| US 7,499,435 B2 | ||
| Partial combining method and apparatus for multimedia broadcast/multicast service | ||
| No-Jun Kwak, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Kook-Heui Lee, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); Sung-Ho Choi, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Kyeong-In Jeong, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); and Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Middlesex (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/239,671. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0078108 (KR), filed on Sep. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0067281 A1, Mar. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 7/212 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—337 | 44 Claims |

| 1. A method for performing partial combining on a desired Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) service by a user
equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting an MBMS service, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving partial combinable information indicating at least one time period when a desired MBMS service is partial combinable
between a physical channel of a current cell where the UE is located and physical channels of concerned neighboring cells;
if a partial combining of the physical channel of the current cell with the physical channels of the neighboring cells is
possible, according to the partial combinable information, receiving MBMS service signals of the desired MBMS service through
the physical channel of the current cell and the partial-combinable physical channels of the neighboring cells; and
combining the received MBMS service signals.
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