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Method and system for multicasting data in a communication network

  • US 20070019645A1
  • Filed: 07/05/2005
  • Published: 01/25/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of multicasting data in a communication network to a specific group of user equipments (UEs) that includes a source UE, the method comprising:

  • communicating at least one FlowID to the UEs in the specific group the communicating including informing the UEs in the specific group of a broadcast server'"'"'s IP address and port number to allow the UEs to set up resources in the network;

    for reception of wireless broadcast or wireless multicasts data;

    allowing the source UE to have a floor control for the specific group of UEs that are uniquely identified in the communication network, the allowing being provided by a push server in response to the push server receiving a floor control request from the source UE;

    receiving the data at the broadcast server, the data being transmitted from the source UE ; and

    multi-casting the data in non-duplicated packets from the broadcast server to the specific group of UEs.

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