APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICE (MBS) IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus and a method for a Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) system are provided. A broadcasting server in a broadcasting service system includes a storage for storing broadcasting contents; a controller for determining relative offset information for a broadcasting start time with respect to each Internet Protocol (IP) packet; a generator for generating IP packets with the contents provided from the storage and recording the determined relative offset information in the generated IP packets; and a transmitter for transmitting the packets including the relative offset information to an Access Control Router (ACR).