Method and system for transmitting content in a wireless communication network
AssigneeWiChorus, Inc.
InventorsRehan Jalil, Mustafa Ergen
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for transmitting content in a wireless communication network. The method includes caching a content in each base station of a set of base stations in the wireless communication network. The content includes a plurality of packets. In response to caching the content, a first base station belonging to the set of base stations transmits a first group of packets of the content to a mobile station. The method further includes handing over the mobile station to a second base station. The second base station belongs to the set of the base stations. The second base station resumes transmission of a second group of packets of the content to the mobile station.
Claims16
A method for transmitting content in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- caching a content in each base station of a set of base stations in the wireless communication network, the content comprising a plurality of packets;
- transmitting a first group of packets of the content from a first base station to a mobile station, the first base station belonging to the set of base stations, the first group of packets belonging to the plurality of packets;
- handing over the mobile station to a second base station, the second base station belonging to the set of base stations;
- based upon handing over the mobile station to the second base station, tagging the first group of packets transmitted to the mobile station and conveying a tag index to at least the second base station, the tag index corresponding to an index of a last packet of the first group of packets transmitted to the mobile station;
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- resuming transmission of a second group of packets of the content from the second base station to the mobile station, the second group of packets belonging to the plurality of packets.
A method of transmitting a content to a mobile station in response to a handover of the mobile station from a first base station to a second base station, the method comprising:
- receiving a tag index corresponding to a last packet transmitted to the mobile station from the first base station, the last packet belonging to a first group of packets of the content transmitted to the mobile station from the first base station;
- identifying a second group of packets of content based on the tag index, wherein the second group of packets being subsequent to the first group of packets in the content;
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- transmitting the second group of packets of the content from the second base station to the mobile station.
A system for transmitting a content in a wireless communication network, the system comprising:
- a caching module, the caching module configured to cache the content in a first base station of a set of base stations in the wireless communication network, the content including a plurality of packets;
- a first transmitting module, the transmitting module transmitting a first group of packets of the content from the first base station to a mobile station, the first group of packets belonging to the plurality of packets of the content;
- a handover module, the handover module configured to handover the mobile station to a second base station, the second base station belonging to the set of base stations, to tag the first group of packets transmitted to the mobile station, and to convey a tag index to at least the second base station, the tag index corresponding to an index of a last packet of the first group of packets transmitted to the mobile station;
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- a second transmitting module, the second transmitting module configured to resume transmission of a second group of packets of the content from the second base station to the mobile station, the second group of packets belonging to the plurality of packets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.