REDUCING A NUMBER OF FLOW REFERENCES IN MESSAGING ASSOCIATED WITH A MULTICAST SESSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

An access terminal selects less than all of a plurality of flows associated with a given multicast session, arid sends a call registration message including reference to the selected less than all flows to an access network to request registration to each of the plurality of flows. The access network receives the call registration message, and interprets the call registration message as requesting registration to each of the plurality of flows associated with the given multicast session. The access network transmits a scheduling message to a group of access terminals that advertises less than all of a plurality of flows associated with the given multicast session. Access terminals in the group that receive the scheduling message interpret the scheduling message as if each of the plurality of flows is advertised as carried upon a downlink channel.