Entities and methods for providing multicast/broadcast services in 5G networks

US11683855B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · CN

Inventors

• Serkan AYAZ · Munich, DE
• Ishan Vaishnavi · Munich, DE
• Riccardo Trivisonno · Munich, DE
• Chenghui Peng · Nanhu, CN
• Chan Zhou · Munich, DE
• Dario Serafino TONESI · Berlin, DE
• Patrice Michel Christophe Hédé · Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR
• Wanqiang Zhang · Beijing, CN
• Meng Li · Hangzhou City, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W76/12
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A control plane network entity for providing a multicast/broadcast service for one or more user equipments in a cellular communication network is provided. The control plane network entity is configured to: receive a session setup request for a multicast/broadcast session for the user equipments, wherein the session setup request comprises one or more identifiers identifying the user equipments and/or one or more spatial regions the user equipments are located in; select one or more access and mobility management function entities of the cellular communication network based on the one or more identifiers for providing the multicast/broadcast session to the user equipments; and send a user plane session setup request to the selected one or more access and mobility management function entities. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a user plane network entity and a radio access network node for anchoring and providing a multicast/broadcast service respectively.