Wireless communication system that selects and broadcasts FM media streams on a per-base station basis
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsGary Duane Koller, Mark Douglas Peden, Simon Youngs, Raymond Emilio Reeves
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Abstract
A wireless communication system broadcasts using Frequency Modulation (FM) in a Very High Frequency (VHF) band. In the system, base stations exchange wireless communications with user devices including user media requests and the requested media. A control system processes the user media requests to identify media streams for individual base stations. The individual base stations wirelessly broadcast the media streams identified by the control system using FM in the VHF band. The base stations wirelessly notify the user devices of the media stream FM broadcasts.
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A method of operating a wireless communication system to broadcast using Frequency Modulation (FM) in a Very High Frequency (VHF) band, the method comprising:
- in a first base station system, wirelessly exchanging first wireless communications with a first plurality of user devices wherein the first wireless communications comprise first user media requests for a first live event and a first media stream for the first live event;
- in a second base station system, wirelessly exchanging second wireless communications with a second plurality of user devices wherein the second wireless communications comprise second user media requests for a second live event and a second media stream for the second live event;
- in a control system, processing the first user media requests to determine that demand for the first live event exceeds a first threshold, and in response, to identify the first user devices that requested the first live event to the first base station system and processing the second user media requests to determine that demand for the second live event exceeds a second threshold, and in response, to identify the second user devices that requested the second live event to the second base station system;
- in the first base station system, wirelessly broadcasting the first media stream for the first live event using FM in the VHF band and wirelessly notifying at least some of the first user devices that requested the first live event of the first media stream FM broadcast responsive to the control system;
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- in the second base station system, wirelessly broadcasting the second media stream for the second live event using FM in the VHF band and wirelessly notifying at least some of the second user devices that requested the second live event of the second media stream FM broadcast responsive to the control system.
A wireless communication system to broadcast using Frequency Modulation (FM) in a Very High Frequency (VHF) band, the method comprising:
- a first base station system configured to wirelessly exchange first wireless communications with a first plurality of user devices wherein the first wireless communications comprise first user media requests for a first live event and a first media stream for the first live event;
- a second base station system configured to wirelessly exchange second wireless communications with a second plurality of user devices wherein the second wireless communications comprise second user media requests for a second live event and a second media stream for the second live event;
- a control system configured to process the first user media requests to determine that demand for the first live event exceeds a first threshold, and in response, to identify the first user devices that requested the first live event to the first base station system and process the second user media requests to determine that demand for the second live event exceeds a second threshold, and in response, to identify the second user devices that requested the second live event to the second base station system;
- the first base station system configured to wirelessly broadcast the first media stream for the first live event using FM in the VHF band and wirelessly notify at least some of the first user devices that requested the first live event of the first media stream FM broadcast responsive to the control system;
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- the second base station system configured to wirelessly broadcast the second media stream for the second live event using FM in the VHF band and wirelessly notify at least some of the second user devices that requested the second live event of the second media stream FM broadcast responsive to the control system.
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