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US 9,288,746 B2Granted
Determination of available services in a broadcast network
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsRalph A. Gholmieh, Nagaraju Naik, Jun Wang, Kuo-Chun Lee, Carlos M. D. Pazos
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Abstract
The various embodiments enable a mobile device to determine the available services in a broadcast network based on an augmented coverage configuration file. In the various embodiments, the augmented coverage configuration file correlates the services for overlapping cells on different frequency carriers enabling the mobile device to determine the available services without having to scan additional frequency carriers.
Claims27
A method for determining available services for a broadcast network, comprising:
- receiving an identification (“ID”) of a current cell (“current cell ID”) at a mobile device;
- determining whether the current cell ID is listed in an augmented coverage configuration file, wherein the augmented coverage configuration file lists cell IDs of cells in the broadcast network that overlap in coverage of a geographic area;
- determining one or more available services for the current cell and another cell operating on a different frequency carrier based on the augmented coverage configuration file when the current cell ID is listed in the augmented coverage configuration file;
- and
- adding the determined available services to a list of available services on the mobile device.
2 more elements
A mobile device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an identification (“ID”) of a current cell (“current cell ID”);
- determining whether the current cell ID is listed in an augmented coverage configuration file, wherein the augmented coverage configuration file lists cell IDs of cells in a broadcast network that overlap in coverage of a geographic area;
- determining one or more available services for the current cell and another cell operating on a different frequency carrier based on the augmented coverage configuration file when the current cell ID is listed in the augmented coverage configuration file;
- and
- adding the determined available services to a list of available services on the mobile device.
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A non-transitory processor-readable medium configured with processor-executable instructions to cause a processor of a mobile device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an identification (“ID”) of a current cell (“current cell ID”);
- determining whether the current cell ID is listed in an augmented coverage configuration file, wherein the augmented coverage configuration file lists cell IDs of cells in a broadcast network that overlap in coverage of a geographic area;
- determining one or more available services for the current cell and another cell operating on a different frequency carrier based on the augmented coverage configuration file when the current cell ID is listed in the augmented coverage configuration file;
- and
- adding the determined available services to a list of available services on the mobile device.
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A method for determining available services for a broadcast network, comprising:
- receiving an identification (“ID”) of a current cell (“current cell ID”) at a mobile device;
- receiving a service description in the mobile device;
- determining whether the current cell ID is listed in an augmented coverage configuration file, wherein the augmented coverage configuration file lists cell IDs of cells in the broadcast network that overlap in coverage of a geographic area;
- determining a service area for the current cell ID based on the augmented coverage configuration file when the current cell ID is listed in the augmented coverage configuration file;
- determining one or more available services for the determined service area on two different frequency carriers based on the service description;
- and
- adding the determined available services to a list of available services on the mobile device.
4 more elements
A mobile device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an identification (“ID”) of a current cell (“current cell ID”);
- receiving a service description;
- determining whether the current cell ID is listed in an augmented coverage configuration file, wherein the augmented coverage configuration file lists cell IDs of cells in the broadcast network that overlap in coverage of a geographic area;
- determining a service area for the current cell ID based on the augmented coverage configuration file when the current cell ID is listed in the augmented coverage configuration file;
- determining one or more available services for the determined service area on two different frequency carriers based on the service description;
- and
- adding the determined available services to a list of available services on the mobile device.
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A non-transitory processor-readable medium configured with processor-executable instructions to cause a processor of a mobile device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an identification (“ID”) of a current cell (“current cell ID”);
- receiving a service description;
- determining whether the current cell ID is listed in an augmented coverage configuration file, wherein the augmented coverage configuration file lists cell IDs of cells in the broadcast network that overlap in coverage of a geographic area;
- determining a service area for the current cell ID based on the augmented coverage configuration file when the current cell ID is listed in the augmented coverage configuration file;
- determining one or more available services for the determined service area on two different frequency carriers based on the service description;
- and
- adding the determined available services to a list of available services on the mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.