System and method for synchronizing broadcast transmissions from wireless base stations
First Claim
1. For use in association with a first base station of a wireless network capable of communicating with mobile stations located in a coverage area of the wireless network, an apparatus capable of broadcasting packet data to a first one of said wireless mobile stations comprising:
- a first broadcast controller capable of receiving from said first mobile station a first broadcast registration request associated with a first content server coupled to said wireless network via an external packet data network; and
a signaling controller capable, in response to commands from said first broadcast controller, of establishing a network communication link with, and receiving broadcast data packets from, said first content server, wherein said signaling controller is further capable of notifying a second base station that said first base station is a broadcast center associated with said broadcast data packets from said first content server.
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Abstract
An apparatus for broadcasting packet data to a first wireless mobile station in a wireless network. The apparatus comprises: 1) a first broadcast controller for receiving from the first mobile station a first broadcast registration request associated with a first content server; and 2) a signaling controller capable, in response to commands from the first broadcast controller, of establishing a network communication link with, and receiving broadcast data packets from, the first content server. The signaling controller further notifies a second base station that the first base station is a broadcast center associated with the broadcast data packets from the first content server.
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21 Claims
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1. For use in association with a first base station of a wireless network capable of communicating with mobile stations located in a coverage area of the wireless network, an apparatus capable of broadcasting packet data to a first one of said wireless mobile stations comprising:
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a first broadcast controller capable of receiving from said first mobile station a first broadcast registration request associated with a first content server coupled to said wireless network via an external packet data network; and
a signaling controller capable, in response to commands from said first broadcast controller, of establishing a network communication link with, and receiving broadcast data packets from, said first content server, wherein said signaling controller is further capable of notifying a second base station that said first base station is a broadcast center associated with said broadcast data packets from said first content server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless network comprising:
a plurality of base station capable of communicating with mobile stations located in a coverage area of said wireless network, wherein a first one of the plurality of base stations comprises;
an apparatus capable of broadcasting packet data to a first one of said wireless mobile stations comprising;
a first broadcast controller capable of receiving from said first mobile station a first broadcast registration request associated with a first content server coupled to said wireless network via an external packet data network; and
a signaling controller capable, in response to commands from said first broadcast controller, of establishing a network communication link with, and receiving broadcast data packets from, said first content server, wherein said signaling controller is further capable of notifying a second base station that said first base station is a broadcast center associated with said broadcast data packets from said first content server. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a first base station of a wireless network capable of communicating with mobile stations located in a coverage area of the wireless network, a method of broadcasting packet data to a first one of the wireless mobile stations comprising the steps of:
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in the first base station, receiving from the first mobile station a first broadcast registration request associated with a first content server coupled to the wireless network via an external packet data network;
in response to the first broadcast registration request, establishing a network communication link with the first content server;
receiving broadcast data packets from the first content server;
notifying a second base station that the first base station is a broadcast center associated with the broadcast data packets from the first content server. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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