Mobility management within a wireless communications network
First Claim
1. A method of mobility 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 or having one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group;
determining a neighbor sector group based on the target sector group, the neighbor sector group configured to include at least one neighbor sector of the at least one target sector of the target sector group;
forming a supporting sector group based on the determined neighbor 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
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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Abstract
Aspects of mobility management within a wireless communications network including a plurality of sectors are disclosed. In an example, the wireless communications network includes a first cluster of sectors with at least one target sector and at least one supporting sector. The multicast communication session is carried within both the target and supporting sectors. In another example, a second cluster can be included within the network for supporting the same multicast communication session that includes its own target and supporting sectors. In this example, the first cluster transmits multicast media on a first interlace-multiplex (IM) pair of a downlink broadcast channel (BCH) and the second cluster transmits multicast media on a second IM pair of the downlink BCH. If sectors of the first and second clusters overlap, the network controls a manner in which the first and second clusters carry the multicast media.
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45 Claims
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1. A method of mobility management within a wireless communications network including a plurality of sectors, comprising:
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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 or having one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group; determining a neighbor sector group based on the target sector group, the neighbor sector group configured to include at least one neighbor sector of the at least one target sector of the target sector group; forming a supporting sector group based on the determined neighbor 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 transmitting multicast messages associated with the given multicast group in the at least one target sector and the at least one supporting sector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of mobility management within a wireless communications network including a plurality of sectors, comprising:
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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 or having one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group; forming a supporting sector group based on at least one supporting sector value, the at least one supporting sector value being a target number of supporting sectors associated with the 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 transmitting multicast messages associated with the given multicast group in the at least one target sector and the at least one supporting sector. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An access network configured to manage a plurality of sectors of a wireless communications network, comprising:
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logic configured to form 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 or having one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group; logic configured to determine a neighbor sector group based on the target sector group, the neighbor sector group configured to include at least one neighbor sector of the at least one target sector of the target sector group; logic configured to form a supporting sector group based on the determined neighbor 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 logic configured to transmit multicast messages associated with the given multicast group in the at least one target sector and the at least one supporting sector. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. An access network configured to manage a plurality of sectors of a wireless communications network, comprising:
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logic configured to form 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 or having one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group; logic configured to form a supporting sector group based on at least one supporting sector value, the at least one supporting sector value being a target number of supporting sectors associated with the 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 logic configured to transmit multicast messages associated with the given multicast group in the at least one target sector and the at least one supporting sector. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. An access network configured to manage a plurality of sectors of a wireless communications network, comprising:
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means for 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 or having one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group; means for determining a neighbor sector group based on the target sector group, the neighbor sector group configured to include at least one neighbor sector of the at least one target sector of the target sector group; means for forming a supporting sector group based on the determined neighbor 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 means for transmitting multicast messages associated with the given multicast group in the at least one target sector and the at least one supporting sector. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. An access network configured to manage a plurality of sectors of a wireless communications network, comprising:
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means for 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 or having one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group; means for forming a supporting sector group based on at least one supporting sector value, the at least one supporting sector value being a target number of supporting sectors associated with the 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 means for transmitting multicast messages associated with the given multicast group in the at least one target sector and the at least one supporting sector. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program code stored thereon, the program code configured to operate within an access network configured to manage a plurality of sectors of a wireless communications network, comprising:
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program code to form 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 or having one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group; program code to determine a neighbor sector group based on the target sector group, the neighbor sector group configured to include at least one neighbor sector of the at least one target sector of the target sector group; program code to form a supporting sector group based on the determined neighbor 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 program code to transmit multicast messages associated with the given multicast group in the at least one target sector and the at least one supporting sector. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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42. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program code stored thereon, the program code configured to operate within an access network configured to manage a plurality of sectors of a wireless communications network, comprising:
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program code to form 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 or having one or more access terminals belonging to a given multicast group; program code to form a supporting sector group based on at least one supporting sector value, the at least one supporting sector value being a target number of supporting sectors associated with the 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 program code to transmit multicast messages associated with the given multicast group in the at least one target sector and the at least one supporting sector. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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Specification