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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2020
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Benoist Sebire, Tokyo, JP;
Jing He, Beijing, CN;
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Disclosed are embodiments of methods and apparatuses for supporting Multicast and Broadcast Services (MBSs) in a Dual-Connectivity (DC) scenario. A method implemented at a terminal device may comprise receiving from a first base station (BS) a command to report interested MBSs, sending information of interested MBSs to the first BS, receiving from the first BS configuration of at least one of the interested MBSs and configuration of a second BS providing the at least one interested MBS, setting up or modifying connection with the second BS based on the configuration of the second BS, and receiving the at least one interested MBS from the second BS based on the configuration of the at least one interested MBS.