Configuring a multicast or broadcast wireless network
AssigneeIntellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC
InventorBent H. Rysgaard
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Abstract
A Multicast-Broadcast over a Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) message may be multicasted to a cluster of network elements. Using multicasting or unicasting based on a number of unacknowledged network elements of the cluster of network elements, the MBSFN message may be retransmitted to unacknowledged network elements in the cluster of network elements, subsequent to a time period to receive an acknowledgement message from a first and a second network element.
Claims12
A network device comprising:
- a processor;
- wherein:
- the processor is configured to provide data for a service to a plurality of user equipment (UE), wherein the data includes multimedia broadcast/multicast services (MBMS) data;
- the processor is further configured to send data relating to the service using Internet Protocol (IP) multicast for broadcast/multicast by a plurality of base stations;
- and
- the processor is still further configured to send data relating to the service using IP unicast to at least one base station for communication to at least one UE of the plurality of UEs.
A method performed by a networking device, the method comprising:
- providing data for a service to a plurality of user equipment (UE), wherein the data includes multimedia broadcast/multicast services (MBMS) data;
- sending data relating to the service using Internet Protocol (IP) multicast for broadcast/multicast by a plurality of base stations;
- and
- sending data relating to the service using IP unicast to at least one base station for communication to at least one UE of the plurality of UEs.
At least one non-transient computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing at least one processor to perform a method of:
- provide data for a service to a plurality of user equipment (UE), wherein the data includes multimedia broadcast/multicast services (MBMS) data;
- send data relating to the service using Internet Protocol (IP) multicast for broadcast/multicast by a plurality of base stations;
- and
- send data relating to the service using IP unicast to at least one base station for communication to at least one UE of the plurality of UEs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.