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Methods and systems for providing MBMS data to subscriber stations

US8351467B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Steven D. Cheng · San Diego, US
Tom Chin · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 2009
Grant date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/06
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A subscriber station may receive a WiMAX connection identifier (CID) scheduling message from a 2G/3G network. The WiMAX CID scheduling message may include scheduling information that indicates when Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) data for the subscriber station will be transmitted from a WiMAX network. The subscriber station may receive the MBMS data from the WiMAX network in accordance with the scheduling information.

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