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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Mark Beckmann, Braunschweig, DE;
Michael Eckert, Braunschweig, DE;
Martin Hans, Hildesheim, DE;
Andreas Otte, Celle, DE;
Mark Beckmann, Braunschweig, DE;
Michael Eckert, Braunschweig, DE;
Martin Hans, Hildesheim, DE;
Andreas Otte, Celle, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method is provided for transmitting data from a sender to a number of receivers. Also provided are an emitting and/or receiving unit and a communication system. The present invention seeks to provide a method, an emitting and/or receiving unit and a communication system for the efficient, resource saving and energy saving transmission of data to a group of receivers of a point-to-multipoint service. To this end, a point-to-multipoint service is carried out as an extension of a broadcast service CBS in a multi-layer protocol system, providing a multimedia transmission and/or a multicast service, preferably in the form of a multimedia broadcast/multicast service MBMS, during the distribution and/or planning of the use of system resources and the use of a discontinuous reception DRX.