Patent ID: 7995510
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing broadcast/multicast area management in a wireless communication system, comprising: acquiring, by a network side entity through configuration or signaling, information of a broadcast area in which a broadcast/multicast service is allowed; receiving, by the network side entity, a request message from a client end; performing, by the network side entity, a service authentication and an area authentication on the client end according to information carried in the request message and the information of the broadcast area, and if the client end passes both the service authentication and the area authentication, notifying authentication information of the client end to other functional entities; wherein the network side entity is one or more of the following: a broadcast/multicast service controller, an access control function entity, and a broadcast/multicast service node in the wireless communication system.