Scheduling of software package transmissions on a multimedia broadcast multicast service channel

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• scheduling transmission of software packages on a broadcast/multicast downlink channel, wherein the schedule also includes media transmissions on the broadcast/multicast downlink channel, wherein the software package transmissions are scheduled for one or more of a plurality of time periods when the media transmissions are using less than or equal to a threshold capacity level of the broadcast/multicast downlink channel, and wherein the threshold capacity level is less than an entire capacity of the broadcast/multicast downlink channel;
• determining a particular software package related to a wireless computing device, wherein the particular software package is scheduled to begin transmission on the broadcast/multicast downlink channel during a particular time period of the plurality of time periods in which the particular software package can be completely transmitted without exceeding the capacity of the channel;
• and
• transmitting, to the wireless computing device, at least an identifier of the broadcast/multicast downlink channel, and an indication of the particular time period.

A computing device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• memory;
• and
• program instructions, stored in the memory, that upon execution by the at least one processor cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
• scheduling transmission of software packages on a broadcast/multicast downlink channel, wherein the schedule also includes media transmissions on the broadcast/multicast downlink channel, wherein the software package transmissions are scheduled for one or more of a plurality of time periods when the media transmissions are using less than or equal to a threshold capacity level of the broadcast/multicast downlink channel, and wherein the threshold capacity level is less than an entire capacity of the broadcast/multicast downlink channel;
• determining a particular software package related to a wireless computing device, wherein the particular software package is scheduled to begin transmission on the broadcast/multicast downlink channel during a particular time period of the plurality of time periods in which the particular software package can be completely transmitted without exceeding the capacity of the channel;
• and
• transmitting, to the wireless computing device, at least an identifier of the broadcast/multicast downlink channel, and an indication of the particular time period.