Patent ID: 8320293

Claim:
A method for, in an access device of a communication network, controlling the uplink multicast service from a user equipment, comprising: a. receiving a multicast packet from the user equipment through a user side port of said access device; b. obtaining the multicast property information of the multicast packet; d. according to the multicast property information of the multicast packet and uplink multicast control information corresponding to said user side port, determining whether the uplink multicast forwarding of the multicast packet is allowed; e. if the uplink multicast forwarding of the multicast packet is allowed, receiving, from a controlling device at the access device, a control information update indication message including update indication information of uplink multicast control information in correspondence with said user side port on the access device, and sending, in response to the control information update indication message, the multicast packet to a multicast router via a uplink multicast dedicated VLAN between the access device and the multicast router, which will then provide multicast service to other user equipments, wherein the uplink multicast dedicated VLAN is shared by the uplink multicast service of the other user equipments.