METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MULTICAST SERVICE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

Methods for providing a multicast service by a Base Station (BS) and a Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system, and a BS and an MS for performing the methods, are provided. The method for providing a multicast service by a BS in a communication system includes providing a multicast service to an MS using a multicast group IDentifier (ID) used to uniquely identify a multicast service in a network, and a Flow ID (FID) used along with the multicast group ID to uniquely identify a multicast flow in the network.