Patent ID: 8134970

Claim:
A method for transmitting content in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: caching a content in each base station of a set of base stations in the wireless communication network, the content comprising a plurality of packets; transmitting a first group of packets of the content from a first base station to a mobile station, the first base station belonging to the set of base stations, the first group of packets belonging to the plurality of packets; handing over the mobile station to a second base station, the second base station belonging to the set of base stations; based upon handing over the mobile station to the second base station, tagging the first group of packets transmitted to the mobile station and conveying a tag index to at least the second base station, the tag index corresponding to an index of a last packet of the first group of packets transmitted to the mobile station; and resuming transmission of a second group of packets of the content from the second base station to the mobile station, the second group of packets belonging to the plurality of packets.