Patent ID: 7352698
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus applicable to Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) in which a receiver may receive multimedia data sent by a transmitter via a common channel, and Dedicated service in which the receiver may receive dedicated data sent by the transmitter via a dedicated channel, the communication apparatus comprising: a priority assigning unit configured to assign priority between reception of the multimedia data corresponding to the MBMS via the common channel and reception of the dedicated data corresponding to the Dedicated service via the dedicated channel; a selective combining unit configured to perform a selective combining over the multimedia data, corresponding to the MBMS, sent by the plurality of the transmitter, and received via the common channel; and a signaling unit configured to signal to a core network in order to stop the reception of the dedicated data sent via the dedicated channel in two situations, the two situations comprising: when the receiver has no capability to perform simultaneously the reception of the multimedia data via the common channel and the reception of the dedicated data via the dedicated channel, and when the reception of the multimedia data via the common channel is prioritized over the reception of the dedicated data via the dedicated channel in the priority assigning step.