Method, system and a network element for controlling point-to-multipoint transmission in a mobile communication system
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a point-to-multipoint transmission of a message in a mobile communication system, the method comprising receiving the message, storing the message in a buffer of the messages to be transmitted, scheduling the message, transmitting the message located in the buffer according to the predetermined scheduling, scheduling a starting time of the transmission;
- and delaying the first transmission until the beginning of the starting time of the transmission.
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Abstract
A method, a system and a network element for controlling the transmission of a message to be transmitted point-to-multipoint in a mobile communication system. In order to take the topicality of the content of the message to be transmitted point-to-multipoint into account, a life time is determined for the message in the method and the message waiting to be transmitted is deleted from the buffer in response to the expiry of the life time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a point-to-multipoint transmission of a message in a mobile communication system, the method comprising
receiving the message, storing the message in a buffer of the messages to be transmitted, scheduling the message, transmitting the message located in the buffer according to the predetermined scheduling, scheduling a starting time of the transmission; - and
delaying the first transmission until the beginning of the starting time of the transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile communication system comprising at least one service centre to transmit a message as a point-to-multipoint transmission and at least one network element via which the message is transmitted to cells belonging to a destination area, wherein
the service centre is arranged to schedule a starting time of the transmission; - and
delay the first transmission until the beginning of the starting time of the transmission. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A network element of a mobile communication network which network supports the point-to-multipoint transmission of a message,
wherein the network element comprises means for scheduling a starting time of the transmission; - and
means for delaying the first transmission until the beginning of the starting time of the transmission. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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