US2011110286A1

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Title

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICAST MOBILITY

Application Number:

US20100885218

Publication Date:

12-05-2011

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Application Date:

17-09-2010

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Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

18-09-2009

Title

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICAST MOBILITY

Application Number:

US20100885218

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

12-05-2011

Application Date:

17-09-2010

Priority Date:

18-09-2009

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

A method and an apparatus for a proxy mobile Internet protocol (PMIP) supporting a dedicated multicast local mobility anchor (LMA) and mobile access gateway (MAG) is provided. The LMA assigns an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) that processes the IP address and sends a router solicitation message to a serving MAG. A WTRU is disclosed to receive a first IP address that is for unicast service and a second IP address that is for multicast services. Generally the method and apparatus proposes architecture interfaces and procedures to enable multicast mobility using Proxy Mobile IP. More specifically operations of aggregated PMIP tunnels for multicast services are described. Multicast mobility is enabled when mobile nodes move from one MAG to another MAG intra-LMA and inter-LMA. And Multicast mobility is enabled between bidirectional network and downlink only multicast network in a hybrid network.

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