Patent ID: 8634375

Claim:
A method for data communication by a control server connected via a packet data network (PDN) to a plurality of base stations in a plurality of cells, the plurality of base stations having synchronized timing of radio transmission frames and capable of transmitting data using a same time-frequency resource in a single frequency network (SFN), the method comprising: receiving broadcast data to be transmitted by the plurality of base stations via wireless packets contained in radio transmission frames, each radio transmission frame including a plurality of subframes; forming distribution data packets, each distribution data packet comprising a synchronization protocol header and broadcast data, the synchronization protocol header providing information to the plurality of base stations to identify a radio transmission frame and enable transmission of the broadcast data with the same time-frequency resource in subframes over the SFN, wherein a subframe may contain a plurality of wireless packets, the synchronization protocol headers including: a time synchronization parameter indicating a start time for the transmission of the broadcast data; and a packet sequence number that, when interpreted in conjunction with the time synchronization parameter, enables each of the plurality of base stations to restore a sequential order of its received distribution data packets; and distributing the distribution data packets via the PDN to the plurality of base stations for transmission of the broadcast data by the plurality of base stations.