Patent ID: 9386425
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: establishing a unicast Evolved Packet Service (EPS) bearer by a user equipment (UE) in a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network for receiving downlink (DL) unicast traffic of DL group communication, wherein the UE belongs to a communication group having a communication group identity (ID), wherein the UE indicates a group communication interest when requesting to establish the unicast bearer; receiving access information from the network for monitoring downlink (DL) multicast traffic of the DL group communication based on a multicast decision triggered by the group communication interest, wherein the multicast decision is for dynamically configuring a multicast Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) bearer; and monitoring the MBMS bearer for receiving the DL multicast traffic using the access information, wherein the multicast MBMS bearer is associated with a Temporary Mobile Group Identifier (TMGI), and wherein the TMGI is associated with the communication group ID.