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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2017
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Athul Prasad, Helsinki, FI;
Zexian Li, Espoo, FI;
Mikko Uusitalo, Helsinki, FI;
Petteri Lunden, Espoo, FI;
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A system comprising: a plurality of base stations forming a multicast broadcast single frequency network operating using unlicensed frequency resources; and a network element configured to allocate a transmission period to each of the plurality of base stations, wherein each base station is configured to independently determine whether the unlicensed frequency resources are available for transmission, and transmit a data packet using the unlicensed frequency resources during the allocated transmission period only if the unlicensed frequency resources are determined to be available.