Patent ID: 8107407
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) communication in a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network including an enhanced node B having a first radio network controller (RNC), the enhanced node B configured to communicate with user terminals, the telecommunications network further including a second RNC configured to communicate with the enhanced node B and also to communicate with a core network component, the method comprising: establishing an IP Multicast connection according to at least one of the following features: (i) between an IP server and the enhanced Node B in order to provide the MBMS communication, wherein, for each connection established, an associated user plane extends between the IP server and one or more of the user terminals via the enhanced Node B and not via the core network component; or (ii) between the IP server and the second RNC in order to provide the MBMS communication, wherein, for each connection established, an associated user plane extends between the IP server and one or more user terminals via the second RNC and not via the core network component.