Method and apparatus for receiving broadcast in a wireless multiple-access communications system
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01R-031/08
G06F-011/00
G08C-015/00
H04J-001/16
H04J-003/14
H04L-001/00
H04L-012/26
H04L-012/28
H04L-012/56
H04J-003/26
H04N-007/16
H04N-007/173
출원번호
US-0913068
(2004-08-05)
등록번호
US-8570880
(2013-10-29)
발명자
/ 주소
Canoy, Michael-David Nakayoshi
Agashe, Parag Arun
Wu, Qiang
Kintada, Ramakrishna
Sundaram, Senthilkumar Kaliannan
출원인 / 주소
QUALCOMM Incorporated
대리인 / 주소
Hagler, James T.
인용정보
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초록▼
An access terminal an a wireless multiple-access network monitors multiple broadcast soft handoff groups simultaneously in order to select the best logical broadcast channels to decode based upon broadcast contents selected by a user of the access terminal. When in a traffic state the access termina
An access terminal an a wireless multiple-access network monitors multiple broadcast soft handoff groups simultaneously in order to select the best logical broadcast channels to decode based upon broadcast contents selected by a user of the access terminal. When in a traffic state the access terminal is able to decode one or more broadcast channels by decoding a unicast channel from a traffic server during one time slot and then decoding a broadcast channel from a broadcast server during another time slot.
대표청구항▼
1. In a multiple-access network, a method of operating an access terminal to receive broadcast content, comprising: receiving a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of broadcast servers;determining a broadcast server weight for each of the broadcast servers by: determining
1. In a multiple-access network, a method of operating an access terminal to receive broadcast content, comprising: receiving a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of broadcast servers;determining a broadcast server weight for each of the broadcast servers by: determining a weight for each content provided by the broadcast server comprising: determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of broadcast servers for each content provided by the broadcast server; andcombining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights of the plurality of transmissions of contents with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; andcombining weights for contents provided by the broadcast server to yield the broadcast server weight; andranking the broadcast servers by their respective broadcast server weights. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: decoding a transmission of content broadcast by the highest-ranking broadcast server. 3. The method of claim 1, further including decoding a transmission of content broadcast by a broadcast server selected from the ranked broadcast servers. 4. The method of claim 1, in which determining a weight for each content comprises: determining the weight based upon one or more measured qualities for each transmission of the content;combining the weights for transmissions of the content to yield the transmission weight for the content;determining the value for at least one quality measure of the content; andcombining the transmission weight for the content with the value for at least one quality measure to yield the weight for the content. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein each broadcast server is associated with a soft combine group of at least one serving server, in which each serving server of a soft combine group provides a transmission of a respective content provided by a broadcast server associated with the soft combine group, and wherein determining the weight for each transmission comprises: determining a value for at least one quality measure of the transmission for serving servers of a soft combine group. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one quality measure of the transmission is selected from the group including transmission type, transmission condition, and transmission power. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one quality measure of the content is selected from the group including content encoding rate, content timing, content cost, and content priority. 8. The method of claim 5, in which the transmissions are on forward traffic channels received by the access terminal. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: interrupting a unicast transmission on one of the forward traffic channels to receive a broadcast transmission on the forward traffic channel. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein interrupting includes periodically interrupting. 11. An access terminal for use in a wireless multiple-access network, comprising: an Radio Frequency (RF) section to receive a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of broadcast servers;a rank determination module configured to determine a broadcast server weight for each of the broadcast servers by: determining a weight for each content provided by the broadcast server comprising: determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of broadcast servers for each content provided by the broadcast server; andcombining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights for transmissions of the content with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; andcombining weights for contents provided by the broadcast server to yield the broadcast server weight; anda data structure configured to arrange the broadcast servers by their respective broadcast server weights. 12. The access terminal of claim 11, further comprising: means for decoding a transmission of content broadcast by the highest-ranking broadcast server. 13. The access terminal of claim 11, further comprising: means for decoding a transmission of content broadcast by a broadcast server selected from the ranked broadcast servers. 14. The access terminal of claim 11, in which the rank determination module comprises: means for determining the weight based upon one or more measured qualities for each transmission of the content;means for combining the weights for transmissions of the content to yield the transmission weight for the content;means for determining the value for at least one quality measure of the content; andmeans for combining the transmission weight for the content with the value for at least one quality measure the content to yield the weight for each content. 15. The access terminal of claim 14, wherein: each broadcast server is associated with a soft combine group of at least one serving server;each serving server of a soft combine group provides a transmission of a respective content provided by a broadcast server associated with the soft combine group; andthe rank determination module comprises: means for determining a value for at least one quality measure of the transmission for each serving server of a soft combine group. 16. The access terminal of claim 15, wherein the at least one quality measure of the transmission is selected from the group including transmission type, transmission condition, and transmission power. 17. The access terminal of claim 15, wherein the at least one quality measure of the content is selected from the group including content encoding rate, content timing, content cost, and content priority. 18. The access terminal of claim 15, in which the transmissions are on forward traffic channels of the wireless multiple-access network. 19. The access terminal of claim 18, further including means for interrupting a unicast transmission on one of the forward traffic channels to receive a broadcast transmission on the forward traffic channel. 20. The method of claim 19, in which means for interrupting is for periodically interrupting the unicast transmission. 21. In a cellular network, a method of operating an access terminal to receive broadcast content, comprising: receiving a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of broadcast servers through a plurality of base transceiver stations of the network;determining a transceiver station weight for each of the base transceiver stations by: determining a weight for each content provided by the base transceiver station comprising: determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of broadcast servers for each content provided by the base transceiver station;combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights for transmissions of the content with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; andcombining weights of contents' provided by the base transceiver station to yield the base transceiver station weight; andranking the base transceiver stations by their respective base transceiver station weights. 22. The method of claim 21, further comprising: decoding a transmission of content broadcast by the highest-ranking base transceiver station. 23. The method of claim 21, further comprising: decoding a transmission of content broadcast by a base transceiver station selected from the ranked base transceiver stations. 24. The method of claim 21, in which determining a weight for each content comprises: determining the weight based upon one or more measured qualities for each transmission of the content;combining weights of transmissions of the content to yield the transmission weight for the content;determining the value for at least one quality measure of the content; andcombining the transmission weight for the content with the value for at least one quality measure to yield the weight for the content. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein: each base transceiver station is associated with a soft combine group of at least one serving sector;each serving sector of a soft combine group provides a transmission of a respective content provided by a base transceiver station associated with the soft combine group; anddetermining the weight for each transmission comprises: for serving sectors of a soft combine group, determining a value for at least one quality measure of the transmission. 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the at least one quality measure of the transmission is selected from the group including transmission type, transmission condition, and transmission power. 27. The method of claim 25, wherein the at least one quality measure of the content is selected from the group including content encoding rate, content timing, content cost, and content priority. 28. The method of claim 25, in which the transmissions are on forward traffic channels received by the access terminal. 29. The method of claim 28, further including interrupting a unicast transmission on one of the forward traffic channels to receive a broadcast transmission on the forward traffic channel. 30. The method of claim 29, In which interrupting includes periodically interrupting. 31. An access terminal for use in a wireless multiple access network, comprising: an Radio Frequency (RF) section to receive a plurality of transmissions of contents provided by a plurality of base transceiver stations;a rank determination module configured to determine a transceiver station weight for each of the base transceiver stations by: determining a weight for each content provided by the base transceiver station comprising: determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on respective one or more forward link broadcast channels for each content provided by the base transceiver station;combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined content weights for transmissions of the content with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; andcombining weights of contents provided by the base transceiver station to yield the base transceiver station weight; anda data structure configured to arrange the base transceiver stations by their respective base transceiver station weights. 32. The access terminal of claim 31, further including means for decoding a transmission of content broadcast by the highest-ranking base transceiver station. 33. The access terminal of claim 31, further including means for decoding a transmission of content broadcast by a base transceiver station selected from the ranked base transceiver stations. 34. The access terminal of claim 31, in which the rank determination module includes: means for determining the weight based upon one or more measured qualities for each transmission of the content;means for combining weights of transmissions of the content to yield the transmission weight for the content;means for determining the value for at least one quality measure of the content; andmeans for combining the transmission weight for the content with the value for at least one quality measure the content to yield the weight for each content. 35. The access terminal of claim 34, wherein: each base transceiver station is associated with a soft combine group of at least one serving sector:each serving sector of a soft combine group provides a transmission of a respective content provided by a base transceiver station associated with the soft combine group; andthe rank determination module comprises: means determining a value for at least one quality measure of the transmission for each serving sector of a soft combine group. 36. The access terminal of claim 35, wherein the at least one quality measure of the transmission is selected from the group including transmission type, transmission condition, and transmission power. 37. The access terminal of claim 35, wherein the at least one quality measure of the content is selected from the group including content encoding rate, content timing, content cost, and content priority. 38. The access terminal of claim 35, in which the transmissions are on forward traffic channels of the wireless multiple-access network. 39. The access terminal of claim 38, further including means for interrupting a unicast transmission on one of the forward traffic channels to receive a broadcast transmission on the forward traffic channel. 40. The method of claim 39, in which means for interrupting is for periodically interrupting the unicast transmission. 41. A non-transitory processor-readable memory including processor-executable instructions encoded thereon for causing the processor to execute a method of operating an access terminal in a wireless multiple-access network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of transmissions of broadcast contents provided by a plurality of base transceiver stations of the network;determining a base transceiver station weight for each of the base transceiver stations by: determining a weight for each content provided by the base transceiver stations comprising: determining a weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of base transceiver stations for each content provided by the base transceiver station; andcombining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights of the plurality of transmissions of contents with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; andcombining weights of contents provided by the base transceiver station to yield the base transceiver station weight; andranking the base transceiver stations by their respective base transceiver station weights. 42. An access terminal for use in a wireless multiple-access network, comprising: means for receiving a plurality of transmissions of broadcast contents provided by a plurality of base transceiver stations of the network;means for determining a weight for each of the base transceiver stations by: means for determining a weight for each content provided by the base transceiver stations comprising: means for determining a base transceiver station weight based upon one or more measured qualities on each of the plurality of transmissions of contents provided by each of the plurality of base transceiver station for each content provided by the base transceiver station; andmeans for combining a transmission weight comprising a combination of determined weights of the plurality of transmissions of contents with a value for at least one quality measure of the content to yield a weight for the content; andmeans for combining weights of contents provided by the base transceiver station to yield the base transceiver station weight; andmeans for ranking the base transceiver stations by their respective base transceiver station weights.
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