Patent ID: 8264961

Claim:
A method for transmitting data, the method comprising: receiving a packet flow by a Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) Distributed Data Path Function (DPF), wherein the MBS distributed DPF is located at an Access Service Network Gateway (ASN GW); assigning a generic routing encapsulation (GRE) key to the packet flow by the MBS Distributed DPF; determining synchronization information based on the GRE key by an MBS proxy, wherein the MBS proxy is collocated with the MBS distribution DPF at the ASN GW; constructing multiple MBS bursts for a single frame by the MBS Proxy; constructing Multicast and Broadcast Service Map (MBS_MAP) and Multicast and Broadcast Service Map Information Element (MBS_MAP_IE) messages by the MBS Proxy; creating, by the MBS Distributed DPF, a GRE packet including the multiple MBS bursts and the synchronization information, wherein the GRE packet is tagged with both the GRE key and one of a plurality of assigned sequence numbers; and providing the GRE packet to one or more base stations.