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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Muhammad Kazmi, Bromma, SE;

Iana Siomina, Täby, SE;

Håkan Persson, Solna, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/005 (2013.01); H04L 5/0005 (2013.01); H04L 5/0044 (2013.01); H04L 5/0058 (2013.01); H04L 5/0092 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/0032 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide methods and systems for enabling MBMS transmission in at least one MBMSFN area. The method can include determining a first MBMS configuration comprising at least a first MBSFN subframe configuration for MBMS transmission on a first carrier frequency, and a second configuration comprising of at least a second blank or partly blank subframe configuration on a second carrier frequency, wherein at least one first MBSFN subframe at least partly overlaps in time with at least one second subframe. The method can further include configuring a second network node with the first MBMS configuration for MBMS signal transmission on the first carrier frequency. The method can further include configuring a third network node with the second configuration on the second carrier frequency.


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