MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST FORWARDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A wireless communication device for distributing media to one or more receiving apparatus, comprising:
- receiving circuitry configured to receive a first wireless multimedia broadcast signal containing at least a first media stream;
extraction circuitry configured to extract individual media streams from the received multimedia broadcast signal;
transmitting circuitry configured to wirelessly transmit one or more individual media streams simultaneously to the one or more receiving apparatus using one or more wireless transmit signals; and
decision circuitry configured to control the transmitting circuitry to transmit the first media stream to at least one receiving apparatus using at least one wireless transmit signal type based on a forward-link data capacity of each wireless channel between the transmitting circuitry and each receiving apparatus.
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Abstract
In various embodiments, communication apparatus and methods for providing robust communications are disclosed. For example, an exemplary communication apparatus for distributing media to one or more receiving apparatus may include receiving circuitry configured to receive a first wireless multimedia broadcast signal containing at least a first media stream, transmitting circuitry configured to wirelessly transmit one or more individual media streams simultaneously to the one or more receiving apparatus using one or more wireless transmit signals, and decision circuitry configured to control the transmitting circuitry to transmit the first media stream to at least one receiving apparatus using at least one wireless transmit signal type based on a forward-link data capacity of each wireless channel between the transmitting circuitry and each receiving apparatus.
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53 Claims
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1. A wireless communication device for distributing media to one or more receiving apparatus, comprising:
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receiving circuitry configured to receive a first wireless multimedia broadcast signal containing at least a first media stream; extraction circuitry configured to extract individual media streams from the received multimedia broadcast signal; transmitting circuitry configured to wirelessly transmit one or more individual media streams simultaneously to the one or more receiving apparatus using one or more wireless transmit signals; and decision circuitry configured to control the transmitting circuitry to transmit the first media stream to at least one receiving apparatus using at least one wireless transmit signal type based on a forward-link data capacity of each wireless channel between the transmitting circuitry and each receiving apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for distributing media to one or more receiving apparatus, comprising:
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receiving a wireless multimedia broadcast signal containing a plurality of different media streams; extracting a first media stream from the received multimedia broadcast signal; allocating at least one of the one or more wireless channels of transmitting circuitry configured to wirelessly transmit one or more individual media streams simultaneously to the one or more receiving apparatus based on at least one of data bandwidth and channel quality of each wireless transmit channel; and transmitting the first media stream using the allocated one or more wireless channels. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium comprising; a first instruction for causing a computer to receive a wireless multimedia broadcast signal containing a plurality of different media streams; a second instruction for causing the computer to extract a first media stream from the received multimedia broadcast signal; a third instruction for causing the computer to allocate at least one of the one or more wireless channels of transmitting circuitry configured to wirelessly transmit one or more individual media streams simultaneously to the one or more receiving apparatus based on at least one of data bandwidth and channel quality of each wireless transmit channel; and a fourth instruction for causing the computer to transmit the first media stream using the allocated one or more wireless channels. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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47. Apparatus for distributing media to one or more receiving apparatus, comprising:
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means for receiving a wireless multimedia broadcast signal containing a plurality of different media streams; means for extracting a first media stream from the received multimedia broadcast signal; means for allocating at least one of the one or more wireless channels of transmitting circuitry configured to wirelessly transmit one or more individual media streams simultaneously to the one or more receiving apparatus based on at least one of data bandwidth and channel quality of each wireless transmit channel; means for transmitting one or more individual media streams simultaneously to one or more receiving apparatus using one or more wireless transmit signals; and means for controlling the transmissions by transmitting the first media stream to at least one receiving apparatus using at least one wireless transmit signal type based on a forward-link data capacity of each wireless channel between transmitting circuitry and said one receiving apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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