Patent ID: 9735975
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receive a key for encapsulation of multicast data at a base station; generate a response to a single message indicative of a multicast connection for a particular service received from a gateway device in a multi-cast broadcast zone, the base station being joined to a same multicast tree in the multicast-broadcast zone as the gateway device; establish the multicast connection with the gateway device via a multicast data path comprising a multicast tunnel associated with the key; and communicate the single message to each of one or more second base stations enabling utilization of the multicast data path allowing the joining of the same multi-cast tree in the multicast broadcast zone.