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1. A communication device for facilitating the provision of at least one service in a communication network, the communication device comprising:
a communication unit that communicates with a base station of said communication network and with a plurality of other communication devices, wherein said communication unit is operable to:
i) communicate with the base station over a first interface;ii) communicate with the plurality of other communication devices over a second interface;iii) receive, via at least one of said first and second interfaces information identifying each service that a respective user of a corresponding communication device, of said plurality of other communication devices, is interested in receiving, and information identifying the corresponding communication device of that user; andiv) receive, via said first interface, service data for at least one related service, wherein the service data is provided using a broadcast/multicast bearer; a maintenance unit that maintains, for each service identified by said received information, a mapping between the identified service and each corresponding communication device of a user that is interested in receiving that service; and wherein said communication unit is operable to forward service data, for a particular service, received via the first interface, to each communication device for which said maintenance unit maintains a respective mapping to that particular service. |
