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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2023
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Horst Thomas Belling, Erding, DE;
Philippe Godin, Versailles, FR;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus comprising means for performing: determining a presence of at least one user equipment that is participating in a multicast session while in an inactive state; determining an area where handling of the multicast session for the at least one user equipment in inactive state is required; determining one or more nodes handling cells within at least a part of the determined area for handling the multicast session; in response to the determining a presence of at least one user equipment in inactive state, sending to each determined node a request to handle the multicast session for the at least one user equipment in inactive state.