Method and system for a multicast service initiation in a communication system

摘要

Method and a system for multicast service notification in cellular telephone system to enable the cellular telephone systems to provide both multicast and point-to-point services are disclosed. Several embodiments describe the signaling interaction between an access network and subscriber stations belonging to a multicast group to allow the access network to properly notify the subscriber stations of a the multicast service. Such a signaling further allows the subscriber stations to recognize the multicast service notification to participate in the multicast service.

主权项

1. A method in a communication system, comprising:
including an indicator into a first slot on a first channel; and including a multicast service notification into a message conveyed in a second slot on a second channel, the second slot corresponding to the first slot, if the multicast service notification was indicated by the indicator.