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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Jun Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US);
Nagaraju Naik, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaoxia Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Edward Robert Hall, Bristol, GB;
Arungundram Chandrasekaran Mahendran, San Diego, CA (US);
Gordon Kent Walker, Poway, CA (US);
Charles N. Lo, San Diego, CA (US);
Carlos Marcelo Dias Pazos, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Kuo-Chun Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Shyh-Hurng Shauh, San Diego, CA (US);
Gang Bao, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for smooth transition between broadcast/multicast transmission and unicast transmission. A method for managing unicast and multicast services switching in a multi-band/multi-frequency wireless communications system (WCS) capable of both unicast and multicast signaling includes determining whether an aggregate demand for a content provided via dedicated unicast transmissions exceeds a threshold. The method includes switching transmission of the content from the dedicated unicast transmissions on one frequency to a multicast transmission on a second or more frequencies in response to determining that the aggregate demand exceeds the threshold.