Method and apparatus for interrupting a transmission of a multicast signal
First Claim
1. A method for interrupting a transmission of a multicast signal, the method comprising:
- determining a common identifier for a plurality of mobile devices on a common channel;
sending the common identifier to the plurality of mobile devices;
transmitting the multicast signal on the common channel;
interrupting transmission of the multicast signal during a time interval determined by the common identifier;
identifying a subgroup of mobile devices from the plurality of mobile devices using at least one mobile specific identifier;
selectively transmitting at least one conventional common data channel signal to the subgroup of mobile devices during the time interval; and
assigning a transmission interruption time interval repetition factor to one of the plurality of mobile devices based on the mobile specific identifier.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interrupting a transmission of a multicast signal includes a common channel selector (106) coupled to a receiver (102) to receive common channel information (116) therefrom. A repetition value calculator (108) receives measurement occasion information (118) from the common channel selector (106) to calculate a repetition factor (120). A system frame number comparator (110) determines if a channel measurement occasion (128) should be performed based on the repetition factor (120), a common identifier (124) and a largest common channel transmission time interval (122). The method and apparatus further includes a measurement occasion generator (112) coupled to the system frame number comparator (110), wherein if a measurement occasion is to be performed, a measurement occasion command signal (126) is provided to the measurement occasion generator (112) and the measurement occasion generator generates the channel measurement occasion (128).
-
Citations
13 Claims
-
1. A method for interrupting a transmission of a multicast signal, the method comprising:
-
determining a common identifier for a plurality of mobile devices on a common channel; sending the common identifier to the plurality of mobile devices; transmitting the multicast signal on the common channel; interrupting transmission of the multicast signal during a time interval determined by the common identifier; identifying a subgroup of mobile devices from the plurality of mobile devices using at least one mobile specific identifier; selectively transmitting at least one conventional common data channel signal to the subgroup of mobile devices during the time interval; and assigning a transmission interruption time interval repetition factor to one of the plurality of mobile devices based on the mobile specific identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
Specification