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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2011
Applicant:
Teruyoshi Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Teruyoshi Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A base station apparatus includes a receiver, a transmitter, a determiner, and an instruction sender. The receiver receives a multicast signal. The transmitter transmits the multicast signal to a mobile station apparatus. The determiner determines, in accordance with a status of communication with the mobile station apparatus, whether the transmission of the multicast signal is needed. The instruction sender transmits, in accordance with a result of the determination, an instruction signal indicating whether to join a group of destinations of the multicast signal to a distribution apparatus for distributing the multicast signal.