Method and system for broadcasting/multicasting in a communication network
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsPeter J. Armbruster, Nandakishore A. Albal
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Abstract
A method for providing a Broadcast/Multicast Service (BCMCS) content in a communication network (102) for managing the BCMCS content in the communication network is disclosed. The method includes receiving (404) a request for the BCMCS content from an AT (106). The method also includes directing (406) a content server (202) to initiate transmission of the BCMCS content. Further, the method includes establishing (408) a bearer channel between the content server and the AT.
Claims20
A method for providing a Broadcast/Multicast Service (BCMCS) content to at least one access terminal (AT) in a communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for the BCMCS content from the at least one AT, the request being received at a network controller in the communication network;
- directing a content server in the communication network to initiate transmission of the BCMCS content to the at least one AT, the content server being directed by the network controller based on the request from the at least one AT and network topology information stored at one of the network controller and a Network Topology Server (NTS);
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- establishing a BCMCS bearer channel between the content server and the at least one AT for transmitting the BCMCS content, the BCMCS bearer channel being established using at least one channel element.
A method for providing a Broadcast/Multicast Service (BCMCS) content in a communication network, the method comprising:
- providing BCMCS content information to at least one channel element in the communication network based on network topology information stored at one of a network controller and a network topology server (NTS) in the communication network;
- registering the at least one channel element at the network controller;
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- directing a content server in the communication network to initiate transmission of the BCMCS content to the at least one channel element.
A Network Topology Server (NTS) for managing a Broadcast/Multicast Service (BCMCS) content in a communication network, the NTS comprising:
- a control module capable of providing BCMCS content information to at least one channel element in the communication network;
- a network topology module capable of storing topology information of the communication network;
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- a flow control module capable of directing a network controller in the communication network to initiate transmission of the BCMCS content, the BCMCS content being transmitted from a content server in the communication network to the at least one channel element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.