Methods and apparatus for providing broadcast content over a unicast channel
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1. A method for providing broadcast content over a unicast channel, the method comprising:
- determining that content received using a broadcast type format is to be transmitted using a unicast type format;
mapping the content to a unicast reservation upon a determination that the content is to be transmitted using the unicast type format; and
identifying, in the unicast type format and using at least one broadcast protocol identifier, the content received using the broadcast type format, wherein the broadcast protocol identifier corresponds to a framing format used in the broadcast type format.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus providing broadcast content over a unicast channel. The method and apparatus may be configured to determine whether content received using a broadcast type format is to be transmitted using a unicast type format, and to map the content to a unicast reservation upon a determination that the content is to be transmitted using the unicast type format.
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1. A method for providing broadcast content over a unicast channel, the method comprising:
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determining that content received using a broadcast type format is to be transmitted using a unicast type format; mapping the content to a unicast reservation upon a determination that the content is to be transmitted using the unicast type format; and identifying, in the unicast type format and using at least one broadcast protocol identifier, the content received using the broadcast type format, wherein the broadcast protocol identifier corresponds to a framing format used in the broadcast type format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus, comprising:
a content transmission selection module configured to; determine that content received using a broadcast type format is to be transmitted using a unicast type format; map the content to a unicast reservation upon a determination that the content is to be transmitted using the unicast type format; and identify, in the unicast type format and using at least one broadcast protocol identifier, the content received using the broadcast type format, wherein the broadcast protocol identifier corresponds to a framing format used in the broadcast type format. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
a content transmission selection module configured to; determine whether content received using a broadcast type format is to be transmitted using a unicast type format; obtain a number of access terminals to receive the content; and if the number of access terminals to receive the content is less than a predetermined broadcast threshold, generate instructions for the content to be transmitted using the unicast type format; and upon a determination that the content is to be transmitted using the unicast type format, map the content to a unicast reservation, wherein the content received using the broadcast type format is identified in the unicast type format using at least one broadcast protocol identifier. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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a content transmission selection module configured to; determine whether content received using a broadcast type format is to be transmitted using a unicast type format; determine that an access terminal receiving content using the broadcast type format is within a coverage threshold region, wherein the coverage threshold region is defined as predefined boundary region beyond which content may not be received using a broadcast type format; upon a determination that the access terminal in within the coverage threshold region, generate instructions for the content to be transmitted using the unicast type format; and upon a determination that the content is to be transmitted using the unicast type format, map the content to a unicast reservation, wherein the content received using the broadcast type format is identified in the unicast type format using at least one broadcast protocol identifier. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A method for receiving content by a wireless communications device (WCD), the method comprising:
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monitoring, by the WCD, content from a serving base station using a broadcast type format; detecting a target base station with a signal strength greater than a handover threshold value; determining whether the target base station is operable to communicate using the broadcast type format; upon a determination that the target base station is not operable to communicate using the broadcast type format, transmitting a request to the serving base station to transition content communication from using the broadcast type format to using a unicast type format; transitioning content communication from the broadcast type format to the unicast type format in response to a command received from the serving base station transmitted by the serving base station in response to the transmitted request; and processing a handover command from the serving base station to the target base station, wherein the handover includes maintaining content communication using the unicast type format.
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29. A wireless communications device, comprising:
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a transceiver operable to; monitor content from a serving base station using a broadcast type format; a handover module, associated with a processor, and operable to; detect a target base station with a signal strength greater than a handover threshold value; and determine whether the target base station is operable to communicate using the broadcast type format; wherein the transceiver is further operable to transmit a request to the serving base station to transition content communication from using the broadcast type format to using a unicast type format upon a determination that the target base station is not operable to communicate using the broadcast type format; and wherein the handover module is further operable to; transition content communication from the broadcast type format to the unicast type format in response to a command received from the serving base station transmitted by the serving base station in response to the transmitted request; and process a handover command from the serving base station to the target base station, wherein the handover includes maintaining content communication using the unicast type format.
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