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MULTICAST COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

  • US 20090080373A1
  • Filed: 09/17/2008
  • Published: 03/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of multicast management within a wireless communications network including a plurality of sectors, comprising:

  • forming a target sector group, the target sector group including at least one target sector from among the plurality of sectors, each target sector expected to have one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group;

    forming a supporting sector group, the supporting sector group including at least one supporting sector from among the plurality of sectors, each supporting sector not being a target sector and satisfying a proximity metric with respect to at least one target sector; and

    transmitting multicast messages associated with the given multicast group in the at least one target sector and the at least one supporting sector.

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