Method and apparatus for receiving broadcast in a wireless multiple-access communications system
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1. In a multiple-access network, a method of operating an access terminal to receive broadcast content, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of broadcast servers;
determining a broadcast server weight for each of the broadcast servers by;
determining a weight for each content provided by the broadcast server comprising;
determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of broadcast servers for each content provided by the broadcast server; and
combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights of the plurality of transmissions of contents with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; and
combining weights for contents provided by the broadcast server to yield the broadcast server weight; and
ranking the broadcast servers by their respective broadcast server weights.
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Abstract
An access terminal an a wireless multiple-access network monitors multiple broadcast soft handoff groups simultaneously in order to select the best logical broadcast channels to decode based upon broadcast contents selected by a user of the access terminal. When in a traffic state the access terminal is able to decode one or more broadcast channels by decoding a unicast channel from a traffic server during one time slot and then decoding a broadcast channel from a broadcast server during another time slot.
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1. In a multiple-access network, a method of operating an access terminal to receive broadcast content, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of broadcast servers; determining a broadcast server weight for each of the broadcast servers by; determining a weight for each content provided by the broadcast server comprising; determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of broadcast servers for each content provided by the broadcast server; and combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights of the plurality of transmissions of contents with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; and combining weights for contents provided by the broadcast server to yield the broadcast server weight; and ranking the broadcast servers by their respective broadcast server weights. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An access terminal for use in a wireless multiple-access network, comprising:
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an Radio Frequency (RF) section to receive a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of broadcast servers; a rank determination module configured to determine a broadcast server weight for each of the broadcast servers by; determining a weight for each content provided by the broadcast server comprising; determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of broadcast servers for each content provided by the broadcast server; and combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights for transmissions of the content with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; and combining weights for contents provided by the broadcast server to yield the broadcast server weight; and a data structure configured to arrange the broadcast servers by their respective broadcast server weights. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. In a cellular network, a method of operating an access terminal to receive broadcast content, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of broadcast servers through a plurality of base transceiver stations of the network; determining a transceiver station weight for each of the base transceiver stations by; determining a weight for each content provided by the base transceiver station comprising; determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of broadcast servers for each content provided by the base transceiver station; combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights for transmissions of the content with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; and combining weights of contents'"'"' provided by the base transceiver station to yield the base transceiver station weight; and ranking the base transceiver stations by their respective base transceiver station weights. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An access terminal for use in a wireless multiple access network, comprising:
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an Radio Frequency (RF) section to receive a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of base transceiver stations; a rank determination module configured to determine a transceiver station weight for each of the base transceiver stations by; determining a weight for each content provided by the base transceiver station comprising; determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on respective one or more forward link broadcast channels for each content provided by the base transceiver station; combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined content weights for transmissions of the content with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; and combining weights of contents provided by the base transceiver station to yield the base transceiver station weight; and a data structure configured to arrange the base transceiver stations by their respective base transceiver station weights. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A non-transitory processor-readable memory including processor-executable instructions encoded thereon for causing the processor to execute a method of operating an access terminal in a wireless multiple-access network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a plurality of transmissions of broadcast contents provided by a plurality of base transceiver stations of the network; determining a base transceiver station weight for each of the base transceiver stations by; determining a weight for each content provided by the base transceiver stations comprising; determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of base transceiver stations for each content provided by the base transceiver station; and combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights of the plurality of transmissions of contents with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; and combining weights of contents provided by the base transceiver station to yield the base transceiver station weight; and ranking the base transceiver stations by their respective base transceiver station weights.
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42. An access terminal for use in a wireless multiple-access network, comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of transmissions of broadcast contents provided by a plurality of base transceiver stations of the network; means for determining a weight for each of the base transceiver stations by; means for determining a weight for each content provided by the base transceiver stations comprising; means for determining a base transceiver station weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of base transceiver station for each content provided by the base transceiver station; and means for combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights of the plurality of transmissions of contents with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; and means for combining weights of contents provided by the base transceiver station to yield the base transceiver station weight; and means for ranking the base transceiver stations by their respective base transceiver station weights.
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