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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2021
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to multicast-broadcast service (MBS) area control in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a distributed unit (DU) in a wireless communication system comprises: transmitting, to a central unit (CU), information informing multicast-broadcast service (MBS) areas supported by the DU; receiving, from the CU, configurations for one or more MBS areas comprising a configuration for a first MBS area and a configuration for a second MBS area; providing an MBS service to a plurality of wireless devices based on the configuration for the first MBS area; receiving, from the plurality of wireless devices, feedback information for the first MBS area; transmitting, to the CU, a status message comprising an identity (ID) of the first MBS area and information obtained from the feedback information for the first MBS area; receiving, from the CU, a message for requesting a change of an MBS area, wherein the message comprises information for the second MBS area; and providing an MBS service based on the configuration for the second MBS area.