APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A SIGNAL TO SEVERAL BASE TRANSCEIVER STATIONS

摘要

A telecommunications system (200), base station system (250) and method are provided that are capable of effectively distributing a multicast signal to at least one of a plurality of base transceiver stations (280). More specifically, the base station system (250) includes a plurality of base transceiver stations (280), a radio network server (270), an Internet Protocol gateway (260), and Internet Protocol network (290). The Internet Protocol network (290) includes a plurality of routers (292) which are capable of utilizing a multicast address within a signal to direct the call towards one of the base transceiver stations (280) and is also capable of utilizing the multicast address within the signal to make and direct a copy of the signal towards another one of the base transceiver stations (280).