, voltage regulators, oscillators, phase-locked loops, peripheral bridges, data controllers, memory controllers, system controllers, access ports, timers, and other similar components for supporting processors and software clients running on wireless devices. The system components and resources 224 and / or custom circuits 222 may also include circuits for interfacing with peripheral devices (such as cameras, electronic displays, wireless communication devices, external memory chips, etc.).

[0079] The first SOC 202 and the second SOC 204 can communicate via an interconnect / bus module 250. The individual processors 210, 212, 214, 216, 218 can be interconnected to one or more memory elements 220, system components and resources 224, custom circuits 222, and thermal management units 232 via an interconnect / bus module 226. Similarly, the processor 252 can be interconnected to a power management unit 254, a millimeter wave transceiver 256, a memory 258, and various additional processors 260 via an interconnect / bus module 264. The interconnect / bus modules 226, 250, 264 can include an array of reconfigurable logic gates and / or implement a bus architecture (e.g., CoreConnect, AMBA, etc.). Communications can be provided by an advanced interconnect such as a high-performance network on chip (NOC).

[0080] The first SOC 202 and / or the second SOC 204 may also include an input / output module (not shown) for communicating with resources external to the SOC, such as a clock 206 and a voltage regulator 208. Resources external to the SOC (e.g., clock 206, voltage regulator 208) may be shared by two or more of the internal SOC processors / cores.

[0081] In addition to the example SIP 200 discussed above, various embodiments may be implemented in a variety of computing systems that may include a single processor, multiple processors, multi-core processors, or any combination thereof.

[0082] Figure 3 An example of a software architecture 300 is shown that includes a wireless protocol stack for a user plane and a control plane in wireless communications between a base station 350 (e.g., base stations 110a, 154, 164) and a wireless device (UE computing device) 320 (e.g., wireless devices 120a-120e, UE 170, SIP 200). Figure 1A-Figure 3 , the wireless device 320 may implement the software architecture 300 to communicate with a base station 350 of a communication system (e.g., 100). In various embodiments, the layers in the software architecture 300 may form a logical connection with corresponding layers in the software of the base station 350. The software architecture 300 may be distributed in one or more processors (e.g., processors 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260). Although described with respect to one radio protocol stack, in a multi-SIM (subscriber identity module) wireless device, the software architecture 300 may include multiple protocol stacks, each of which may be associated with a different SIM (e.g., in a dual SIM wireless communication device, two protocol stacks are associated with two SIMs, respectively). Although described below with reference to LTE communication layers, the software architecture 300 may support any of a variety of standards and protocols for wireless communication, and / or may include additional protocol stacks that support any of a variety of standards and protocols wireless communication.

[0083] The software architecture 300 may include a non-access stratum (NAS) 302 and an access stratum (AS) 304. The NAS 302 may include functions and protocols to support packet filtering, security management, mobility control, session management, and services and signaling between a SIM (e.g., SIM 204) of a wireless device and its core network 140. The AS 304 may include functions and protocols to support communication between a SIM (e.g., SIM 204) and an entity (e.g., a base station) of a supported access network. Specifically, the AS 304 may include at least three layers (layer 1, layer 2, and layer 3), each of which may include various sublayers.

[0084] In the user plane and control plane, layer 1 (L1) of AS 304 may be a physical layer (PHY) 306, which may oversee functions that enable transmission and / or reception over an air interface. Examples of such physical layer 306 functions may include cyclic redundancy check (CRC) attachment, codec blocks, scrambling and descrambling, modulation and demodulation, signal measurement, MIMO, etc. The physical layer may include various logical channels, including a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

[0085] In the user plane and the control plane, Layer 2 (L2) of AS 304 may be responsible for the link between wireless device 320 and base station 350 on physical layer 306. In various embodiments, Layer 2 may include a medium access control (MAC) sublayer 308, a radio link control (RLC) sublayer 310, and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) 312 sublayer, each of which forms a logical connection that terminates at base station 350.

[0086] In the control plane, layer 3 (L3) of AS 304 may include a radio resource control (RRC) sublayer 3. Although not shown, software architecture 300 may include additional layer 3 sublayers, as well as various upper layers above layer 3. In various embodiments, RRC sublayer 313 may provide functionality including broadcasting system information, paging, and establishing and releasing RRC signaling connections between wireless devices 320 and base stations 350.

[0087] In various embodiments, the PDCP sublayer 312 may provide uplink functions including multiplexing between different radio bearers and logical channels, sequence number addition, handover data processing, integrity protection, encryption, and header compression. In the downlink, the PDCP sublayer 312 may provide functions including in-order delivery of data packets, duplicate data packet detection, integrity verification, decryption, and header decompression.

[0088] In the uplink, the RLC sublayer 310 may provide segmentation and concatenation of upper layer data packets, retransmission of lost data packets, and automatic repeat request (ARQ). In the downlink, the functions of the RLC sublayer 310 may include reordering of data packets to compensate for out-of-order reception, reassembly of upper layer data packets, and ARQ.

[0089] In the uplink, the MAC sublayer 308 can provide functions including multiplexing between logical channels and transport channels, random access procedures, logical channel priorities, and hybrid ARQ (HARQ) operations. In the downlink, MAC layer functions may include channel mapping within a cell, demultiplexing, discontinuous reception (DRX), and HARQ operations.

[0090] Although the software architecture 300 may provide functionality for transferring data over a physical medium, the software architecture 300 may also include at least one host layer 314 that provides data transfer services to various applications in the wireless device 320. In some embodiments, the dedicated functionality provided by the at least one host layer 314 may provide an interface between the software architecture and the general purpose processor 206.

[0091] In other embodiments, the software architecture 300 may include one or more higher logical layers (e.g., transport, session, presentation, application, etc.) that provide host layer functionality. For example, in some embodiments, the software architecture 300 may include a network layer (e.g., an Internet Protocol (IP) layer) in which a logical connection terminates at a packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW). In some embodiments, the software architecture 300 may include an application layer in which a logical connection terminates at another device (e.g., an end-user device, a server, etc.). In some embodiments, the software architecture 300 may also include a hardware interface 316 between the physical layer 306 and communication hardware (e.g., one or more radio frequency (RF) transceivers) in the AS 304.

[0092] Figure 4A and Figure 4B is a component block diagram illustrating a system 400 configured to support delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN in accordance with various embodiments. In some embodiments, the system 400 may include one or more UEs 402 (e.g., UEs 120a-120e, UE 170, SIP 200, UE 320), one or more gNBs 452 (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350), and / or one or more ENTV base stations 494 (e.g., base stations 110a, 154, 350).

[0093] refer to Figure 1A-Figure 4B , UE 402 may be configured by machine readable instructions 406. Machine readable instructions 406 may include one or more instruction modules. Instruction modules may include computer program modules. Instruction modules may include one or more of ENTV capability message module 408, trigger message module 410, radio resource configuration module 412 and / or other instruction modules.

[0094] The ENTV capability message module 408 may be configured to generate an ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE. The ENTV capability message module 408 may be configured so that the one or more ENTV parameters include one or more of a list of frequency bands supported by ENTV, an access spectrum location of ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of ENTV, or a buffer capacity of ENTV. The ENTV capability message module 408 may be configured to send an ENTV capability message to a gNB of a 5G-NR RAN. The ENTV capability message module 408 may be configured so that the ENTV capability message may be an RRC message or an SR message. The ENTV capability message module 408 may be configured to generate an ENTV capability message in response to a trigger message.

[0095] The trigger message module 410 may be configured to receive a trigger message from a gNB or an ENTV base station.

[0096] The radio resource configuration module 412 may be configured to receive a configuration message from the gNB. The radio resource configuration module 412 may be configured to control one or more radio resources of the UE to receive ENTV services according to the configuration message. The radio resource configuration module 412 may be configured to enable ENTV services to be received via unicast transmission with the gNB or via broadcast transmission from the ENTV base station. The radio resource configuration module 412 may be configured to control the paging cycle of the UE to receive ENTV services according to the configuration message.

[0097] The gNB 452 may be configured by machine readable instructions 466. The machine readable instructions 466 may include one or more instruction modules. The instruction modules may include computer program modules. The instruction modules may include one or more of an ENTV capability message module 468, a radio resource configuration module 470, a configuration message module 472, an ENTV configuration module 474, a trigger message module 476, a 5G-NR control module 478, and / or other instruction modules.

[0098] The ENTV capability message module 468 may be configured to receive an ENTV capability message from a UE, the ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE. The ENTV capability message module 468 may be configured so that the ENTV capability message is an RRC message or a scheduling request SR message. The ENTV capability message module 468 may be configured so that one or more ENTV parameters include the buffer capability of the ENTV. The ENTV capability message module 468 may be configured so that one or more ENTV parameters include a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV. The ENTV capability message module 468 may be configured so that one or more ENTV parameters include the subcarrier spacing of the ENTV. The ENTV capability message module 468 may be configured so that one or more ENTV parameters include the access spectrum position of the ENTV. The ENTV capability message module 468 may be configured so that the ENTV capability message includes ENTV paging cycle information.

[0099] The radio resource configuration module 470 may be configured to determine one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on one or more ENTV parameters of the UE. The radio resource configuration module 470 may be configured to determine one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on one or more ENTV parameters and ENTV configuration parameters from an ENTV base station.

[0100] The configuration message module 472 may be configured to generate a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of the UE. The configuration message module 472 may be configured to send the configuration message to the UE. The configuration message module 472 may be configured to send an ENTV capability message to the ENTV base station.

[0101] The ENTV configuration module 474 may be configured to receive ENTV configuration parameters from an ENTV base station. The ENTV configuration module 474 may be configured to receive an ENTV service announcement (SA) from the ENTV base station. The ENTV configuration module 474 may be configured to send an ENTV SA to a UE.

[0102] The trigger message module 476 may be configured to generate a trigger message for the UE, the trigger message being configured to cause the UE to send an ENTV capability message. The trigger message module 476 may be configured to cause the trigger message to be generated before receiving the ENTV capability message. The trigger message module 476 may be configured to send a trigger message to the UE. The trigger message module 476 may be configured to cause the trigger message to be an RRC message.

[0103] The 5G-NR control module 478 may be configured to determine whether ENTV transmission and 5G-NR transmission are deployed in the same frequency band based at least in part on the list of frequency bands supported by ENTV. In response to determining that ENTV transmission and 5G-NR transmission are deployed in the same frequency band, the 5G-NR control module 478 may be configured to call the cell center for 5G transmission based at least in part on the frequency domain used by only ENTV broadcasting UEs (i.e., UEs that only receive ENTV broadcasts) to reduce throughput loss due to UE-to-UE interference or in-device interference. The 5G-NR control module 478 may be configured so that the scheduled cell center is at least one of the one or more radio resource configurations of the UE. The 5G-NR control module 478 may be configured to determine the paging cycle of the UE based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing of the ENTV to avoid paging conflicts between ENTV and 5G-NR. The 5G-NR control module 478 may be configured so that the determined paging cycle is at least one of the one or more radio resource configurations of the UE. The 5G-NR control module 478 may be configured to determine whether the ENTV transmission and the 5G-NR transmission are deployed in adjacent spectrums. In response to determining that the ENTV transmission and the 5G-NR transmission are deployed in adjacent spectrums, the 5G-NR control module 478 may be configured to schedule a 5G-NR downlink DL transmission in a sub-band of the 5G-NR DL band separated from the ENTV DL band by a 5G-NR protection band of the 5G-NR DL band. In response to determining that the ENTV transmission and the 5G-NR transmission are deployed in adjacent spectrums, the 5G-NR control module 478 may be configured to schedule a 5G-NR uplink UL transmission in a sub-band of the 5G-NR UL band separated from the ENTV DL band by a 5G-NR protection band of the 5G-NR UL band or an ENTV protection band of the ENTV DL band.

[0104] In some implementations, the UE 402, gNB 452, and / or ENTV base station 494 may be operably linked via a communication link, such as a wireless communication link.

[0105] UE 402 may include electronic storage 422, one or more processors 424 coupled to wireless transceiver 266, and / or other components. UE 402 may include communication links or ports to enable information exchange with a network and / or other computing platforms. Figure 4A The illustration of UE 402 in is not intended to be limiting. The gNB 452 may include electronic storage 452, one or more processors 458, and / or other components. The gNB 452 may include communication lines or ports to enable information exchange with a network and / or other computing platforms. Figure 4B The illustration of gNB 452 in is not intended to be limiting.

[0106] Electronic storage 422, 456 may include non-transitory storage media that electronically stores information. The electronic storage media of electronic storage 422, 456 may include one or both of a system storage device that is integrated (i.e., substantially non-removable) with UE 402 and gNB 452 and / or a removable storage device that is removably connected to UE 402 and gNB 452 via, for example, a port (e.g., a universal serial bus (USB) port, a firewire port, etc.) or a drive (e.g., a disk drive, etc.). Electronic storage 422, 456 may include one or more of an optically readable storage medium (e.g., an optical disk, etc.), a magnetically readable storage medium (e.g., a magnetic tape, a magnetic hard drive, a floppy disk drive, etc.), a charge-based storage medium (e.g., an EEPROM, RAM, etc.), a solid-state storage medium (e.g., a flash drive, etc.), and / or other electronically readable storage medium. Electronic storage 422, 456 may include one or more virtual storage resources (e.g., cloud storage, a virtual private network, and / or other virtual storage resources). The electronic storage devices 422, 456 may store software algorithms, information determined by the processors 424, 458, information received from the UE 402, information received from the gNB 452, information received from the ENTV base station 494, and / or other information that enables the UE 402 and the gNB 452 to operate as described herein.

[0107] Processors 424, 428 may be configured to provide information processing capabilities in UE 402 and gNB 452. As such, processors 424, 428 may include one or more of a digital processor, an analog processor, a digital circuit designed to process information, an analog circuit designed to process information, a state machine, and / or other mechanisms for electronically processing information. Figure 4A and Figure 4B424, 428. In some implementations, processors 424, 428 may include multiple processing units. These processing units may be physically located within the same device, or processors 424, 428 may represent processing functions of multiple devices operating in coordination. Processors 424, 428 may be configured to execute modules 408, 410, 412, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, and / or 478 and / or other modules. Processors 424, 428 may be configured to execute modules 408, 410, 412, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, and / or 478 and / or other modules by software; hardware; firmware; some combination of software, hardware, and / or firmware; and / or other mechanisms for configuring processing capabilities on processors 424, 428. As used herein, the term "module" may refer to any component or set of components that perform functions attributed to the module. This may include one or more physical processors, processor readable instructions, circuitry, hardware, storage media, or any other component during execution of processor readable instructions.

[0108] It should be understood that although modules 408, 410, 412, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, and / or 478 are Figure 4A and Figure 4B 408, 410, 412, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, and / or 478 may be implemented remotely from other modules. The description of the functionality provided by different modules 408, 410, 412, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, and / or 478 is for purposes of illustration and is not intended to be limiting, as any of the modules 408, 410, 412, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, and / or 478 may provide more or less functionality than described. For example, one or more of the modules 408, 410, 412, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, and / or 478 may be eliminated, and some or all of their functionality may be provided by other modules in the modules 408, 410, 412, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, and / or 478. As another example, the processors 424, 428 may be configured to execute one or more additional modules that may perform some or all of the functionality attributed to one of the modules 408, 410, 412, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, and / or 478 below.

[0109] Figure 5AA process flow diagram of an example method 500 for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments is shown. Figure 1A-Figure 5A , method 500 can be implemented by a processor of UE 402 (e.g., UE 120a-120e, UE 170, SIP 200, UE 320, UE 402), one or more gNBs 452 (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350) and / or one or more ENTV base stations 494 (e.g., base stations 110a, 154, 350).

[0110] At block 502, the processor may perform operations including generating an ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE. In various embodiments, the one or more ENTV parameters may be one or more of a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV, an access spectrum location of the ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV, or a buffer capacity of the ENTV. In various embodiments, the ENTV capability message may be an RRC message or an SR message.

[0111] At block 504, the processor may perform operations including sending an ENTV capability message to a gNB of the 5G-NR RAN.

[0112] At block 506, the processor may perform operations including receiving a configuration message from the gNB. In various embodiments, the ENTVBS and the gNB may coordinate to configure the UE in both broadcast mode and unicast mode, and the configuration may be indicated in a configuration message received from the gNB. Based on the ENTV capability message (e.g., SR message), the unicast base station (e.g., gNB) may configure measurement gaps to avoid the UE from missing ENTV paging. In various embodiments, the gNB may send a configuration message to the UE to control one or more radio resources of the UE to receive ENTV services. For example, the configuration message may indicate a paging cycle for the UE.

[0113] At block 508, the processor may perform operations including controlling one or more radio resources of the UE to receive ENTV services in accordance with the configuration message. In various embodiments, the ENTV services may be received via a unicast transmission with the gNB or via a broadcast transmission from the ENTV base station. In various embodiments, controlling one or more radio resources of the UE to receive ENTV services in accordance with the configuration message may include controlling a paging cycle of the UE to receive ENTV services in accordance with the configuration message.

[0114] Figure 5B A process flow diagram of an example method 550 for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments is shown. Figure 1A-Figure 5B, method 550 can be implemented by a processor of a base station such as a gNB (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350, 452).

[0115] At block 552, the processor may perform operations including receiving an ENTV capability message from the UE, the ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE. In various embodiments, the one or more ENTV parameters may be one or more of a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV, an access spectrum location of the ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV, or a buffer capacity of the ENTV. In various embodiments, the ENTV capability message may be an RRC message or an SR message.

[0116] At block 554, the processor may perform operations including determining one or more radio resource configurations for the UE based at least in part on one or more ENTV parameters of the UE.In various embodiments, the radio resource configuration may be a determined paging cycle.

[0117] At block 556, the processor may perform operations including generating a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of the UE.

[0118] At block 558, the processor may perform operations including sending a configuration message to the UE.

[0119] Figure 6 is a diagram of an example ENTV capabilities message 600 according to various embodiments. Figure 1A-Figure 6 , the ENTV capability message 600 may indicate one or more ENTV parameters, including one or more of a list of frequency bands supported by ENTV, an access spectrum position of ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of ENTV, or a buffer capacity of ENTV. For example, the ENTV parameters may be included as additional information elements in an RRC message sent by the UE to the gNB. The additional information elements may enable ENTV capability reporting. The UE may report at least the following ENTV related information elements in the ENTV capability message 600: a list of frequency bands supported by ENTV, an access spectrum position supported by ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of ENTV, and a buffer size for broadcast reception.

[0120] Fig. 7A A process flow diagram of an example method 700 for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments is shown. Figure 1A-Figure 7A, method 700 may be implemented by a processor of a UE 402 (e.g., UE 120a-120e, UE 170, SIP 200, UE 320, UE 402), one or more gNBs 452 (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350), and / or one or more ENTV base stations 494 (e.g., base stations 110a, 154, 350). In various embodiments, the operations of method 700 may be performed in conjunction with the operations of methods 500 and / or 550.

[0121] At block 702, the processor may perform operations including receiving a trigger message from a gNB or an ENTV base station. The trigger message may be an RRC message received from the gNB or an SA received from the ENTV base station. The trigger message may be a request for ENTV capabilities of the UE. In various embodiments, in response to receiving the trigger message, at block 502, the processor may generate an ENTV capabilities message.

[0122] Figure 7B A process flow diagram of an example method 750 for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments is shown. Figure 1A-Figure 7B , method 750 may be implemented by a processor of a base station such as a gNB (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350, 452). In various embodiments, the operations of method 750 may be performed in conjunction with the operations of methods 500, 550, and / or 700.

[0123] In block 752, the processor may perform operations including generating a trigger message for the UE, the trigger message being configured to cause the UE to send an ENTV capability message. In various embodiments, the trigger message may be generated before receiving the ENTV capability message from the UE. In various embodiments, the trigger message may be an RRC message.

[0124] At block 754, the processor may perform operations including sending a trigger message to the UE.

[0125] Figure 7C is a call flow diagram illustrating example interactions between UEs (e.g., UEs 120a-120e, UE 170, SIP 200, UE 320, UE 402), gNBs (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350, 452), and ENTV base stations (e.g., base stations 110a, 154, 350, 454) according to various embodiments. Figure 1A-Figure 7CIn operation 760, the gNB may send an RRC message including a UE capability request to the UE. In operation 762, the UE may send an RRC message including UE capability information related to the UE's ENTV capability and unicast capability to the gNB. In operation 764, the gNB and the ENTV base station may exchange information including the UE capability information.

[0126] Figure 8 A process flow diagram of an example method 800 for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments is shown. Figure 1A-Figure 8 , method 800 may be implemented by a processor of a base station such as a gNB (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350, 452). In various embodiments, the operations of method 800 may be performed in conjunction with the operations of methods 500, 550, 700, and / or 750.

[0127] In block 802, the processor may perform operations including sending an ENTV capability message to an ENTV base station. In this way, the ENTV base station may receive ENTV parameters of the UE, such as a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV, an access spectrum location of the ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV, and / or a buffer capacity of the ENTV.

[0128] At block 804, the processor may perform operations including receiving ENTV configuration parameters from an ENTV base station. In various embodiments, the ENTV configuration parameters from the ENTV base station may include ENTV paging cycle information.

[0129] At block 806, the processor may perform operations including determining one or more radio resource configurations for the UE based at least in part on the one or more ENTV parameters and ENTV configuration parameters from the ENTV base station.

[0130] Fig. 9 A process flow diagram of an example method 900 for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments is shown. Figure 1A-Figure 9 , method 900 may be implemented by a processor of a base station such as a gNB (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350, 452). In various embodiments, the operations of method 900 may be performed in conjunction with the operations of methods 500, 550, 700, 750, and / or 800.

[0131] At block 902, the processor may perform operations including determining whether ENTV transmissions and 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in the same frequency band based at least in part on a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV.

[0132] At block 904, the processor may perform operations including, in response to determining that ENTV transmissions and 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in the same frequency band, calling a cell center for 5G transmissions based at least in part on a frequency domain used by only the ENTV broadcast UE to reduce throughput loss due to UE-to-UE interference or intra-device interference. In various embodiments, the scheduled cell center may be at least one of one or more radio resource configurations of the UE sent to the UE in a configuration message.

[0133] Fig.10 A process flow diagram of an example method 1000 for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments is shown. Figure 1A-Figure 10 , method 1000 may be implemented by a processor of a base station such as a gNB (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350, 452). In various embodiments, the operations of method 1000 may be performed in conjunction with the operations of methods 500, 550, 700, 750, 800, and / or 900.

[0134] At block 1002, the processor may perform operations including determining a paging cycle of the UE based at least in part on a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV to avoid paging conflicts between the ENTV and the 5G-NR. In various embodiments, the determined paging cycle may be at least one of one or more radio resource configurations of the UE sent to the UE in a configuration message.

[0135] Fig.11 A process flow diagram of an example method 1100 for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments is shown. Figure 1A-Figure 11 , method 1100 may be implemented by a processor of a base station such as a gNB (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350, 452). In various embodiments, the operations of method 1100 may be performed in conjunction with the operations of methods 500, 550, 700, 750, 800, 900, and / or 1000.

[0136] At block 1102, the processor may perform operations including determining whether ENTV transmissions and 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in adjacent spectrum.

[0137] In box 1104, in response to determining that ENTV transmission and 5G-NR transmission are deployed in adjacent spectrum, the processor may perform operations including scheduling: 5G-NR DL transmission in a sub-band of a 5G-NR DL band separated from the ENTV DL band by a 5G-NR guard band of the 5G-NR DL band or an ENTV guard band of the ENTV DL band, or 5G-NR uplink UL transmission in a sub-band of a 5G-NR UL band separated from the ENTV DL band by a 5G-NR guard band of the 5G-NR UL band or an ENTV guard band of the ENTV DL band.

[0138] Fig.12 is a diagram of scheduled uplink transmission and downlink transmission according to various embodiments. Figure 1A-Figure 12 , Fig.12 An example implementation of the operation of method 1100 may be shown. As a specific example, when there are multiple filters (e.g. Fig.12 ENTV broadcast and NR unicast can be deployed in adjacent spectrum when two filters "Filter 1" and "Filter 2" are used to cover the entire ENTV broadcast and NR unicast allocated spectrum. Therefore, when ENTV and unicast are working simultaneously, there may be interference of NR UL to ENT DL in the UE device. To prevent such in-device interference, the ENTV UE can report the access spectrum location to the gNB (e.g., access through filter 2 (upper ENTV spectrum)). Using this information about the access spectrum location (e.g., filter 2), the gNB can schedule NR DL in duplexer 2 (NR upper spectrum) to increase the guard band (i.e., NR band) between the ENTV broadcast mode and the ENTV unicast mode. A similar approach can be applied to the lower spectrum (e.g., when the UE uses filter 1), and then duplexer 1 (NR lower spectrum) can be used.

[0139] Fig.13 A process flow diagram of an example method 1300 for supporting delivery of ENTV services to UEs in a 5G-NR RAN according to various embodiments is shown. Figure 1A-Figure 13 , method 1300 may be implemented by a processor of a base station such as a gNB (e.g., base stations 110a, 164, 350, 452). In various embodiments, the operations of method 1300 may be performed in conjunction with the operations of methods 500, 550, 700, 750, 800, 900, 1000, and / or 1100.

[0140] At block 1302, the processor may perform operations including receiving an ENTV SA from an ENTV base station.

[0141] At block 1304, the processor may perform operations including sending an ENTV SA to the UE. Providing the ENTV SA to the UE via the gNB may reduce UE handovers because the UE may not need to switch to the ENTV broadcast to determine available ENTV services.

[0142] Various embodiments may be implemented on various wireless network devices, examples of which are Fig.14 14 is shown in the form of a wireless network computing device 1400, which is used as a network element of a communication network, such as a base station (e.g., base station 110a, 350). Such a network computing device may include at least Fig.14 Refer to Figure 1- Fig.14 , the network computing device 1400 may generally include a processor 1401 coupled to a volatile memory 1402 and a large non-volatile memory such as a disk drive 1403. The network computing device 1400 may also include a peripheral memory access device such as a floppy disk drive, a compact disk (CD), or a digital video disk (DVD) drive 1406 coupled to the processor 1401. The network computing device 1400 may also include a network access port 1404 (or interface) coupled to the processor 1401 for establishing a data connection with a network such as the Internet and / or a local area network coupled to other system computers and servers. The network computing device 1400 may include one or more antennas 1407 that may be connected to a wireless communication link for sending and receiving electromagnetic radiation. The network computing device 1400 may include additional access ports (such as USB, Firewire, Thunderbolt, etc.) for coupling to peripherals, external memory, or other devices.

[0143] Various embodiments may be implemented on various wireless devices (e.g., wireless devices 120a-120e, 200, 320), examples of which are described in Fig.15 1- is shown in the form of a smart phone 1500. Fig.15 , the smartphone 1500 may include a first SOC 202 (e.g., SOC-CPU) coupled to a second SOC 204 (e.g., a 5G-enabled SOC). The first SOC 202 and the second SOC 204 may be coupled to internal memory 1506, 1516, a display 1512, and a speaker 1514. In addition, the smartphone 1500 may include an antenna 1504 that may be connected to a wireless data link for sending and receiving electromagnetic radiation and / or a cellular telephone transceiver 266 coupled to one or more processors in the first SOC 202 and / or the second SOC 204. The smartphone 1500 also typically includes a menu selection button or rocker switch 1520 for receiving user input.

[0144] The typical smartphone 1500 also includes a sound coding / decoding (CODEC) circuit 1510, which digitizes the sound received from the microphone into a data packet suitable for wireless transmission, and decodes the received sound data packet to generate an analog signal, which is provided to the speaker to generate sound. In addition, one or more processors in the first SOC 202 and the second SOC 204, the wireless transceiver 266, and the CODEC 1510 may include a digital signal processor (DSP) circuit (not shown separately).

[0145] The processors of the wireless network computing device 1400 and the smart phone 1500 can be any programmable microprocessor, microcomputer or multi-processor chip that can be configured by software instructions (applications) to perform various functions, including the functions of the various embodiments described below. In some mobile devices, multiple processors may be provided, such as one processor in the SOC 204 dedicated to wireless communication functions and one processor in the SOC 202 dedicated to running other applications. Typically, software applications can be stored in the memory 1506, 1516 before being accessed and loaded into the processor. The processor may include internal memory sufficient to store application software instructions.

[0146] As used in this application, the terms "component", "module", "system", etc. are intended to include computer-related entities, such as but not limited to hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution, which are configured to perform specific operations or functions. For example, a component can be but not limited to a process, a processor, an object, an executable program, an execution thread, a program, and / or a computer running on a processor. For example, both an application running on a wireless device and a wireless device can be referred to as a component. One or more components can reside in an executed process and / or thread, and a component can be located on a processor or core and / or distributed between two or more processors or cores. In addition, these components can be executed according to various non-temporary computer-readable media on which various instructions and / or data structures are stored. Components can communicate through local and / or remote processes, function or procedure calls, electronic signals, data packets, memory read / write, and other known network, computer, processor, and / or process-related communication methods.

[0147] A variety of different cellular and mobile communication services and standards are available or expected in the future, all of which can be implemented and benefit from various embodiments. These services and standards include, for example, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, third generation wireless mobile communication technology (3G), fourth generation wireless mobile communication technology (4G), fifth generation wireless mobile communication technology (5G), global system for mobile communications (GSM), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), 3GSM, general packet radio service (GPRS), code division multiple access (CDMA) system (e.g., cdmaOne, CDMA1020TM), enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE), advanced mobile phone system (AMPS), digital AMPS (IS-136 / TDMA), evolution data optimized (EV-DO), digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT), world wide interconnection for microwave access (WiMAX), wireless local area network (WLAN), WiFi protected access I & II (WPA, WPA2) and integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN). Each of these technologies involves, for example, the transmission and reception of voice, data, signaling and / or content messages. It should be understood that any reference to terminology and / or technical details related to a single telecommunication standard or technology is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims to a particular communication system or technology unless specifically described in the claim language.

[0148] The various embodiments shown and described are provided only as examples to illustrate various features of the claims. However, the features shown and described with respect to any given embodiment are not necessarily limited to the associated embodiment and may be used or combined with other embodiments shown and described. In addition, the claims are not intended to be limited by any one example embodiment. For example, one or more of the operations of methods 500 and 600 may replace or be combined with one or more operations of methods 500 and 600.

[0149] The foregoing method descriptions and process flow charts are provided as illustrative examples only and are not intended to require or imply that the operations of the various embodiments must be performed in the order presented. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the order of operations in the foregoing embodiments may be performed in any order. Words such as "thereafter," "then," "next," etc. are not intended to limit the order of operations; these words are used to guide the reader through the description of these methods. In addition, any reference to a claim element in the singular form, such as the use of the article "a," "an," or "the" should not be construed as limiting the element to the singular.

[0150] The various illustrative logic blocks, modules, components, circuits, and algorithmic operations described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of the two. In order to clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and operations have been generally described above according to the functions of various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and operations. Whether such functions are implemented as hardware or software depends on specific applications and design constraints on the entire system. Technicians can implement the described functions in different ways for each specific application, but such embodiment decisions should not be interpreted as causing departure from the scope of the claims.

[0151] Hardware for implementing the various illustrative logics, logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but alternatively, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The processor may also be implemented as a combination of receiver smart objects, for example, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, a combination of one or more microprocessors with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. Alternatively, some operations or methods may be performed by circuits specific to a given function.

[0152] In one or more embodiments, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, these functions may be stored as one or more instructions or codes on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium or a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium. The operation of the method or algorithm disclosed herein may be embodied in a processor-executable software module or a processor-executable instruction, which may reside on a non-transitory computer-readable or processor-readable storage medium. A non-transitory computer-readable or processor-readable storage medium may be any storage medium that can be accessed by a computer or processor. As an example and not limitation, such a non-transitory computer-readable or processor-readable storage medium may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, disk storage or other magnetic storage smart objects, or any other medium that can be used to store the required program code in the form of an instruction or data structure and can be accessed by a computer. The disks and optical disks used herein include compact disks (CDs), laser disks, optical disks, digital versatile disks (DVDs), floppy disks, and blue-ray disks, wherein disks generally reproduce data magnetically, and optical disks reproduce data optically with lasers. The above combinations are also included within the scope of non-transitory computer-readable and processor-readable media. Furthermore, the operations of a method or algorithm may reside as one or any combination or set of codes and / or instructions on a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium and / or a computer-readable storage medium, which may be incorporated into a computer program product.

[0153] The foregoing description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the claims. Various modifications to these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the claims. Therefore, the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the appended claims and the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A method for supporting delivery of a television enhanced ENTV service to a user equipment UE in a fifth generation new radio 5G-NR radio access network RAN, comprising: generating, by a processor of the UE, an ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE for providing an ENTV service to the UE via broadcast and / or unicast; as well as The UE processor sends an ENTV capability message to the next generation Node B gNB of the 5G-NR RAN; A configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of the UE is received by a processor of the UE, wherein the one or more radio resource configurations are determined based on the type of the UE, and the type of the UE is determined based on a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV included in the one or more ENTV parameters to include a UE that can only support NR unicast reception of ENTV services or a UE that can support both ENTV broadcast transmission of ENTV services and NR unicast transmission of ENTV services.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The one or more ENTV parameters also include one or more of an access spectrum location of the ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV, or a buffer capacity of the ENTV.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The ENTV capability message is a radio resource control RRC message or a scheduling request SR message.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein: ENTV services are received via unicast transmission to the gNB or by broadcast transmission from the ENTV base station.

5. A method for supporting delivery of a television enhanced ENTV service to a user equipment UE in a fifth generation new radio 5G-NR radio access network RAN, comprising: receiving, by a processor of a next generation Node B gNB of the 5G-NR RAN, an ENTV capability message from the UE, the ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE for providing an ENTV service to the UE via broadcast and / or unicast; determining, by the processor of the gNB, one or more radio resource configurations for the UE based at least in part on the one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; generating, by a processor of the gNB, a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of the UE; and The gNB processor sends a configuration message to the UE. Wherein, determining, by the processor of the gNB, one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on one or more ENTV parameters of the UE comprises: determining, by the processor of the gNB, a type of the UE based on a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV included in the one or more ENTV parameters, wherein the type of the UE includes a UE capable of supporting only NR unicast reception of an ENTV service or a UE capable of supporting both ENTV broadcast transmission of the ENTV service and NR unicast transmission of the ENTV service; and One or more radio resource configurations for the UE are determined by a processor of the gNB based on the type of the UE.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising: The gNB processor sends the ENTV capability message to the ENTV base station.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The ENTV capability message is a radio resource control RRC message or a scheduling request SR message.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The one or more ENTV parameters include a buffer capacity of the ENTV.

9. The method according to claim 5, further comprising: Determining, by a processor of the gNB, based at least in part on a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV, whether ENTV transmissions and 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in the same frequency band; as well as In response to determining that the ENTV transmissions and the 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in the same frequency band, calling, by the processor of the gNB, a cell center for the 5G transmissions based at least in part on the frequency domain used by the ENTV UE to reduce throughput loss due to UE-to-UE interference or intra-device interference, The scheduled cell center is at least one of the one or more radio resource configurations of the UE.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The one or more ENTV parameters include a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising: determining, by a processor of the gNB, a paging cycle of the UE based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing of the ENTV to avoid paging conflicts between the ENTV and the 5G-NR, The determined paging cycle is at least one of one or more radio resource configurations of the UE.

12. The method according to claim 5, further comprising: In response to the one or more ENTV parameters including an access spectrum location of the ENTV, determining, by a processor of the gNB, whether ENTV transmissions and 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in adjacent spectrum; and In response to determining that the ENTV transmission and the 5G-NR transmission are deployed in adjacent spectrum, scheduling, by the processor of the gNB: 5G-NR downlink DL transmission in a sub-band of the 5G-NR DL frequency band separated from the ENTV DL frequency band via a 5G-NR guard band of the 5G-NR DL frequency band or an ENTV guard band of the ENTV DL frequency band; or 5G-NR uplink UL transmission in a sub-band of the 5G-NR UL band separated from the ENTV DL band through a 5G-NR guard band of the 5G-NR UL band or an ENTV guard band of the ENTV DL band.

13. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The ENTV capability message includes ENTV paging cycle information.

14. The method according to claim 5, further comprising: The processor of the gNB receives an ENTV service announcement SA from the ENTV base station; as well as The ENTV SA is sent by the gNB’s processor to the UE.

15. A user equipment UE, comprising: one or more radio resources; as well as A processor configured to perform operations to: generating a television enhanced ENTV capabilities message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of a UE for providing ENTV services to the UE via broadcast and / or unicast; as well as sending an ENTV capability message to a next generation Node BgNB of a fifth generation new radio 5G-NR radio access network RAN; Receive a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of a UE, wherein the one or more radio resource configurations are determined based on the type of the UE, and the type of the UE is determined based on a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV included in the one or more ENTV parameters to include a UE that can only support NR unicast reception of ENTV services or a UE that can support both ENTV broadcast transmission of ENTV services and NR unicast transmission of ENTV services.

16. The UE according to claim 15, wherein: The one or more ENTV parameters also include one or more of an access spectrum location of the ENTV, a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV, or a buffer capacity of the ENTV.

17. The UE according to claim 15, wherein: The ENTV capability message is a radio resource control RRC message or a scheduling request SR message.

18. The UE according to claim 15, wherein: ENTV services are received via unicast transmission to the gNB or by broadcast transmission from the ENTV base station.

19. A next generation node BgNB of a fifth generation new radio 5G-NR radio access network RAN, comprising: The processor is configured as: receiving a television enhanced ENTV capability message from a user equipment UE, the ENTV capability message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE for providing an ENTV service to the UE via broadcast and / or unicast; determining one or more radio resource configurations for the UE based at least in part on the one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; generating a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of the UE; as well as Send a configuration message to the UE, Wherein, determining one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on one or more ENTV parameters of the UE comprises: determining a type of UE based on a frequency band list supported by ENTV included in the one or more ENTV parameters, wherein the type of UE includes a UE capable of supporting only NR unicast reception of ENTV services or a UE capable of supporting both ENTV broadcast transmission of ENTV services and NR unicast transmission of ENTV services; and One or more radio resource configurations for the UE are determined based on the type of the UE.

20. The gNB according to claim 19, wherein: The processor is further configured to: Send ENTV capability message to ENTV base station.

21. The gNB according to claim 19, wherein: The ENTV capability message is a radio resource control RRC message or a scheduling request SR message.

22. The gNB according to claim 19, wherein: The one or more ENTV parameters include a buffer capacity of the ENTV.

23. The gNB according to claim 19, wherein: The processor is further configured to: Determining whether ENTV transmissions and 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in the same frequency band based at least in part on a list of frequency bands supported by the ENTV; and In response to determining that the ENTV transmissions and the 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in the same frequency band, calling a cell center for the 5G transmissions based at least in part on the frequency domain used by the ENTV UE to reduce throughput loss due to UE-to-UE interference or intra-device interference, and The scheduled cell center is at least one of the one or more radio resource configurations of the UE.

24. The gNB according to claim 19, wherein: The one or more ENTV parameters include a subcarrier spacing of the ENTV.

25. The gNB according to claim 24, wherein: The processor is further configured to: determining a paging cycle of the UE based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing of the ENTV to avoid paging conflicts between the ENTV and the 5G-NR, and The determined paging cycle is at least one of one or more radio resource configurations of the UE.

26. The gNB according to claim 19, wherein: The processor is further configured to: In response to the one or more ENTV parameters including an access spectrum location of the ENTV, determining whether ENTV transmissions and 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in adjacent spectrum; and In response to determining that ENTV transmissions and 5G-NR transmissions are deployed in adjacent spectrum, scheduling: 5G-NR downlink DL transmission in a sub-band of the 5G-NR DL frequency band separated from the ENTV DL frequency band via a 5G-NR guard band of the 5G-NR DL frequency band or an ENTV guard band of the ENTV DL frequency band; or 5G-NR uplink UL transmission in a sub-band of the 5G-NR UL band separated from the ENTV DL band through a 5G-NR guard band of the 5G-NR UL band or an ENTV guard band of the ENTV DL band.

27. The gNB according to claim 19, wherein: The ENTV capability message includes ENTV paging cycle information.

28. The gNB according to claim 19, wherein: The processor is further configured to: receiving an ENTV service announcement SA from an ENTV base station; and Send ENTV SA to the UE.

29. A user equipment UE, comprising: means for generating a television enhanced ENTV capabilities message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of a UE for providing ENTV services to the UE via broadcast and / or unicast; as well as Means for sending an ENTV capability message to a next generation Node BgNB of a fifth generation new radio 5G-NR radio access network RAN; A component for receiving a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of a UE, wherein the one or more radio resource configurations are determined based on the type of the UE, and the type of the UE is determined based on a list of frequency bands supported by ENTV included in the one or more ENTV parameters to include a UE that can only support NR unicast reception of ENTV services or a UE that can support both ENTV broadcast transmission of ENTV services and NR unicast transmission of ENTV services.

30. A next generation node BgNB of a fifth generation new radio 5G-NR radio access network RAN, comprising: means for receiving a television enhanced ENTV capabilities message from a user equipment UE, the ENTV capabilities message indicating one or more ENTV parameters of the UE for providing ENTV services to the UE via broadcast and / or unicast; means for determining one or more radio resource configurations for the UE based at least in part on one or more ENTV parameters of the UE; means for generating a configuration message indicating one or more radio resource configurations of the UE; as well as A component for sending a configuration message to a UE, Wherein, determining one or more radio resource configurations of the UE based at least in part on one or more ENTV parameters of the UE comprises: determining a type of UE based on a frequency band list supported by ENTV included in the one or more ENTV parameters, wherein the type of UE includes a UE capable of supporting only NR unicast reception of ENTV services or a UE capable of supporting both ENTV broadcast transmission of ENTV services and NR unicast transmission of ENTV services; and One or more radio resource configurations for the UE are determined based on the type of the UE.

31. A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer or a processor, cause the computer or the processor to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

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