Methods and apparatus for power efficient broadcasting and communication systems
First Claim
1. A receiving method for a mobile station in a multi-cell wireless system using a frame structure, each frame containing a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, the method comprising:
- receiving a sequence of consecutive frames, the sequence of consecutive frames comprising a plurality of first frames and a plurality of second frames that are intermixed in accordance with an intermixing configuration pattern, each of the first frames containing time-frequency resources used for content multicasting or broadcasting (MB) via a single frequency network (SFN) that is comprised of base stations in multiple cells transmitting the same MB content using OFDM and employing a same time and frequency resource, and each of the second frames containing time-frequency resources used for data unicasting without the use of a SFN;
receiving a scheduling signal containing a bit-map that indicates the intermixing configuration pattern of the received first and second frames by using “
1”
in the bit-map to represent a first frame and a “
0”
in the bit-map to represent a second frame, or a “
1”
in the bit-map to represent a first frame and a “
0”
in the bit-map to represent a second frame; and
utilizing the received bit-map to identify the first and second frames.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for content multicasting and broadcasting and data unicasting in a broadband multicarrier wireless communication system. A base station is configured to transmit, and a mobile station is configured to receive, a sequence of consecutive frames. The frames comprise two types: frames containing time-frequency resources for content multicasting and broadcasting via a single frequency network, and frames containing time-frequency resources for data unicasting without the use of a single frequency network. The two types of frames are intermixed in accordance with an intermixing configuration pattern. The intermixing configuration pattern is indicated by a bit-map contained in a scheduling signal.
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23 Claims
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1. A receiving method for a mobile station in a multi-cell wireless system using a frame structure, each frame containing a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, the method comprising:
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receiving a sequence of consecutive frames, the sequence of consecutive frames comprising a plurality of first frames and a plurality of second frames that are intermixed in accordance with an intermixing configuration pattern, each of the first frames containing time-frequency resources used for content multicasting or broadcasting (MB) via a single frequency network (SFN) that is comprised of base stations in multiple cells transmitting the same MB content using OFDM and employing a same time and frequency resource, and each of the second frames containing time-frequency resources used for data unicasting without the use of a SFN; receiving a scheduling signal containing a bit-map that indicates the intermixing configuration pattern of the received first and second frames by using “
1”
in the bit-map to represent a first frame and a “
0”
in the bit-map to represent a second frame, or a “
1”
in the bit-map to represent a first frame and a “
0”
in the bit-map to represent a second frame; andutilizing the received bit-map to identify the first and second frames. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile station in a multi-cell wireless system using a frame structure, each frame containing a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, the mobile station comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive; a sequence of consecutive frames, the sequence of consecutive frames comprising a plurality of first frames and a plurality of second frames that are intermixed in accordance with an intermixing configuration pattern, each of the plurality of first frames containing time-frequency resources used for content multicasting or broadcasting (MB) via a single frequency network (SFN) that is comprised of base stations in multiple cells transmitting the same MB content using OFDM and employing a same time and frequency resource, and each of the second frames containing time-frequency resources used for data unitcasting without the use of a SFN; and a scheduling signal containing a bit-map that indicates the intermixing configuration pattern of the received first and second frames by using “
1”
in the bit-map to represent a first frame and a “
0”
in the bit-map to represent a second frame, or a “
1”
in the bit-map to represent a first frame and a “
0”
in the bit-map to represent a second frame; anda transmitter configured to transmit data packets using time-frequency resources. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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