MULTICAST DATA STREAM SELECTION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus and method for multicast data stream selection in a communication system includes a first step 300 of providing an intermediate server between a service entity and mobile clients. A next step 302 includes receiving a join request from a mobile client. A next step 304 includes deriving subgroups with each subgroup having at least one associated multicast data stream. A next step 310 includes deriving subgroup outer tunnels. A next step 316 includes encoding different data streams for the associated subgroups. A next step 320 includes mapping each data stream to the respective outer tunnels for each subgroup. A next step 322 includes sourcing the mapped streams to each subgroup. A next step 324 includes converting the mapped streams to a form that can be recognized by the mobile clients.