Patent ID: 8249018

Claim:
A method for managing mobility of a mobile terminal receiving a multicast service from a service provider via a first access node, wherein the first access node is assigned to a first and at least a second pool area simultaneously, the multicast service is provided between the service provider and the first access node via a first user plane entity of the first pool area, the method comprising: after connection of the mobile terminal to the first access node, requesting from the service provider information about user plane entities in the at least second pool area, arbitrarily selecting a second user plane entity in the at least second pool area, and after completing an access node change of the mobile terminal from the first access node to a second access node in the at least second pool area, changing the user plane entity, via which the multicast service is provided between the service provider and the second access node, from the first user plane entity in the first pool area to the arbitrarily selected second user plane entity in the at least second pool area.