Patent ID: 9706368
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for managing multicast traffic using a Mobile Access Gateway (MAG), the method comprising: receiving, at the MAG, an indication of at least one multicast policy, wherein the indication of the multicast policy is received from a Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) or a Multicast Tree Mobility Anchor (MTMA); receiving, at the MAG, information from a mobile node that indicates at least one multicast group that is associated with the mobile node; and selecting, at the MAG, a multicast subscription associated with each of the at least one multicast group for routing multicast traffic to the mobile node, wherein the multicast subscription is selected based on the received indication of the at least one multicast policy, and wherein the multicast subscription comprises at least one of a Multicast Tree Mobility Anchor (MTMA) subscription or a direct routing subscription.