Patent ID: 7958542
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for counting user equipment units capable of decoding contents of a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS), wherein each user equipment unit has an identifier, wherein the user equipment units are located within a radio cell of a mobile radio telecommunication network, said method comprising the steps of: providing at least one processor for performing the steps of: wherein the radio cell informs a central radio network controller (CRNC) of a status of all the user equipment units that are in a connected mode or in an idle mode that have already joined the MBMS service and intend to receive the contents of the service and the CRNC only counts each one of those user equipment units as one disregarding at least one message sent by a single non-intended user equipment in order to select either point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication channels for transmission.