System and method for providing selection diversity for multicasting content
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsKarri Ranta-Aho, Antti Toskala
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and system for providing multicasting content in a network having several cells which can communicate with one or more terminals such as user equipments, the terminals being able to select which cell or cells they desire to communicate which, wherein at least some of the cells transmitting multicasting content also transmit cell information on one or more other cells transmitting the same multicasting content, the terminal or terminals selecting one of the cells transmitting multicasting content which the terminal intends to receive, based on this information.
Claims30
A method, comprising:
- transmitting a multicasting content by multiple cells;
- and
- transmitting cell information, by at least one of said multiple cells, on one or more other cells, wherein said cell information indicates which cells transmit the same multicasting content.
A method, comprising:
- receiving cell information from at least two cells;
- wherein said cell information indicates which cells transmit same multicasting content,
- comparing quality of reception from said at least two cells;
- and
- selecting at least one cell from which to receive a multicasting content based at least in part on the cell information.
A system, comprising:
- a network;
- cells of the network configured to communicate with the one or more terminals, wherein the system is configured to provide multicasting content in the network,
- at least one of the cells is configured to transmit multicasting content and cell information on one or more other cells transmitting the same multicasting content,
- the cell information is configured to indicate which cells are transmitting the same multicasting content.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive multicasting content from one or more cells in a network and to receive cell information from at least one cells, wherein said cell information indicates which cells transmit the same multicasting content;
- and
- a processor configured to select at least one cell, from said one or more cells, from which to receive the multicasting content the terminal is interested in based at least in part on said cell information.
An apparatus, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving multicasting content in a network having cells that can communicate with the apparatus;
- and
- selecting means for selecting at least one cell to communicate with based on cell information transmitted from the cells and for indicating the cells that are transmitting the same multicasting content, wherein the selecting means is configured to select one of the cells transmitting multicasting content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.