Patent ID: 9042223
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of assigning Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (E-MBMS) bearers in at least two Multimedia Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) areas in a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) compliant wireless communication system, wherein the 3GPP compliant wireless communication system comprises a radio access network partitioned into a plurality of MBSFN areas, wherein each MBSFN area supports a plurality of E-MBMS bearers for transporting media streams to user equipments (UE), the method comprising: receiving, at the application layer of an infrastructure device operably coupled to the 3GPP compliant wireless communication system, information from a UE, the information comprising an identifier that identifies a primary preferred MBSFN area that provides signals to the UE, and an identifier that identifies a secondary preferred MBSFN area that provides signals to the UE; assigning, at the application layer of the infrastructure device, a first E-MBMS bearer in a first MBSFN area and a second E-MBMS bearer in a second MBSFN area, to support a call to the UE, the first and second E-MBMS bearers providing the same media content to the UE, wherein the first MBSFN area is one of the UE's primary preferred MBSFN area and secondary preferred MBSFN area and the second MBSFN area is the other of the UE's primary preferred MBSFN area and secondary preferred MBSFN area, wherein the infrastructure device uses the information from the UE in the assignment and transmits the same media content to the UE on each of the first and second E-MBMS bearers.