Patent ID: 11889531
Assignee: TDF
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor implement a method for transmitting control data in a hybrid broadband/broadcast network system, said network system comprising a broadcast network dedicated to transmission of broadcast services through at least one broadcast cell and a wireless cellular network dedicated to transmission of at least a service through a plurality of cells, a coverage area of the at least one broadcast cell covering, at least partially, a coverage area of a first cell and a coverage area of a second cell among the plurality of cells, said method comprising:
determining whether common control data is transmitted using the wireless cellular network, wherein common control data comprises control data related to a service that is provided by or through the first cell and by or through the second cell; and
based on determining that common control data is transmitted using the wireless cellular network, offloading the common control data from the wireless cellular network to the broadcast network, including transmitting, using the broadcast network, the control data through the at least one broadcast cell, while user data and user specific control data are transmitted using the wireless cellular network, respectively through the first cell and the second cell.