METHODS FOR TRANPORTING A PLURALITY OF MEDIA STREAMS OVER A SHARED MBMS BEARER IN A 3GPP COMPLIANT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for transporting a plurality of media streams over a shared Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) bearer in a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) compliant system, the method comprising:
- an infrastructure device coupled to the 3GPP compliant system and using application layer processing to perform;
receiving a first request to transmit a first media stream to a first communication group;
identifying a shared MBMS bearer in a first 3GPP MBMS service area that is already transporting a second media stream to a second communication group;
determining whether the shared MBMS bearer has sufficient capacity to transport both the first media stream and the second media stream simultaneously;
when the shared MBMS bearer has sufficient capacity, simultaneously sending both the first media stream and the second media stream on the shared MBMS bearer.
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Abstract
An infrastructure device in a 3GPP compliant system performs a method transporting a plurality of media streams over a shared MBMS bearer. The 3GPP compliant system includes a RAN partitioned into a plurality MBMS services areas, wherein each MBMS service area has at least one already existing shared MBMS bearers for transporting the media streams. The infrastructure device: receives a first request to transmit a first media stream to a first communication group; identifies a shared MBMS bearer in a first 3GPP MBMS service area that is already transporting a second media stream to a second communication group; and determines whether the shared MBMS bearer has sufficient capacity to transport both the first media stream and the second media stream simultaneously. When the shared MBMS bearer has sufficient capacity, the infrastructure device simultaneously sends both the first media stream and the second media stream on the shared MBMS bearer.
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1. A method for transporting a plurality of media streams over a shared Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) bearer in a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) compliant system, the method comprising:
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an infrastructure device coupled to the 3GPP compliant system and using application layer processing to perform; receiving a first request to transmit a first media stream to a first communication group; identifying a shared MBMS bearer in a first 3GPP MBMS service area that is already transporting a second media stream to a second communication group; determining whether the shared MBMS bearer has sufficient capacity to transport both the first media stream and the second media stream simultaneously; when the shared MBMS bearer has sufficient capacity, simultaneously sending both the first media stream and the second media stream on the shared MBMS bearer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for receiving a media stream that is being simultaneously transported with at least one other media stream over a shared Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) bearer in a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) compliant system, the method comprising:
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a user equipment (UE) that is a member of a first communication group performing; receiving a MBMS bearer identifier that identifies a shared 3GPP MBMS bearer that is used to simultaneously transport a combined media stream comprising a first media stream of the first communication group and a second media stream of a second communication group, wherein the first media stream is identified by a first communication group identifier and the second media stream is identified by a second communication group identifier; locating the shared 3GPP MBMS bearer using the MBMS bearer identifier; differentiating the first media stream from the second media stream on the 3GPP MBMS bearer using the first communication group identifier in order to process the first media stream. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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