Patent ID: 7388855
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing broadcast/multicast services (BCMCS) to a mobile terminal (MT) in a packet data network the method comprising steps of: receiving at a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server from the MT, a request message for requesting an IP address of a primary BCMCS controller that serves the packet data network; retrieving at the DHCP server the IP address of the primary BCMCS controller; sending a response message from the DHCP server to the MT, the response message including the IP address of the primary BCMCS controller; sending, based on the IP address of the primary BCMCS controller, a request message for requesting BCMCS services from the MT to the primary BCMCS controller, the request message including a location information and an access type indicator of the MT; determining at the primary BSMCS controller whether the primary BCMCS controller serves a zone where the MT is located: if the primary BCMCS controller serves the zone in which MT is requesting BCMCS services, providing a list of available BCMCS programs to the MT; if the primary BCMCS controller serves a zone different from the zone where the MT is requesting BCMCS services: