Systems and methods for subscription based multicast service discovery

A device, comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• at least one processing device configured to:
• receive registration information from a first user equipment (UE) device,
• identify a first multicast service associated with the first UE device,
• provide, to the first UE device, information identifying a location of a configuration file, in response to verifying the registration information from the first UE device, wherein the configuration file includes information to enable an application on the first UE device to obtain multicast content, and
• initiate a broadcast of content associated with the first multicast service.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor included in a network device, cause the at least one processor to:

• receive registration information from a first user equipment (UE) device;
• identify a first multicast service associated with the first UE device;
• provide, to the first UE device, information identifying a location of a configuration file, in response to verifying the registration information from the first UE device, wherein the configuration file includes information to enable an application on the first UE device to obtain multicast content;
• and
• initiate a broadcast of content associated with the first multicast service.