STREAMING UNICAST SERVICES TO MULTIPLE USER EQUIPMENT

摘要

A content adapter receives a request from a first user equipment to receive a unicast service via a base station and determines that the base station is providing the unicast service to a second user equipment using a service identifier. The content adapter transmits a signal instructing the base station to allocate the service identifier to the first user equipment for receiving the unicast service concurrently with the second user equipment. A base station allocates the service identifier to the first user equipment in response to the first user equipment requesting a unicast service that the base station is already providing to a second user equipment using the service identifier. The base station transmits content for the unicast service for reception by the first and second user equipment based on the service identifier.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a content adapter, a request from a first user equipment to receive a unicast service via a base station; determining, at the content adapter, that the base station is providing the unicast service to a second user equipment using a service identifier; and transmitting, from the content adapter, a signal instructing the base station to allocate the service identifier to the first user equipment for receiving the unicast service so that the service identifier is allocated to both the first user equipment and the second user equipment.