Patent ID: 8654697
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing intelligent transmission assistance, the method comprising: transmitting, by a Multicast and Broadcast Service (MCBCS) Server, Multicast Broadcast Service (MBS) data to a base station in an MBS area; transmitting, by the base station, the MBS data to a user equipment; if the user equipment cannot correctly receive the MBS data, returning a Not Acknowledgement (NACK) message to the base station; determining, by the base station, the number of received NACK messages; transmitting, by the base station, an intelligent transmission assistance prompt to the MCBCS Server based on the number of received NACK messages; determining, by the MCBCS Server, at least one base station that is adjacent to the base station outside a MBS area based on a location of the base station; transmitting, by the MCBCS Server, an intelligent transmission assistance request to the at least one adjacent base station of the base station; when receiving the intelligent transmission assistance request, returning, by the at least one adjacent base station, an intelligent transmission assistance response; transmitting, by the MCBCS Server, the MBS data to the at least one adjacent base station; and transmitting, by the at least one adjacent base station, the MBS data to the user equipment.