CPC H04W 4/06 (2013.01) [H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. A communication apparatus configured as a base station and comprising: a transceiver configured to perform wireless communication; control circuitry operatively connected to the transceiver and configured to deliver content corresponding to one or more programs using one of a plurality of directional beams, each of plurality of directional beams allocated individually to the one or more of the programs, wherein the control circuitry is configured to cause the base station to: notify a terminal apparatus of first information identifying a program of the one or more programs that is to be broadcast in a directional beam of the plurality of directional beams in each of a plurality of directions, the first information being notified to the terminal apparatus in association with second information notified commonly to one or more of terminal apparatuses within a communication range, the one or more of terminal apparatuses including the terminal apparatus, notify the terminal apparatus of resource information regarding a time and frequency resource of the directional beam, and after notifying the terminal apparatus of the resource information, provide content corresponding to the program to the terminal apparatus via the directional beam in accordance with the notified time and frequency resource.
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