PROVIDING MULTICAST/BROADCAST SERVICES IN 5G NETWORKS

摘要

The invention relates to a control plane network entity for providing a multicast/broadcast service to one or more user equipments in a cellular communication network using one or more user plane functions of a plurality of selectable user plane functions. The network entity is configured to: receive a request for a multicast/broadcast service for the one or more user equipments, wherein the request comprises one or more identifiers identifying the one or more user equipments) and/or one or more spatial regions the one or more user equipments are located in; select one or more user plane functions of the plurality of selectable user plane functions on the basis of the one or more identifiers for providing the multicast/broadcast service to the one or more user equipments; and provide the one or more selected user plane functions with information about the multicast/broadcast service.