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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhi Quan, Livermore, CA (US);
Maarten Menzo Wentink, Breukelen, NL;
Simone Merlin, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for multicast communications including access identifiers are described herein. In some aspects, a fixed mapping from a multicast device identifier (e.g., multicast MAC address, multicast IP address) to a multicast access identifier is provided. In some aspects, a device may transmit a request to join a multicast group identified by a multicast access identifier. In some aspects, a device may receive an invitation to join a multicast group identified by a multicast access identifier.