METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING MANAGEMENT OF MULTICAST DELIVERY TO MOBILE DEVICES

摘要

Embodiments of this invention provide a method and apparatus for classifying mobile multicast applications and services related flow (fig. 2), so that the flow may be managed at the mobile station . The method receives a multicast message flow having content and a flow identification, checks the type of content, and passes the flow to the appropriate processing entity. A data structure (fig. 1) is also provided for the management of a multicast flow having content to a plurality of mobile stations (fig. 3, 18). The data structure includes: a type identification specifying a flow type ; a provider identification for identifying a provider of a plurality of firmware; a vendor identification for identifying the vendor of the plurality of firmware; and an application identification for identifying an application , in the mobile station that uses the content delivered in the flow.