Scalable video coding over simultaneous unicast/multicast lte dl shared channel

A method for sending data, the method comprising:

• Sending, via a transmitter, a first configuration to a first WTRU, the first configuration causing the first WTRU to receive one or more multicast transmissions on a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH);
• sending, via the transmitter, a second configuration to a second WTRU, the second configuration causing the second WTRU to receive the one or more multicast transmissions on the DL-SCH;
• sending, via the transmitter, to the first WTRU at least one multicast transmission over the DL-SCH;
• sending, via the transmitter, to the second WTRU the at least one multicast transmission over the DL-SCH;
• receiving, via a receiver, a first signal quality measurement from the first WTRU;
• receiving, via a receiver, a second signal quality measurement from the second WTRU;
• determining, via a processor, a throughput for the at least one multicast transmission based, at least in part, on the lower of the first signal quality measurement or the second signal quality measurement;
• and
• adjusting at least one of:
• a unicast transmission or the multicast transmission based on the determined throughput.

An evolved node-B (eNB), comprising:

• a memory;
• a transmitter, the transmitter configured at least to:
• send a first configuration to a first WTRU, the first configuration causing the first WTRU to receive one or more multicast transmissions on a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH);
• send a second configuration to a second WTRU, the second configuration causing the second WTRU to receive the one or more multicast transmissions on the DL-SCH;
• send to the first WTRU at least one multicast transmission over the DL-SCH;
• and
• send to the second WTRU the at least one multicast transmission over the DL-SCH;
• a receiver, the receiver configured at least to:
• receive a first signal quality measurement from the first WTRU;
• and
• receive a second signal quality measurement from the second WTRU;
• and
• a processor, the processor configured at least to:
• determine a throughput for the at least one multicast transmission based, at least in part, on the lower of the first signal quality measurement or the second signal quality measurement;
• and
• adjust at least one of:
• a unicast transmission or the multicast transmission based on the determined throughput.