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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Ning Liao, Beijing, CN;
Yun Tao Shi, Beijing, CN;
Jun LI, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
It provides a method for multicast group management. The apparatus determines a request for joining a multicast service derived during establishment of a connection for carrying multicast service between a first device and a second device, and it sends a message indicative of joining said multicast service based on the request for joining if the multicast service is not available in said network device. As a consequence, it reduces the messages exchanged in unreliable wireless connection so as to reduce the probability of service interruption.