Method, device and system for implementing directional broadcast in mobile data broadcasting

• US 7,773,936 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2007
• Issued: 08/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Shengqiong
• Primary Examiner(s): Gesesse; Tilahun
• Application Number:
  US11/691,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20070200728A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,232 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.01, 455/3.05, 455/3.06, 455/185, 455/3.04, 455/66.1
• US Class Current: 455/3.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a device and a system for implementing directional broadcast in mobile data broadcasting. In the method, upon receiving a broadcast message from a content server, a network element processes the broadcast message according to first location information carried in the broadcast message and second location information in the network element. In the embodiments of the present invention, with the first location information carried in the broadcast message and the second location information set in the network element, upon receiving the broadcast message, the network element processes the broadcast message according to the first location information and the second location information, so that the content server may implement directional broadcast for a special location area without directly accessing a directional location area, which reduces the network complexity.

Claims

1. A method for implementing directional broadcast, comprising:

receiving, by a network element, a broadcast message sent by a content server and carrying a first location information;

determining, by the network element, whether the first location information matches a location information of the network element preset in the network element;

sending, by the network element, the broadcast message if the first location information matches the location information of the network element; and

if the first location information does not match the location information of the network element, finding one or more network elements whose location is proximal to the location indicated in the first location information according to the location information of other network elements related to the network element, and sending the broadcast message to the one or more network elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network element is a network element capable of directly transmitting;

and the sending the broadcast message if the first location information matches the location information of the network element comprises;

broadcasting the broadcast message to terminals if the first location information matches the location information of the network element.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the network element is a network element having a control area or an intermediate transferring network element;

and the network element sends the broadcast message to a subordinate network element or to a next network element if the first location information matches the location information of the network element.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

before determining whether the first location information matches the location information of the network element, determining, by the network element, whether the location indicated in the first location information is contrary to the location indicated in the location information of the network element;

if the location indicated in the first location information is contrary to the location indicated in the location information of the network element, discarding the broadcast message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

before finding the one or more network elements, determining, by the network element, whether the location indicated in the first location information is contrary to the location indicated in the location information of the network element;

if the location indicated in the first location information is contrary to the location indicated in the location information of the network element, discarding the broadcast message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of sending the broadcast message if the first location information matches the location information of the network element comprises:

if the first location information completely matches the location information of the network element, sending the broadcast message to all subordinate network elements or all next network elements among said other network elements related to the network element;

if the first location information partially matches the location information of the network element, sending the broadcast message to a subordinate network element or a next network element among said other network elements related to the network element according to both a matched part and the location information of said other network elements related to the network element.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the process of sending the broadcast message to the subordinate network element or the next network element according to both the matched part and the location information of said other network elements related to the network element comprises:

searching the location information of said other network elements related to the network element to find the location information matching the matched part, and sending the broadcast message to the subordinate network element or the next network element corresponding to the location information matching the matched part.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

upon sending the broadcast message to the subordinate network element or the next network element according to both the matched part and the location information of said other network elements related to the network element,

searching the location information of said other network elements related to the network element to find location information of one or more network elements;

wherein the location indicated in the location information of one or more network elements is proximal to the location indicated in an unmatched part, and sending the broadcast message to the one or more network elements corresponding to the location information found.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information comprises latitude and longitude information or geographical name information.

10. A network element, comprising:

a first module, for receiving a broadcast message carrying a first location information;

a second module, for determining whether the first location information matches a location information of the network element preset in the network element;

a third module, for sending the broadcast message if the first location information matches the second location information; and

a fourth module, for finding one or more network elements whose location is proximal to the location indicated in the first location information according to the location information of other network elements related to the network element if the first location information does not match the location information of the network element, and sending the broadcast message to the one or more network elements.

11. The network element of claim 10, wherein the network element has a control area or is an intermediate transferring network element;

and the broadcast message is sent to a subordinate network element or a next network element by the third module.

12. A broadcast system, comprising:

a content server, for sending a broadcast message carrying a first location information;

a network element, for receiving the broadcast message, determining whether the first location information matches the location information of the network element preset in the network element, sending the broadcast message if the first location information matches the location information of the network element, finding one or more network elements whose location is proximal to the location indicated in the first location information according to the location information of other network elements related to the network element if the first location information does not match the location information of the network element, and sending the broadcast message to the one or more network elements.

13. The broadcast system of claim 12, wherein the network element has a control area or is an intermediate transferring network element;

and the broadcast message is sent to a subordinate network element or a next network element by the network element if the first location information matches the location information of the network element.