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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2010
Richard C. Burbidge, Hook, GB;
Ravi Kuchibhotla, Gurnee, IL (US);
Padmaja Putcha, Gurnee, IL (US);
Kenneth A. Stewart, Grayslake, IL (US);
Richard C. Burbidge, Hook, GB;
Ravi Kuchibhotla, Gurnee, IL (US);
Padmaja Putcha, Gurnee, IL (US);
Kenneth A. Stewart, Grayslake, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interrupting a transmission of a multicast signal includes a common channel selector () coupled to a receiver () to receive common channel information () therefrom. A repetition value calculator () receives measurement occasion information () from the common channel selector () to calculate a repetition factor (). A system frame number comparator () determines if a channel measurement occasion () should be performed based on the repetition factor (), a common identifier () and a largest common channel transmission time interval (). The method and apparatus further includes a measurement occasion generator () coupled to the system frame number comparator (), wherein if a measurement occasion is to be performed, a measurement occasion command signal () is provided to the measurement occasion generator () and the measurement occasion generator generates the channel measurement occasion ().