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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Michael F. Dolan, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Assignee:
Nokia of America Corporation, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/005 (2013.01); H04L 12/1881 (2013.01); H04W 72/121 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one example embodiment, a method includes allocating resources for a common Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) bearer, transmitting MBMS information to a plurality of user equipments (UEs), the MBMS information identifying the allocated resources for the common MBMS bearer, receiving a request to transmit content information using the common MBMS bearer and receiving the content information and transmitting the content information to the UEs using the common MBMS bearer