SERVICE CONTINUITY FOR GROUP COMMUNICATIONS OVER EVOLVED MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICE

摘要

A method, a user equipment (UE), and a computer program product for maintaining continuity of evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service (e MBMS) broadcast service at the user equipment (UE) are disclosed. The UE detects insufficient eMBMS coverage at the UE, where the UE is receiving eMBMS broadcast content from a network within an MFSFN area supporting the eMBMS broadcast service. The UE receives at least one MBSFN threshold from the network and at least one MBSFN measurement from the network, and determines whether to switch from broadcast to unicast for continued reception of the eMBMS broadcast content based on the at least one MBSFN threshold and the at least one MBSFN measurement.