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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2020
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, IN;
Abhay Karandikar, Maharashtra, IN;
Prasanna Chaporkar, Maharashtra, IN;
Pranav Kumar Jha, Haryana, IN;
Sadaf Ul Zuhra, Srinagar, IN;
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY, Maharashtra, IN;
Abstract
Methods and systems for using multi-connectivity for multicast transmissions in a communication system. A method disclosed herein includes using multi-connectivity that enables at least one User Equipment (UE) to receive at least one Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) content from the plurality of BSs at a time on different physical resource blocks. The method further includes enabling the plurality of BSs to maintain independent MBMS sessions for transmitting the at least one MBMS content to the at least one UE without synchronization. The method further includes enabling the at least one UE to combine the at least one MBMS content received from the plurality of BSs or to select a MBMS content from the received at least one MBMS content.