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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for adding notifications related with user equipment multicast group and leave
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Application No.: US16904212Application Date: 2020-06-17
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Publication No.: US11197343B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Laurent Thiebaut , Bruno Landais
- Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
- Current Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: H04H20/71
- IPC: H04H20/71 ; G06F15/16 ; H04W76/40 ; H04W4/08

Abstract:
Methods, apparatuses and computer program products are described that facilitate sending and receiving notifications related to user equipment being added to or leaving a multicast group or multicast stream in a network. A method can include receiving, from a session controller, a request for reporting when protocol data unit (PDU) sessions are added to/removed from a downlink replication tree associated with an internet protocol multicast flow; determining whether said PDU session has been added to or removed from the downlink replication tree associated with the internet protocol multicast flow; and, in response to said determining, transmitting a message to a session management function indicative of that said PDU session has been added to or removed from said downlink replication tree. The message can include an internet protocol address associated with a source of said added or removed multicast flow and/or the multicast destination of said internet protocol multicast flow.
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