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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2008
Henri Markus Koskinen, Espoo, FI;
Hongyuan Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Leping Huang, Tokyo, JP;
Kodo Shu, Kanagawa, JP;
Johanna Katariina Pekonen, Espoo, FI;
Demian Martos-riano, Berlin, DE;
Henri Markus Koskinen, Espoo, FI;
Hongyuan Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Leping Huang, Tokyo, JP;
Kodo Shu, Kanagawa, JP;
Johanna Katariina Pekonen, Espoo, FI;
Demian Martos-Riano, Berlin, DE;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A system and method for controlling base stations for multimedia broadcast communications. In one embodiment, a base station includes a reporting subsystem configured to broadcast at least one of a counting report request and a channel quality indictor report request to user equipment in a service area thereof. The reporting subsystem is also configured to process at least one of a counting report and a channel quality indicator report received from the user equipment and provide an activity status report therefrom. The base station also includes a dynamic single frequency network subsystem configured to determine to provide multimedia broadcast and multicast services in the service area thereof as a function of an activity status report from another base station.