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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Alkinoos Hector Vayanos, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US);
Alkinoos Hector Vayanos, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US);
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
To transmit notification indicators for broadcast and multicast services, a base station maps the services to random sequences based on their identifiers. The base station generates the random sequence for each service based on a hash function or a PN generator and the service identifier. Each random sequence is associated with a specific location for sending a notification indicator in each frame. The locations for the notification indicators for each random sequence are randomized with respect to the locations for the notification indicators for each remaining random sequence. This randomness characteristic reduces the likelihood of false alarm. For each service, the base station sets the notification indicators to the same notification value in each modification period. The base station transmits the notification indicators for each service at the random locations determined by the random sequence for the service.