METHOD OF SELECTING BETWEEN MULTIPLE OPERATION MODES OF PROVIDING A BROADCAST OR MULTICAST SERVICE

The invention relates to a method of selecting by a control entity between at least a first and a second operation mode of providing a broadcast or multicast service to user equipments (UEs) in a wireless telecommunication network, the method comprising: transmitting a request signal from the contro...

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Main Authors GRUBER MARKUS, KAMINSKI STEPHEN, ZELLER DIETRICH
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.02.2010
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
TRANSMISSION
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:The invention relates to a method of selecting by a control entity between at least a first and a second operation mode of providing a broadcast or multicast service to user equipments (UEs) in a wireless telecommunication network, the method comprising: transmitting a request signal from the control entity to a plurality of base stations, the base stations being adapted for providing the service to the user equipments, receiving by a control entity operating expense values in response to the transmitted request signal from the base stations, the operating expense values describing the amount of radio resources per data volume required for providing the service from the base stations to the user equipments, selecting one of the at least two operation modes of providing the service by analyzing the received operating expense values.
Bibliography:Application Number: KR20097025364