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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Ljungsbro, SE;
Alexander Vesely, Feldbach, AT;
Hans Bertil Rönneke, Kungsbacka, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Systems and methods for session continuity of Multicast Broadcast (MB) Sessions are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a base station for session continuity of MB Sessions includes at least one of: providing at least one MB Session to a wireless device connected in 5G; determining that the wireless device is handed over to a target Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN); and providing session continuity of the at least one MB Session to the wireless device. In some embodiments, being handed over to the target NG-RAN comprises an Xn handover. In some embodiments, being handed over to the target NG-RAN comprises a N2 handover. Some embodiments of the current disclosure provide support for Multicast Broadcast Session continuity (aka 'Handover') at Inter-gNB Xn Handover and Inter-gNB N2 Handover in the 5G NR radio access.