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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
John Camilo Solano Arenas, Neuss, DE;
Joakim â„«kesson, Landvetter, SE;
Salvador Hinarejos Fernandez, Madrid, ES;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method performed by an IOPS application function, AF, to provide a group communication service. The method comprises: establishing an IOPS MBMS bearer, the IOPS MBMS bearer being an MBMS bearer within a MBSFN area served by one or more radio access nodes that are operating in an IOPS mode of operation; discovering one or more UEs via an IOPS discovery procedure; sending to the one or more UEs, an MBMS bearer announcement for the IOPS MBMS bearer.