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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Malek Shahid, Wiltshire, GB;
Louis Gwyn Samuel, Wiltshire, GB;
Gerhard Helmut Hertlein, Hoechstadt, DE;
Malek Shahid, Wiltshire, GB;
Louis Gwyn Samuel, Wiltshire, GB;
Gerhard Helmut Hertlein, Hoechstadt, DE;
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for delivering multicast data to a plurality of mobile devices. The method comprises providing data using a first technique, such as multicast over HS-DSCH, to a first portion of the plurality of mobile devices, and providing data using a second technique, such as multicast over DCH or FACH, to a second portion of the plurality of mobile devices. The type of multicast technique used is based upon a quality of communications, such as the long term block error rate, that exists with respect to each of the mobile devices.