Patent ID: 9173226
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for scheduling Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS) transmissions in radio frames comprising subframes, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of different MBMS user data for broadcasting to a plurality of wireless communication units; scheduling at least one of the plurality of different MBMS user data of MBMS services in a predetermined order for broadcasting in respective subframes within a first scheduling period; and scheduling the at least one of the plurality of different MBMS user data of the MBMS services in the predetermined order to employ a different starting subframe within a second scheduling period, wherein scheduling the at least one of the plurality of different MBMS user data of the MBMS services in the predetermined order to employ the different starting subframe within the second scheduling period comprises scheduling a plurality of MBMS services of which a same MBMS service is a subset thereof according to a predefined service hopping pattern.