Method of multiplexing unicast and multicast transmissions
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorDurga Prasad Malladi
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multiplexing of unicast and multicast transmissions in a wireless communication system, such as OFDMA. According to various aspects, the system and methods are employed for selecting an appropriate multiplexing scheme in light of limitations such as system bandwidth and mobile terminal reception bandwidth capability, and uplink load of the wireless communication system.
Claims26
A method of performing multicast and unicast transmission in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- determining, in a component, an uplink load of the system;
- and
- selecting, in another component, a multiplexing scheme for multiplexing multicast and unicast transmissions over system resources based on the uplink load and a radio-frequency (RF) reception bandwidth capability of one or more mobile terminals.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a monitoring component that monitors uplink load in a wireless communications system;
- and
- a scheduling component that selects an appropriate unicast transmission and multicast transmission multiplexed transmission scheme for multiplexing multicast and unicast transmissions over system resources based at least in part upon the uplink load and a radio-frequency (RF) reception bandwidth capability of one or more mobile terminals.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the following acts:
- determining an uplink load of a wireless communications system;
- and
- selecting a multiplexing scheme for multiplexing multicast and unicast transmissions over system resources based on the uplink load and a radio-frequency (RF) reception bandwidth capability of one or more mobile terminals.
A processor having stored thereon, as part of a non-transitory storage medium, computer executable instructions for performing the following acts:
- determining an uplink load of a wireless communications system;
- determining a radio-frequency (RF) reception bandwidth capability of one or more mobile terminals;
- and
- selecting a multiplexing scheme for multiplexing multicast and unicast transmissions over system resources based on the uplink load and the RF reception bandwidth capability of the one or more mobile terminals.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for determining an uplink load of a wireless communications system;
- and
- means for selecting an appropriate unicast transmission and multicast transmission multiplexing scheme for multiplexing multicast and unicast transmissions over system resources based at least in part on the uplink load and a radio-frequency (RF) reception bandwidth capability of one or more mobile systems within the wireless communications system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.