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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2008
Bong-ho Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Su-lyun Sung, Anyang, KR;
Bong-Ho Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Su-Lyun Sung, Anyang, KR;
Seah Networks Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for supporting MultiCast and BroadCast Service (MCBCS) proxy selection for MCBCS and macro diversity in a wireless communication system is provided. The apparatus and method selects a first MCBCS proxy among MCBCS proxies in the plurality of ASNs as a master MCBCS proxy, and selects other MCBCS proxies except for the first MCBCS proxy as slave MCBCS proxies, and the first MCBCS proxy transmits information for macro diversity to the slave MCBCS proxies, wherein the master MCBCS proxy first receives an MCBCS join message from a Mobile Station (MS) in one Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) zone.