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Providing multicast/broadcast services in 5G networks

US12010591B2 · kind B2 · utility

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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

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/189
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a control plane network entity for providing a multicast/broadcast service to one or more user equipments (UEs) in a cellular communication network using one or more user plane functions of a plurality of selectable user plane functions. The network entity includes processing circuitry configured to: receive a request for a multicast/broadcast service for the one or more UEs, wherein the request comprises one or more identifiers identifying the one or more UEs and/or one or more spatial regions the one or more UEs are located in; select one or more user plane functions of the plurality of selectable user plane functions on the basis of the one or more identifiers for providing the multicast/broadcast service to the one or more UEs; and provide the one or more selected user plane functions with information about the multicast/broadcast service.

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