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Base station and transmission method

US10341821B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 2015
Grant dateJul 2, 2019
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/541
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Multicast transmission and inter-cell interference coordination can be flexibly switched using Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe without reduction of resource utilization efficiency. A transmission data determination unit determines that a first area is used as either of a first subframe performing multicast transmission or a second subframe performing inter-cell interference coordination based on presence or absence of transmission data in each of the first area which is configured to have at least some subframes among a plurality of MBSFN subframes. Wireless communication IF unit performs a transmission process in the first area according to a determination result.

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