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US 10,314,010 B2Granted
Apparatus for radio communication systems
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorNishiki Mizusawa
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Abstract
[Object] To enable provision of a service of MBSFN using frequency bands shared by a plurality of radio communication systems. [Solution] There is provided an apparatus, including: a first control unit configured to acquire scheduling information for MBSFN transmission in a frequency band shared by a plurality of radio communication systems and provide the scheduling information to two or more base stations belonging to an MBSFN area for the MBSFN transmission.
Claims16
An apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry including at least a processor and a memory, the circuitry configured to:
- acquire scheduling information for multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) over single frequency network (MBSFN) transmission in a frequency band shared by a plurality of radio communication systems;
- and
- provide the scheduling information to two or more base stations belonging to an MBSFN area for the MBSFN transmission,
- wherein the two or more base stations are each connected to a different core network, the circuitry is further configured to acquire frame synchronization information for synchronizing a radio frame for the frequency band and provide the frame synchronization information to the two or more base stations belonging to the MBSFN area, base stations of different cellular systems belong to the MBSFN area, the frame synchronization information includes information indicating a timing of the radio frame for the frequency band, and the circuitry is further configured to provide the frame synchronization information to the two or more base stations belonging to the MBSFN area.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry including at least a processor and a memory, the circuitry configured to:
- request a controller to allocate a multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) over single frequency network (MBSFN) area to a base station;
- acquire scheduling information which is scheduling information for MBSFN transmission in a frequency band shared by a plurality of radio communication systems and provided from the controller to the base station and at least another base station, the base station and the at least another base station belonging to the MBSFN area, and the base station and the at least another base station are each connected to a different core network;
- and
- control the MBSFN transmission in the frequency band by the base station in accordance with the scheduling information,
- the circuitry is further configured to acquire frame synchronization information for synchronizing a radio frame for the frequency band and provide the frame synchronization information to the two or more base stations belonging to the MBSFN area, base stations of different cellular systems belong to the MBSFN area, the frame synchronization information includes information indicating a timing of the radio frame for the frequency band, and the circuitry is further configured to provide the frame synchronization information to the two or more base stations belonging to the MBSFN area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.