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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Zulfiquar Sayeed, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Edward Grinshpun, Freehold, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for providing multicast/broadcast information to obstructed user equipment. Some embodiments of the apparatus include a gateway configured for communicative coupling to an antenna. The gateway is configurable to establish a first broadcast/multicast session for receiving at least one broadcast or multicast service associated with user equipment and establish a second session for providing information received in the first broadcast/multicast session to the user equipment. Some embodiments include user equipment are configurable to provide a request to receive a broadcast service or a multicast service from a gateway that receives the broadcast or multicast service(s) via a first broadcast/multicast session. Some embodiments of the user equipment are also configurable to establish a second session with the gateway for receiving the broadcast or multicast service(s).