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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Intellectual Ventures Ii Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intellectual Ventures II LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 76/40 (2018.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0289 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04W 76/40 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Downlink control plane information may be transmitted with a first radio access technology (RAT) of a first frequency. Downlink user plane data may be transmitted with utilization of a second RAT of a second frequency. The downlink user plane data may be multicast multimedia data and communicated based on the downlink control plane information. The first RAT and the second RAT may communicate with a same gateway to allow a direct tunnel transmission from a broadcast or multicast service center to a user equipment (UE).