Method and system for a multicast service initiation in a communication system
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsRagulan Sinnarajah, Jun Wang, Nikolai K.N. Leung, Tao Chen
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Abstract
Method and a system for multicast service notification in cellular telephone system to enable the cellular telephone systems to provide both multicast and point-to-point services are disclosed. Several embodiments describe the signaling interaction between an access network and subscriber stations belonging to a multicast group to allow the access network to properly notify the subscriber stations of a the multicast service. Such a signaling further allows the subscriber stations to recognize the multicast service notification to participate in the multicast service.
Claims46
A method in a communication system, comprising:
- including an indicator into a first slot on a first channel;
- and
- including a multicast service notification into a message conveyed in a second slot on a second channel, the second slot corresponding to the first slot, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
An apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
- means for including an indicator into a first slot on a first channel;
- and
- means for including a multicast service notification into a message conveyed in a second slot on a second channel, the second slot corresponding to the first slot, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by an apparatus in a communication system, cause the apparatus to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
- at least one instruction to cause the apparatus to include an indicator into a first slot on a first channel;
- and
- at least one instruction to cause the apparatus to include a multicast service notification into a message conveyed in a second slot on a second channel, the second slot corresponding to the first slot, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
A method of operating a subscriber station in a communication system, comprising:
- decoding an indicator from a first slot on a first channel;
- and
- decoding a multicast service notification in a second slot on a second channel, the second slot corresponding to the first slot, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
An apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
- means for decoding an indicator from a first slot on a first channel;
- and
- means for decoding a multicast service notification in a second slot on a second channel, the second slot corresponding to the first slot, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by an apparatus for a multicast service notification in a communication system, cause the apparatus to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
- at least one instruction to cause the apparatus to decode an indicator from a first slot on a first channel;
- and
- at least one instruction to cause the apparatus to decode a multicast service notification in a second slot on a second channel, the second slot corresponding to the first slot, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
A method of operating an apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
- monitoring a slot of a channel;
- and
- decoding a message conveyed in the slot to determine if a multicast service notification was included in the message.
A subscriber station in a communication system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage medium coupled to the processor and containing a set of instructions executable by the processor to:
- monitor a slot of a channel;
- and
- decode a message conveyed in the slot to determine if a multicast service notification was included in the message.
A subscriber station in a communication system, comprising:
- means for monitoring a slot of a channel;
- and
- means for decoding a message conveyed in the slot to determine if a multicast service notification was included in the message.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a subscriber station in a communication system, cause the subscriber station to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
- at least one instruction to cause the subscriber station to monitor a slot of a channel;
- and
- at least one instruction to cause the subscriber station to decode a message conveyed in the slot to determine if a multicast service notification was included in the message
A method of operating an apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
- including an indicator into a pre-determined slot on a first channel;
- and
- including a multicast service notification into a message conveyed in a slot on a second channel, the slot corresponding to the pre-determined slot on the first channel, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
An apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage medium coupled to the processor and containing a set of instructions executable by the processor to:
- include an indicator into a pre-determined slot on a first channel;
- and
- include a multicast service notification into a message conveyed in a slot on a second channel, the slot corresponding to the pre-determined slot on the first channel, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
An apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
- means for including an indicator into a pre-determined slot on a first channel;
- and
- means for including a multicast service notification into a message conveyed in a slot on a second channel, the slot corresponding to the pre-determined slot on the first channel, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by an apparatus in a communication system, cause the apparatus to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
- at least one instruction to cause the apparatus to include an indicator into a pre-determined slot on a first channel;
- and
- at least one instruction to cause the apparatus to include a multicast service notification into a message conveyed in a slot on a second channel, the slot corresponding to the pre-determined slot on the first channel, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
A method of operating a subscriber station in a communication system, comprising:
- decoding an indicator from a pre-determined slot on a first channel;
- and
- decoding a multicast service notification in a slot on a second channel, the slot corresponding to the pre-determined slot on the first channel, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
A subscriber station in a communication system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage medium coupled to the processor and containing a set of instructions executable by the processor to:
- decode an indicator from a pre-determined slot on a first channel;
- and
- decode a multicast service notification in a slot on a second channel, the slot corresponding to the pre-determined slot on the first channel, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
A subscriber station in a communication system, comprising:
- means for decoding an indicator from a pre-determined slot on a first channel;
- and
- means for decoding a multicast service notification in a slot on a second channel, the slot corresponding to the pre-determined slot on the first channel, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a subscriber station in a communication system, cause the subscriber station to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
- at least one instruction to cause the subscriber station to decode an indicator from a pre-determined slot on a first channel;
- and
- at least one instruction to cause the subscriber station to decode a multicast service notification in a slot on a second channel, the slot corresponding to the pre-determined slot on the first channel, if a multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.