Method and Apparatus for Reliable Broadcast/Multicast Service
First Claim
1. An apparatus for use as or in a user terminal in an IP-based multimedia broadcast/multicast service, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more processing circuits configured to store information relating to user service registrations performed using an IP-based connection established to enable connectivity between the user terminal and a service node for the broadcast/multicast service;
wherein the stored information enables re-registration of at least some of any of the user services affected by a loss of the IP-based connection.
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Abstract
A method is provided for use by a user terminal operating an IP-based multimedia broadcast/multicast service. The method comprises storing information relating to user service registrations performed using an IP connection such as a Packet Data Protocol, PDP, context established to enable connectivity between the user terminal and a service node for the broadcast/multicast service. The information is of a type to enable re-registration of at least some of any of the user services affected by a loss of the IP connection. In one embodiment, the multimedia broadcast/multicast service is a 3GPP Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service, MBMS, the user terminal is a User Equipment, UE, and the service node is a Broadcast/Multicast Service Center, BM-SC. In another embodiment, the multimedia broadcast/multicast service is an Open Mobile Alliance Broadcast, OMA BCAST, service, the user terminal is a Terminal, and the service node is an OMA BCAST Subscription Management, BSM, node.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for use as or in a user terminal in an IP-based multimedia broadcast/multicast service, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more processing circuits configured to store information relating to user service registrations performed using an IP-based connection established to enable connectivity between the user terminal and a service node for the broadcast/multicast service; wherein the stored information enables re-registration of at least some of any of the user services affected by a loss of the IP-based connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for use by a user terminal in an IP-based multimedia broadcast/multicast service, the method comprising:
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storing information relating to user service registrations performed using an IP-based connection established to enable connectivity between the user terminal and a service node for the broadcast/multicast service; wherein the stored information enables re-registration of at least some of any of the user services affected by a loss of the IP connection. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for controlling an apparatus for use as or in a user terminal in an IP-based multimedia broadcast/multicast service, the computer program product comprising software instructions which, when run on the apparatus, causes the apparatus to:
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store information relating to user service registrations performed using an IP-based connection established to enable connectivity between the user terminal and a service node for the broadcast/multicast service; wherein the stored information enables re-registration of at least some of any of the user services affected by a loss of the IP connection. multimedia broadcast/multicast service, the computer program product comprising software instructions which, when run on the apparatus, causes the apparatus to; store information relating to user service registrations performed using an IP-based connection established to enable connectivity between the user terminal and a service node for the broadcast/multicast service; wherein the stored information enables re-registration of at least some of any of the user services affected by a loss of the IP connection.
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