Method of multiplexing unicast and multicast transmissions
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorDurga Prasad Malladi
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multiplexing of unicast and multicast transmissions in a wireless communication system, such as OFDMA. According to various aspects, the system and methods are employed for selecting an appropriate multiplexing scheme in light of limitations such as system bandwidth and mobile terminal reception bandwidth capability, and uplink load of the wireless communication system.
Claims25
A method of performing multicast and unicast transmission in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- determining an uplink load of the system;
- and
- selecting a multiplexing scheme based on one of the uplink load and radio-frequency (RF) reception capability of one or more mobile terminals.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a monitoring component that monitors uplink load in a wireless communications system;
- and
- a scheduling component that selects an appropriate unicast transmission and multicast transmission multiplexed transmission scheme based at least in part upon the uplink load.
A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the following acts:
- determining an uplink load of a wireless communications system;
- and
- selecting a multiplexing scheme based on one of the uplink load and radio-frequency (RF) reception capability of one of more mobile terminals. cm 23. The computer readable medium of claim 22, further comprising selecting one of a plurality of multiplexing schemes based at least in part upon comparing downlink transmission bandwidth of the system to the reception bandwidth capabilities of the one or more mobile terminals.
A processor having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the following acts:
- determining an uplink load of a wireless communications system;
- determining reception bandwidth capabilities of one or more mobile terminals;
- and
- selecting a multiplexing scheme based upon at least one of the uplink load and reception bandwidth capabilities of the one or more mobile terminals.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for determining an uplink load of wireless communications system;
- and
- means for selecting an appropriate unicast transmission and multicast transmission multiplexing scheme based at least in part on the uplink load and RF reception capabilities of one or more mobile systems within the wireless communications system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.