NSAPI ALLOCATION FOR MBMS

摘要

The method and apparatus described herein enables a mobile station to subscribe to a larger number of multi-cast services than provided by a conventional wireless network. According to one embodiment, the network establishes a multi-cast communication session and allocates a NSAPI to the communication session during a data transfer phase. Subsequently, the network transmits the multi-cast data during the established communication session. According to another exemplary embodiment, the network includes two non-overlapping value spaces, where one of the value spaces is reserved for multi-cast NSAPIs. In this embodiment, the network receives a NSAPI selected by the mobile station during the joining phase from this value space. During the data transmission phase, the network establishes a multi-cast communication session based on the selected NSAPI, and transmits the corresponding multi-cast data during the communication session.