Method for providing a multicast service within a wireless communications system

• US 20070076715A1
• Filed: 09/30/2005
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Bauer, Markus, Schefczik, Hans
• Application Number:
  US11/241,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20070076715A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/390
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A method for implementing an internet protocol multicast service in a wireless communications system is provided. The method comprises receiving content from an internet protocol multicast server at a base station router; and passing the received content over an air interface to a mobile device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving content from an internet protocol multicast server at a base station router; and

passing the received content over an air interface to a mobile device.

2. A method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein receiving content from the internet protocol multicast server at the base station router further comprises receiving content from the internet protocol multicast server at the base station router in response to the base station router delivering a request for the content to the internet protocol multicast server.

3. A method, as set forth in claim 2, wherein receiving content from the internet protocol multicast server at the base station router in response to the base station router delivering a request for the content to the internet protocol multicast server further comprises the base station router delivering the request for the content in response to the mobile device sending a request for the content to the base station router.

4. A method, as set forth in claim 3, further comprising a plurality of mobile devices communicating with the base station router and wherein passing the received content over the air interface to the mobile device further comprises passing the received content over the air interface to only the mobile device requesting the content.

5. A method, as set forth in claim 3, further comprising the base station router discontinuing passing the received content over the air interface to the mobile device in response to the mobile device sending a request to the base station router to discontinue receiving the content.