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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Mediatek Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Hao Yu, Yilan County, TW;
Chia-Chun Hsu, New Taipei, TW;
Yih-Shen Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chien-Chun Huang-Fu, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Syuan Jheng, Taipei, TW;
Chia-Hung Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method of supporting group communication over LTE MBMS is provided. A UE first establishes a unicast Evolved Packet Service (EPS) bearer in an LTE network for group communication. The UE belongs to a communication group having a communication group ID. The UE receives access information from the network for monitoring downlink (DL) multicast traffic of the DL group communication based on a multicast decision. The UE is then ready for monitoring a multicast Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) bearer for receiving the DL multicast traffic. The multicast MBMS bearer is associated with a Temporary Mobile Group Identifier (TMGI), and wherein the TMGI is associated with the communication group ID. In one embodiment, the access information comprises mapping information between the TMGI and the communication group ID.