Patent ID: 8611375

Claim:
For use in an Evolved Multicast Broadcast System (EMBS) wireless communication network comprising a plurality of base stations, a method for providing point-to-multipoint communications to a plurality of mobile stations, the method comprising: receiving from a first mobile station a request to be notified of a start time when a selected program will be broadcast; transmitting to the first mobile station a first message that indicates the start time when the selected program will be broadcast; at the start time, transmitting the selected program to the first mobile station; after transmitting a first portion of the selected program to the first mobile station, receiving a first feedback message about the program from the first mobile station, the first feedback message comprising information associated with a later portion of the selected program; and transmitting a second portion of the selected program to the first mobile station, the second portion determined based on the information in the first feedback message.