método para efetuar gerenciamento de grupo em uma rede de comunicação, nó de solicitação, e, nó de rede.

摘要

A method of performing group management in a communication network. A network node receives from a requesting node a request to monitor a group that contains a plurality of group members. The request also includes at least one criterion to be monitored. The network node determines which group members fulfil the criterion, and sends to the requesting node a notification message including an identity of at least one group member fulfilling the criterion. The notification message also includes further criterion fulfilment information, the further criterion information including an identity of the criterion fulfilled.