Patent ID: 9078206
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of synchronizing multicast/broadcast transmission of data from a first and a second base station operating in a wireless communications network comprising: (a) at the first and second base station, receiving, processing and mapping synchronously a flow of multicast/broadcast service (MBS) data packets to a radio frame after a distribution period, wherein processing the MBS data packets includes identifying faulty data packets; (b) whenever a faulty data packet is identified at the first base station, determining the length of the faulty data packet and ceasing mapping of the MBS data packets to the radio frame for a silence period corresponding to the length of the faulty data packet; (c) after the silence period, and on receipt of a synchronization information, resuming mapping of the MBS data packets to the radio frame and transmitting the radio frame from the first base station in synchronism with the radio frame transmitted from the second base station.