Method and apparatus for group content delivery
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsWenliang XU, Jinyang XIE
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for group content delivery. A method in a communication network which comprises the content provider node and a broadcast-multicast service node, wherein the content provider node needs to deliver a message to a group of user equipments via the broadcast multicast service node. The method comprises obtaining one or more group identifiers. The method further comprises sending the one or more group identifiers to the broadcast-multicast service node.
Claims30
A method (300) at a content provider node in a communication network which comprises the content provider node and a broadcast-multicast service node, wherein the content provider node needs to deliver a message to a group of user equipments via the broadcast multicast service node, the method comprising:
- obtaining (302) one or more group identifiers;
- and
- sending (304) the one or more group identifiers to the broadcast-multicast service node.
A method (400) at a broadcast-multicast service node, wherein a service announcement mode is set to service announcement channel (SACH), the method comprising:
- receiving (402) one or more group identifiers from a content provider node;
- and
- sending (406) service announcement information including the one or more group identifiers to one or more user equipments.
A method (500) at a user equipment, comprising:
- receiving (502) service announcement information including one or more group identifiers from a broadcast-multicast service node, wherein the one or more group identifiers is received by the broadcast-multicast service node from a content provider node;
- and
- receiving (504) a group message based on the one or more group identifiers.
An apparatus (810) at a content provider node in a communication network which comprises the content provider node and a broadcast-multicast service node, wherein the content provider node needs to deliver a message to a group of user equipments via the broadcast multicast service node, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor (811);
- and
- a memory (812) coupled to the processor (811), said memory (812) containing instructions executable by said processor (811), whereby said apparatus (810) is operative to:
- obtain one or more group identifiers;
- and
- send the one or more group identifiers to the broadcast-multicast service node.
An apparatus (820) at a broadcast-multicast service node, wherein a service announcement mode is set to service announcement channel (SACH), the apparatus comprising:
- a processor (821);
- and
- a memory (822) coupled to the processor (821), said memory (822) containing instructions executable by said processor (821), whereby said apparatus (820) is operative to:
- receive one or more group identifiers from content provider node;
- and
- send service announcement information including the one or more group identifiers to one or more user equipments.
An apparatus (830) at a user equipment, comprising:
- a processor (831);
- and
- a memory (832) coupled to the processor (831), said memory (832) containing instructions executable by said processor (831), whereby said apparatus (830) is operative to:
- receive service announcement information including one or more group identifiers from a broadcast-multicast service node, wherein the one or more group identifiers is received by the broadcast-multicast service node from a content provider node;
- and
- receive a group message based on the one or more group identifiers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.