Mobility management of multiple clusters within a wireless communications network

An access network configured to manage a plurality of sectors of a wireless communication system, comprising:

• logic configured to determine whether a first cluster and a second cluster within the wireless communication system are at least adjacent with each other, the first cluster including a first plurality of sectors and the second cluster including a second plurality of sectors, the first cluster carrying a given multicast session on a first resource unit of a downlink broadcast channel within each of the first plurality of sectors and the second cluster carrying the given multicast session on a second resource unit of the downlink broadcast channel within each of the second plurality of sectors;
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• logic configured to control a manner in which the first cluster and the second cluster carry the given multicast session based on the determining step.

An access network configured to manage a plurality of sectors of a wireless communication system, comprising:

• means for determining whether a first cluster and a second cluster within the wireless communication system are at least adjacent with each other, the first cluster including a first plurality of sectors and the second cluster including a second plurality of sectors, the first cluster carrying a given multicast session on a first resource unit of a downlink broadcast channel within each of the first plurality of sectors and the second cluster carrying the given multicast session on a second resource unit of the downlink broadcast channel within each of the second plurality of sectors;
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• means for controlling a manner in which the first cluster and the second cluster carry the given multicast session based on the determining step.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

• at least one instruction to determine whether a first cluster and a second cluster within a wireless communication system are at least adjacent with each other, the first cluster including a first plurality of sectors and the second cluster including a second plurality of sectors, the first cluster carrying a given multicast session on a first resource unit of a downlink broadcast channel within each of the first plurality of sectors and the second cluster carrying the given multicast session on a second resource unit of the downlink broadcast channel within each of the second plurality of sectors;
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• at least one instruction to control a manner in which the first cluster and the second cluster carry the given multicast session based on the determining step.