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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Ashok N. Rudrapatna, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/005 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); H04W 56/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for a communications network includes receiving, by a network controller, broadcast content from at least one content source. The method includes synchronizing, by the network controller, with at least a first and second base station. The at least first and second base stations are associated with the network controller. The method includes transmitting, by the network controller, the broadcast content to the at least first and second base stations based on the synchronization such that the broadcast content is transmitted from the at least first and second base stations at desired times.