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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Caroline Jactat, Kawasaki, JP;
Sadafuku Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Jonathan Lewis, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04Q 1/20 (2006.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/005 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/21 (2018.02);
Abstract
A communication system is described in which an MBMS service is provided by unicast or broadcast/multicast communication in dependence on whether the number of mobile communication devices indicating an interest in receiving the service is below or above a broadcast threshold. An improved procedure for counting the number of mobile communication devices interested in receiving the MBMS service is also disclosed.