Patent ID: 9723529
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for receiving a multimedia broadcast service at a mobile device, the method comprising: establishing a connection, by the mobile device, with a first network via a radio frequency (RF) modem on a first frequency associated with the first network, wherein the connection includes a bidirectional logical link with the first network and the mobile device is associated with a first base station; receiving, by the mobile device, via the RF modem, information for a second network from the first network, wherein the second network is a unidirectional network and the information includes time slice information associated with a broadcast event; receiving, by the mobile device via the RF modem on the first frequency, the broadcast event from the second network at a time indicated by the time slice information; and receiving, by the mobile device, transmissions from the first network via the RF modem in non-broadcast event time intervals based on the time slice information.