Patent ID: 8189522
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating system information in a wireless communication network, the method comprising the steps of: defining, by a base station, at least one unicast threshold parameter; receiving, by the base station, a request for system information; determining, by the base station, if the system information exceeds the at least one threshold parameter; scheduling, by the base station, an ad-hoc broadcast of the system information if the system information exceeds any of the at least one threshold parameter; sending, by the base station, a pointer to the scheduled ad-hoc broadcast of the system information; and broadcasting, by the base station, the system information per the schedules wherein the scheduling step includes scheduling the ad-hoc broadcast within the next N number of frames from a current frame if no other broadcast transmission of the system information is scheduled therein; wherein the scheduling step includes scheduling the ad-hoc broadcast at least M frames from a current frame; and wherein M≦N.