SMOOTH TRANSITION BETWEEN MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICE (MBMS) AND UNICAST SERVICE BY DEMAND

Techniques are provided for smooth transition between broadcast/multicast transmission and unicast transmission. A method for managing unicast and multicast services switching in a multi-band/multi-frequency wireless communications system (WCS) capable of both unicast and multicast signaling include...

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Hauptverfasser:	LO, Charles N, NAIK, Nagaraju, WALKER, Gordon Kent, LEE, Kuo-Chun, PAZOS, Carlos Marcelo Dias, MAHENDRAN, Arungundram Chandrasekaran, CHERIAN, George, WANG, Jun, HALL, Edward Robert, ZHANG, Xiaoxia, BAO, Gang, SHAUH, Jack Shyh-Hurng
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:	Techniques are provided for smooth transition between broadcast/multicast transmission and unicast transmission. A method for managing unicast and multicast services switching in a multi-band/multi-frequency wireless communications system (WCS) capable of both unicast and multicast signaling includes determining whether an aggregate demand for a content provided via dedicated unicast transmissions exceeds a threshold. The method includes switching transmission of the content from the dedicated unicast transmissions on one frequency to a multicast transmission on a second or more frequencies in response to determining that the aggregate demand exceeds the threshold.