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Frequency layer convergence method for MBMS

  • US 9,007,982 B2
  • Filed: 09/20/2012
  • Issued: 04/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • determining that a user equipment is receiving a session for a multimedia broadcast-multicast service, the multimedia broadcast-multicast service using a preferred frequency layer;

    changing at least one cell selection or re-selection parameter for the user equipment such that when a subsequent cell selection or re-selection occurs the user equipment favors cells providing the multimedia broadcast-multicast service and using the preferred frequency layer over other cells; and

    transmitting to one or more user equipment a message indicating a value for a parameter that, if adopted by the one or more user equipment, would inhibit the one or more user equipment from subsequently selecting a different cell from a cell with which the one or more user equipment is currently operating.

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