Base Station CU-DU Signaling for MBS Traffic Mode Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

The introduction of CU-DU architecture in base stations has not been accompanied by a clear method for supporting multicast broadcast service (MBS) traffic transmission.

Innovation Solution

Implementing first signaling from the CU to the DU with information about MBS traffic, enabling the DU to generate configuration information for MBS traffic transmission in either PTM or PTP mode, and subsequently transmitting this configuration back to the CU.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a user equipment camps on a frequency point without synchronization signal blocks and performs blind detection, then the user equipment can camp on the frequency point, but the power consumption increases and detection accuracy decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection accuracyVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The network side performs preliminary action by pre-configuring indication information that tells the user equipment whether synchronization signal blocks exist on target frequency points before the user equipment performs detection. This allows the user equipment to avoid blind detection and directly access known synchronization signal blocks, thereby reducing power consumption and improving detection accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If the user equipment performs blind detection on frequency points, then the user equipment can camp on frequencies, but the camp speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecamp speedVSAvoidtime for frequency camping
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The network side provides preliminary information about synchronization signal block locations through indication information. This allows user equipment to skip time-consuming blind detection processes and directly camp on frequency points by accessing known synchronization signal blocks, significantly improving camp speed and reducing time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If no indication information is provided about synchronization signal blocks, then the system maintains simplicity, but the user equipment cannot accurately detect synchronization signal blocks

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection precisionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces indication information as an intermediary element that carries synchronization signal block location information from the network side to the user equipment. This intermediary mechanism enables precise detection without requiring complex blind detection algorithms, thereby improving measurement precision while maintaining relatively simple system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4199551B1Information control method and apparatus and base station
Publication Date: 2026.05.13 VIVO MOBILE COMM CO LTD
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AI summary

This application discloses an information control method and apparatus and a base station. The information control method applied to a base station includes: transmitting first signaling from a CU of the base station to a DU of the base station, where the first signaling includes information about MBS traffic, and the information about MBS traffic is used to indicate the DU that the MBS traffic is to be transmitted in a first mode; generating configuration information related to the MBS traffic in the DU; and transmitting the configuration information from the DU to the CU.