Patent ID: 11937272
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A multicast and broadcast-session management function (MB-SMF) in a wireless communication system, the MB-SMF comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to control to:
receive, from an application function (AF) through a network exposure function/multicast and broadcast service function (NEF/MBSF), multicast and broadcast service (MBS) information including a service type indicating whether the service is a broadcast service or a multicast service,
determine that the service is the multicast service based on the service type, and
receive, from a session management function (SMF), a first request associated with an MBS session join request of a user equipment (UE).