Inventors:
George Cherian - San Diego CA, US
Nagaraju Naik - San Diego CA, US
Xiaoxia Zhang - San Diego CA, US
Edward Robert Hall - Bristol, GB
Gordon Kent Walker - Poway CA, US
Charles N. Lo - San Diego CA, US
Carlos Marcelo Dias Pazos - Carlsbad CA, US
Kuo-Chun Lee - San Diego CA, US
Jack Shyh-Hurng Shauh - San Diego CA, US
Gang Bao - San Diego CA, US
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA
International Classification:
H04W 72/00
Abstract:
Techniques are provided for smooth transition between broadcast/multicast transmission and unicast transmission. A method for managing unicast and multicast services switching in a multi-band/multi-frequency wireless communications system (WCS) capable of both unicast and multicast signaling includes determining whether an aggregate demand for a content provided via dedicated unicast transmissions exceeds a threshold. The method includes switching transmission of the content from the dedicated unicast transmissions on one frequency to a multicast transmission on a second or more frequencies in response to determining that the aggregate demand exceeds the threshold.