Embedded MBMS status information reporting of idle UE in supporting LTE MBMS audience measurement

摘要

A simple and effective mechanism is shown to determine and utilize information about idle user equipment which received MBMS services for purposes of audience monitoring. The implementation can be done by defining a new information element (IE) for a proposed MBMS status information and embedding the new IE into a UE-originated message of a network control signaling procedure, e.g., RRC Connection Request which may be sent at the convenience of the UE when it transitions from the idle state to the active state for its own purposes, i.e., purposes primarily other than audience monitoring.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
determining if user equipment has used a multimedia broadcast and multicast service in an idle state, and utilizing information concerning whether said user equipment has used said multimedia broadcast and multicast service in said idle state for audience monitoring, wherein said determining is carried out in said idle state in said user equipment and said utilizing comprises said user equipment storing information in a memory of said user equipment concerning multimedia broadcast and multicast service utilization while in said idle state, said method further comprising said user equipment sending said stored information to a network element in a user equipment originated message sent when the user equipment transitions from said idle state to an active state for a purpose primarily other than audience monitoring.