US 12,323,892 B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting assistant information for a quick switch between broadcast and unicast transmission in a wireless communication system
Sangwon Kim, Seoul (KR); Sunghoon Jung, Seoul (KR); and Daewook Byun, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/758,429
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/000675
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/149986, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0008907 (KR), filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030347 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 4/50 (2018.02) [H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising,
receiving, by a wireless device from a network, a service via unicast;
detecting, by the wireless device, reception of the service via multicast and/or broadcast while receiving the service via unicast; and
transmitting, by the wireless device to the network, (i) an assistant information informing that the reception of the service via the multicast and/or the broadcast is successful and (ii) information related to a service identity corresponding to the service, while receiving the service via unicast.