Patent application EP17305572A (EP), filed 2017-05-17
Publication number: EP3404941A1
Title: ADAPTIVE PUSH SERVICE FUNCTIONALITIES
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting push service data to at least one user equipment in a network comprising a broadcast layer dedicated to transmission of at least one broadcast service and another layer dedicated to transmission of at least one unicast or broadcast service, comprising : - receiving data relating to a network use of the network (S12); - determining to perform a transmission of the push service data based on the received data (S13); - sending instructions to a network entity, said instructions instruct to perform a transmission of the push service data via the broadcast layer, to the at least one user equipment to be stored thereon (S14).
IPC codes: H04L  29/    06            A I
H04W  28/    08            A I
H04W   4/    06            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method implemented by computer means for transmitting push service data to at least one user equipment in a network comprising a broadcast layer dedicated to transmission of at least one broadcast service and another layer dedicated to transmission of at least one unicast or broadcast service, comprising :
number: 2
text: The method of claim 1, wherein data relating to a network use includes data related to a load of the broadcast layer, to a load of said another layer or to the time of the day.
number: 3
text: The method of claim 1 or 2, further comprising:
number: 4
text: The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said instructions further instruct to perform a periodical retransmission of said push service data.
number: 5
text: The method of claim 4, further comprising, sending adapting instructions to the network entity, said adapting instructions instruct to adapt the periodical retransmission based on further data relating to a network use.
number: 6
text: The method of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the instructions or the adapting instructions further instruct a level of modulation and coding scheme to be used for said transmission or for said retransmission, the modulation and coding scheme being instructed, by instructions or the adapting instructions, based on the data relating to the network use or on the further data relating to the network use, respectively.
number: 7
text: The method according to any one of the previous claims, wherein the other layer dedicated to transmission of at least one unicast or broadcast service is a LTE-Advanced layer.
number: 8
text: The method according to any one of the previous claims, wherein the broadcast layer dedicated to transmission of at least one broadcast service is a layer provided by a broadcast network.
number: 9
text: The method according to claim 8, wherein the broadcast network transmits the push service data through at least one High Tower High Power, HTHP, transmitter.
number: 10
text: The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the broadcast layer is alternated in time division multiplexing with a DVB-T2 layer in the broadcast network.
number: 11
text: The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the broadcast layer dedicated to transmission of at least one broadcast service is an eMBMS layer.
number: 12
text: A device configured to conduct a transmission of push service data to at least one user equipment in a network comprising a broadcast layer dedicated to transmission of at least one broadcast service and another layer dedicated to transmission of at least one unicast or broadcast service, comprising a processing module (102) configured to:
number: 13
text: A user equipment configured to access a network comprising a broadcast layer dedicated to transmission of at least one broadcast service and another layer dedicated to transmission of at least one unicast or broadcast service, comprising:
number: 14
text: A user equipment according to claim 13, wherein the processing module (9) is further configured to provide the push service data stored in the memory unit (8), in response to a request.
number: 15
text: A user equipment according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the processing module (9) is further configured to erase said push service data stored in the memory unit (8) after a predefined delay.
number: 16
text: A user equipment according to any one of claim 13 to 15, wherein the processing module (9) is further configured to erase said push service data stored in the memory unit (8) when said memory unit (8) is filled above a predetermined level.
number: 17
text: A user equipment according to any one of claim 13 to 16, said user equipment further comprising a battery unit which powers the user equipment (3), wherein the processing module (9) is further configured to enable the reception unit to receive the push service data only if the battery unit is filled above a predetermined level or if a power cable is connected to the user equipment (3).
number: 18
text: A user equipment according to any one of claim 13 to 17, wherein the processing module (9) is configured to decode specific signaling information which announces the push service data.
number: 19
text: Computer program product comprising code instructions to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, when said instructions are run by a processor.
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-11-21
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2015081847A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: - JURETZEK FRIEDER: "Integration of high tower, high power LTE-Advanced broadcast into mobile networks", 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND BROADCASTING (BMSB), IEEE, 1 June 2016 (2016-06-01), pages 1 - 6, XP032931901, DOI: 10.1109/BMSB.2016.7521918
ref_type: npl
severity: background
ref_id: - ILSEN STEFAN ET AL: "Tower overlay over LTE-Advanced+ (TOoL+): Results of a field trial in Paris", 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND BROADCASTING (BMSB), IEEE, 1 June 2016 (2016-06-01), pages 1 - 6, XP032931922, DOI: 10.1109/BMSB.2016.7521952
ref_type: npl
severity: background
ref_id: US2015081847
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: - JURETZEK FRIEDER, "Integration of high tower, high power LTE-Advanced broadcast into mobile networks", 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND BROADCASTING (BMSB), IEEE, (20160601), doi:10.1109/BMSB.2016.7521918, pages 1 - 6, XP032931901 [X] 1,6-13,18,19 * abstract * * page  3, paragraph  2  - paragraph  9 * * page  4, paragraph  4 * [I] 2-5,14-17
ref_type: npl
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: - ILSEN STEFAN ET AL, "Tower overlay over LTE-Advanced+ (TOoL+): Results of a field trial in Paris", 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND BROADCASTING (BMSB), IEEE, (20160601), doi:10.1109/BMSB.2016.7521952, pages 1 - 6, XP032931922 [X] 1,6-13,18,19 * abstract * * page  1, column  1, line  1  - column  2, line  9 * * page  2, column  1, paragraph  6  - column  2, paragraph  2 * * page  3, column  2, paragraph  3 * [I] 2-5,14-17
ref_type: npl
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2018-11-21)