Broadcast Multicast Transmission Mode Selection for Lower Uplink Overhead

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current broadcast multicast services require terminal devices to indicate all interested services, leading to unnecessary uplink overheads.

Innovation Solution

Implement a communication method where the access network device determines a transmission mode for broadcast multicast services in connected, inactive, or idle states, reducing the need for terminal devices to report interest indications for other services.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If terminal devices indicate interest in all broadcast multicast services, then the network can maintain comprehensive service information, but uplink overheads increase unnecessarily

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice interest information completenessVSAvoiduplink overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating the information reporting requirement based on transmission mode. For first transmission mode (broadcast), terminal devices do not need to report service interest information, while for second transmission mode (multicast), terminal devices do report service interest information. This selective approach reduces overall uplink overhead while maintaining necessary service information for multicast services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Loss of information

If terminal devices report interest in all broadcast multicast services, then the network has complete service interest data, but communication efficiency decreases due to unnecessary signaling

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice interest indication informationVSAvoidcommunication efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements local quality by applying different reporting rules to different transmission modes. Terminal devices report service interest information only for second transmission mode (multicast) services, not for first transmission mode (broadcast) services. This selective reporting maintains necessary service interest data while eliminating unnecessary signaling overhead, thereby improving communication efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Loss of information

If the network requests service interest information for all broadcast multicast services, then complete service interest data can be collected, but signaling overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebroadcast multicast service interest informationVSAvoidsignaling overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating the information collection requirement based on transmission mode. The network requests service interest information from terminal devices only for second transmission mode (multicast) services, not for first transmission mode (broadcast) services. This selective information collection reduces signaling overhead while maintaining necessary service interest data for multicast services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12615684B2Communication method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2026.04.28 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A coordinated transmission control method, apparatus, and system. A primary access point and a secondary access point determine whether to perform coordinated transmission through inter-cell configuration parameter sharing and based on a dual decision condition of an interference test. An anti-interference beamforming manner is determined based on a specific cell configuration parameter, and whether to perform coordinated transmission is determined with reference to the dual decision condition of the interference test, wherein the primary and secondary access points learn an interference status in advance to prevent unnecessary retransmission resulting from interference caused during actual coordinated transmission.