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 comprisingreceiving 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, determining a life time for the message, and deleting the message from the buffer in response to the expiry of the life time.
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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 topically 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 (210) in response to expiry of the life time.
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17 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, determining a life time for the message, and deleting the message from the buffer in response to the expiry of the life time.
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11. 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 determine the remaining life time of the message and to check before transmitting the message, whether there is life time left and to transmit the message only if there is still life time left.
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14. 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 determining the remaining life time of a message to be transmitted point-to-multipoint, and means for transmitting said message according to the scheduling of the message if there is still time left.
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