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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Lisewski, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Mansoor Ali Shah Mohammed, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 72/1273 (2023.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 72/1273 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method may include receiving content for multicasting, identifying user equipment (UE) devices to receive the content and identifying a geographical or service area associated with the identified UE devices. The method may also include determining a scheduled time for a multicast transmission of the content and transmitting, prior to the scheduled time, a message to the devices, wherein the message indicates the scheduled time. The method may further include initiating the multicast transmission of the content at the scheduled time.