Patent ID: 9615298
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. An off-load apparatus disposed between a core network accommodating a plurality of base stations and the base stations capable of connection with a mobile station, the off-load apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores line information and multicast viewing information of the mobile station when the mobile station performs multicast communication of an off-load object via the off-load apparatus; a transferring unit that transfers the line information and the multicast viewing information of the mobile station to another off-load apparatus that is an handover destination when the mobile station moves during the multicast communication; and a control unit that edits and transmits to an IPTV broadcast station, participation in multicast viewing when the off-load apparatus acts as a handover-destination apparatus, based on the multicast viewing information transferred from a handover-source off-load apparatus.