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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Binita Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
An Mei Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Devarshi Shah, San Diego, CA (US);
Linbo LI, San Diego, CA (US);
Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, San Diego, CA (US);
Ashok Mantravadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Taoufik Tani, San Diego, CA (US);
Binita Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
An Mei Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Devarshi Shah, San Diego, CA (US);
Linbo Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, San Diego, CA (US);
Ashok Mantravadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Taoufik Tani, San Diego, CA (US);
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for RF channel switching in a multi-frequency network. In an aspect, a method includes identifying a multiplex set that comprises one or more content flows, wherein the multiplex set is one of a vertical multiplex (VM) set and a unified multiplex (UM) set, generating an overhead message that associates one or more RF carrier frequencies with the one or more content flows, and transmitting the overhead message over the multi-frequency network. An apparatus includes input logic configured to receive an overhead message that associates one or more content flows with one or more RF carrier frequencies, and processing logic configured to detect a channel switch event that identifies a selected content flow, determine a selected RF carrier frequency associated with the selected content flow based on the overhead message, and switch to the selected RF carrier frequency to receive the selected content flow.