A method for broadcasting content, comprising: receiving, at a network access node, a control plane signal from a broadcast coordination entity over a control plane signaling route that is distinct from a user plane signaling route, wherein the control signal includes information associated with content to be broadcasted to one or more user equipments, wherein the control plane signaling route is BM-SC, broadcast coordination entity, network access node and therefore no multimedia broadcast multicast service gateway, MBMS-GW, and no mobility management entity, MME, is included in the control plane signaling route; caching, at the network access node, the content to be broadcasted to the one or more user equipments based on the control plane signal, wherein the content is cached locally at the network access node, and wherein the network access node includes a user plane function, wherein the control plane signal includes a pre-cache start message, the caching further comprising: receiving, from a broadcast coordination entity, a multicast Internet Protocol, IP, address associated with the content; sending an Internet Protocol multicast join message to a multimedia broadcast multicast services gateway; and receiving the content from the multimedia broadcast multicast services gateway through an Internet Protocol multicast transmission using the multicast IP address; and sending from the network access node the cached content to the one or more user equipments. receiving, at a network access node, a control plane signal from a broadcast coordination entity over a control plane signaling route that is distinct from a user plane signaling route, wherein the control signal includes information associated with content to be broadcasted to one or more user equipments, wherein the control plane signaling route is BM-SC, broadcast coordination entity, network access node and therefore no multimedia broadcast multicast service gateway, MBMS-GW, and no mobility management entity, MME, is included in the control plane signaling route; caching, at the network access node, the content to be broadcasted to the one or more user equipments based on the control plane signal, wherein the content is cached locally at the network access node, and wherein the network access node includes a user plane function, wherein the control plane signal includes a pre-cache start message, the caching further comprising: receiving, from a broadcast coordination entity, a multicast Internet Protocol, IP, address associated with the content; sending an Internet Protocol multicast join message to a multimedia broadcast multicast services gateway; and receiving the content from the multimedia broadcast multicast services gateway through an Internet Protocol multicast transmission using the multicast IP address; and sending from the network access node the cached content to the one or more user equipments. receiving, from a broadcast coordination entity, a multicast Internet Protocol, IP, address associated with the content; sending an Internet Protocol multicast join message to a multimedia broadcast multicast services gateway; and receiving the content from the multimedia broadcast multicast services gateway through an Internet Protocol multicast transmission using the multicast IP address; and sending from the network access node the cached content to the one or more user equipments.