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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2001
Hijin Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Narumi Umeda, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Takao, Yokohama, JP;
Kobaruto Shimada, Yokosuka, JP;
Hijin Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Narumi Umeda, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Takao, Yokohama, JP;
Kobaruto Shimada, Yokosuka, JP;
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
One preferred embodiment of the invention provides a wireless base station which provides a multicasting service to simultaneously transmit identical data to a plurality of wireless terminals. A wireless base station is connected to a plurality of wireless terminals and provides a multicasting service for a plurality of wireless terminals. The wireless base station determines autonomously whether it provides the multicasting service for the plurality of wireless terminals. Another preferred embodiment of the invention provides a method of selecting a wireless base station for a wireless terminal, the wireless base station providing a multicasting service for the wireless terminal. When the wireless terminal can receive the same multicasting information from a plurality of wireless base stations, the wireless terminal selects one of the plurality of wireless base stations so as to make the number of the wireless base stations that send the same multicasting information as small as possible.