InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Gamco]

United States Patent 9,913,108
Zeira , et al. March 6, 2018

Method and apparatus for managing group communications


Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing group communications are disclosed. A base station may provide multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) data for transmission to groups of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The WTRUs may be divided into groups based on a respective MBMS service to be received by each respective group. The base station may assign a respective logical channel for the respective MBMS service of each respective group. The base station may then transmit, to one of the groups, a group assignment message indicating physical resources for a transmission of MBMS data for the group's MBMS service. Also, the base station may further transmit MBMS data of the group's MBMS service using the respective logical channel of the group using the indicated physical resources. The physical resources may include subcarriers. Each respective group may have a respective assigned group identification. The base station may be an eNode-B.



Inventors:
Zeira; Eldad M. (Huntington, NY), Wang; Lei (San Diego, CA)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000003157394

Appl. No.:
15/250,371

Filed:
August 29, 2016


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20160373903 A1 Dec 22, 2016



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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 4/08 (20130101); H04B 7/0417 (20130101); H04B 7/0632 (20130101); H04L 1/1657 (20130101); H04W 4/06 (20130101); H04W 56/002 (20130101); H04W 72/0453 (20130101); H04W 72/005 (20130101); H04W 52/50 (20130101); H04L 1/1692 (20130101); H04W 52/246 (20130101); H04W 52/325 (20130101); H04W 52/48 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 4/08 (20090101); H04W 4/06 (20090101); H04W 72/00 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 56/00 (20090101); H04B 7/06 (20060101); H04B 7/0417 (20170101); H04L 1/16 (20060101); H04W 52/24 (20090101); H04W 52/48 (20090101); H04W 52/32 (20090101); H04W 52/50 (20090101)

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