Method and apparatus for switching between multicast/broadcast and unicast service
AssigneeAlcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
InventorsZulfiquar Sayeed, Edward Grinshpun
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Abstract
Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for switching between multicast/broadcast and unicast service. Some embodiments of the method include determining a number of first users in a first cell receiving one or more first sessions for unicasting content in response to a second user in the first cell requesting the content. Some embodiments of the method also include assigning the first and second users to a second session for broadcasting or multicasting time-aligned content in response to the number of first users being larger than a threshold.
Claims26
A method, comprising:
- determining a number of first users in a first cell receiving at least one first session for unicasting content in response to a request for the content from a second user in the first cell;
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- assigning the first and second users to a second session for broadcasting or multicasting time-aligned content in response to the number of first users being larger than a first threshold.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a controller configured to determine a number of first users in a first cell receiving at least one first session for unicasting content in response to a request for the content from a second user in the first cell, wherein the controller is configured to assign the first and second users to a second session for broadcasting or multicasting time-aligned content in response to the number of first users being larger than a first threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.