5G MBS Search Space Configuration for Reduced Blind Decoding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing 5G mobile communication systems face challenges in efficiently implementing enhanced multicast and broadcast services, particularly in optimizing resource allocation and search space configuration for multicast broadcast services (MBS) to reduce blind decoding and improve data transmission efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A communication control method that dynamically configures search spaces and resource allocation for MBS channels, using specific and common search spaces to optimize resource utilization and minimize blind decoding, allowing for efficient transmission of MBS data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If dynamic search space configuration is implemented for MBS channels, then resource allocation efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveMBS data transmission efficiencyVSAvoidsearch space configuration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The search space is divided into multiple types (first type and second type) with different configurations. The first search space type is configured for specific MBS channels while the second type is configured for common MBS channels, allowing differentiated resource allocation and reducing overall system complexity through structured segmentation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The base station dynamically configures search spaces based on MBS service requirements. The network can flexibly adjust search space parameters including monitoring occasions, periodicity, and resource allocation according to traffic patterns and service priorities, enabling adaptive optimization of MBS data transmission efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Loss of time

If blind decoding is reduced through search space optimization, then processing overhead is decreased, but detection precision may be affected

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveblind decoding timeVSAvoidchannel detection accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

Different search space types are assigned different quality characteristics. The first search space type is optimized for specific MBS channels with tailored monitoring configurations, while the second type provides broader coverage for common channels. This localized optimization reduces blind decoding requirements while maintaining adequate detection precision for each channel type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The base station pre-configures search space parameters and resource allocations before MBS data transmission begins. By establishing monitoring occasions, periodicity, and resource mappings in advance, the system eliminates the need for extensive blind decoding at the UE side, reducing processing time while maintaining detection accuracy through predetermined optimal configurations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4304274B1Communication control method and base station
Publication Date: 2026.03.18 KYOCERA CORP
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AI summary

In a first aspect, a communication control method is used in a mobile communication system for providing a multicast broadcast service (MBS) from a base station to a user equipment, the communication control method including: broadcasting, by a base station, an MBS system information block; and transmitting, by the base station, scheduling information of an MBS traffic channel on an MBS control channel, in which the MBS system information block includes a search space identifier for a user equipment to receive the MBS control channel, and the search space identifier indicates a search space that is a resource range to be decoded by the user equipment in a physical downlink control channel associated with the MBS control channel.