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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Mary S. Chan, Chatham, NJ (US);
James W. Mcgowan, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Michael C. Recchione, Nutley, NJ (US);
Mary S. Chan, Chatham, NJ (US);
James W. McGowan, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Michael C. Recchione, Nutley, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for delivering content to a mobile terminal in a wireless network. A base station in a wireless network delivers content to a mobile terminal by determining if a packet from the mobile terminal contains a request for content; and delivering the content to the mobile terminal from the base station if the content is stored locally at the base station. The base station can optionally evaluate an authorization of the mobile terminal to receive the content. During a hand-off, the current base station determines if a packet received from the mobile terminal contains a base station change message indicating that the mobile terminal is switching to a new base station; and provides content status information (such as content position) to the new base station.