Localized network service

A network entity for providing a network service to a plurality of mobile terminals inside a service area, the mobile terminals being arranged to communicate with a cellular communication network and the service area being a part of a geographical area that is covered by the cellular communication network, the network entity comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and which stores program code that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations to:
• define a grid with grid lines, the grid covering the service area with one or more tiles framed by the grid lines;
• determine whether there is at least one split tile that results from splitting the one or more tiles along closer grid lines and that does not overlap with the service area;
• split the one or more tiles along the closer grid lines based on the determination whether there is at least one split tile;
• provide the network service in the split tiles that cover the service area;
• and
• notify mobile terminals of the split one or more tiles via a broadcast to the mobile terminals,
• wherein communication resources related to performing the broadcast are compared to a threshold, and wherein the broadcast is performed in waves of broadcasts or time slots when the threshold is exceeded.

A computer program product for providing a network service to a plurality of mobile terminals inside a service area, the mobile terminals being arranged to communicate with a cellular communication network and the service area being a part of a geographical area that is covered by the cellular communication network, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code, the program code, when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• defining a grid with grid lines, the grid covering the service area with one or more tiles framed by the grid lines;
• determining whether there is at least one split tile that results from splitting the one or more tiles along closer grid lines and that does not overlap with the service area;
• splitting the one or more tiles along the closer grid lines based on the determining;
• providing the network service in the split tiles that cover the service area;
• and
• notifying mobile terminals of the split one or more tiles via a broadcast to the mobile terminals,
• wherein communication resources related to performing the broadcast are compared to a threshold, and wherein the broadcast is performed in waves of broadcasts or time slots when the threshold is exceeded.