Quality of service control in a multicast transmission

A system for dynamically controlling Quality-of-Service (QoS) for a multicast transmission from a network entity of a wireless communications system (WCS), comprising:

• at least one processor configured for initiating a multicast transmission session having an initial QoS and broadcast in a multicast area comprising multiple cells, for generating an updated QoS for the multicast transmission session prior to termination of the multicast transmission session and in response to a network load factor for the multicast area comprising a measure of the aggregate bandwidth determined by processing bandwidth information from base stations in the multicast area, and for announcing that the updated QoS will take effect at a specified frame boundary or time during the multicast transmission session;
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• a memory coupled to the at least one processor for storing data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code for initiating a multicast transmission session having an initial QoS and broadcast in a multicast area comprising multiple cells, for generating an updated QoS for the multicast transmission session prior to termination of the multicast transmission session and in response to a network load factor for the multicast area comprising a measure of the aggregate bandwidth determined by processing bandwidth information from base stations in the multicast area, and for announcing that the updated QoS will take effect at a specified frame boundary or time during the multicast transmission session.

A system for using a multicast transmission having a dynamically controlled Quality-of-Service (QoS), comprising:

• at least one processor configured for receiving a content via a multicast transmission session in a wireless communications system, for receiving an updated QoS and an announcement that the updated QoS will take effect at a specified frame boundary or time during the multicast transmission session, and for processing a subsequent portion of the content according to the updated QoS starting at the specified frame boundary or time, the updated QoS generated in response to a network load factor for a multicast area comprising a measure of aggregate available bandwidth determined by processing bandwidth information from base station in the multicast area;
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• a memory coupled to the at least one processor for storing data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code for receiving a content via a multicast transmission session in a wireless communications system, for receiving an updated QoS and an announcement that the updated QoS will take effect at a specified frame boundary or time during the multicast transmission session, and for processing a subsequent portion of the content according to the updated QoS starting at the specified frame boundary or time, wherein the updated QoS is generated in response to a network load factor for a multicast area comprising a measure of aggregate available bandwidth determined by processing bandwidth information from base station in the multicast area.