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US 2014/0177512 A1Published application
Telecommunications apparatus and methods
AssigneeSca Ipla Holdings Inc.
InventorPaul Anthony Howard
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AssigneeSca Ipla Holdings Inc.
InventorPaul Anthony Howard
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A method and apparatus for transmitting data to terminal devices in a wireless telecommunications system. The data may be user-plane data associated with a repeating Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Services (MBMS) session to be transmitted using MBMS over a Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) in a network including at least one relay node supported by a donor base station. The method includes delivering the data from the base station to the relay node in advance of a scheduled transmission to terminal devices at a first time, and transmitting the data from the relay node to a terminal device at the first time. The relay node is configured to store the data in a cache. The relay node may then retrieve the data from the cache in advance of a scheduled transmission to terminal devices at a second time, and transmit the retrieved data to a terminal device at the second time.
A method of transmitting data to terminal devices in a wireless telecommunications system comprising a base station and a relay node for the base station, the method comprising:
A network for transmitting data to terminal devices in a wireless telecommunications system, wherein the network comprises a base station and a relay node for the base station, and the relay node comprises data cache, and wherein the base station is configured to transmit the data to be transmitted from the base station to the relay node and the relay node is configured to transmit the data to a terminal device at a first time and to store the data in the cache, and wherein the relay node is further configured to retrieve the data from the cache after having transmitted the data to a terminal device at the first time and to transmit the data at a second time.
A method of operating a relay node for a base station for transmitting data to terminal devices in a wireless telecommunications system, the method comprising:
A relay node for a base station for transmitting data to terminal devices in a wireless telecommunications system, wherein the relay node comprises a cache and wherein the relay node is configured to receive the data to be transmitted from the base station, to transmit the data to a terminal device at a first time, to store the data in the cache;
43-52. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.