System and method for providing information to a mobile unit

Details System and method for providing information to a mobile unit System and method for providing information to a mobile unit

2007-08-21

2007-08-21

Nguyen, Chau (Department: 2616)

Multiplex communications

Communication over free space

Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...

C370S331000, C370S338000, C370S401000

Reexamination Certificate

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10133921

ABSTRACT:
A gateway provides a multicast packet of information to a plurality of transceiver stations. The plurality of transceiver stations belong to a soft handoff group associated with a mobile unit. The multicast packet of information includes a common traffic section and a plurality of unique control sections. A particular transceiver station receives the multicast packet of information from the gateway and identifies its associated unique control section. The particular transceiver station then sends the common traffic section to the mobile unit according to its associated unique control section.

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U.S. Appl. No. 09/753,049, filed Dec. 28, 2000, entitled “Distribution of Packets in a Wireless Communications System Using Multicast Protocols”, 32 pages of text and 4 sheets of drawings.

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