Multicast-broadcast user service architecture
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, a multicast-broadcast user service description message. The UE may communicate, using a multicast-broadcast service (MBS) transport function (MBSTF) client, with an MBS entity of the network entity, in accordance with information included in the user service description message, wherein the MBS entity is split into a multicast delivery function and a unicast application server. Numerous other aspects are described.
1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
receive, using a multicast-broadcast service function (MBSF) client, a multicast-broadcast user service announcement from an MBSF entity of a network entity,
wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement comprises a user service description bundle,
wherein the user service description bundle includes a set of user services, and
wherein the set of user services includes a set of delivery sessions; and
communicate, using a multicast-broadcast service (MBS) transport function (MBSTF) client, with an MBS entity of the network entity, in accordance with information included in the multicast-broadcast user service announcement, wherein the MBS entity is split into a multicast delivery function and a unicast application server.
2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement is a 5G multicast-broadcast user service announcement.
3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the MBS entity and the MBSTF client communicate via a multicast-broadcast service-4-multicast (MBS-4-MC) interface for multicast traffic associated with the multicast delivery function and a multicast-broadcast service-4-unicast (MBS-4-UC) interface for unicast traffic associated with the unicast application server.
4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
establish a multicast-broadcast user service based at least in part on the multicast-broadcast user service announcement.
5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service is established based at least in part on an instruction from the MBS entity or the MBSTF client.
6. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service includes one or more delivery sessions, and
wherein a delivery session, of the one or more delivery sessions, includes one or more traffic flows.
7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the delivery session is associated with transfer of traffic associated with an application data session associated with a multicast-broadcast application provider.
8. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the MBSF client is associated with providing a service to a multicast-broadcast aware application via at least one call to an application programming interface.
9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein each user service, of the one or more user services, includes one or more multicast-broadcast delivery sessions mapped to one or more multicast broadcast sessions associated with a core network.
10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement includes an application service information message, wherein the application service information message identifies one or more applications or libraries associated with a service.
11. The UE of claim 1 , wherein a MBS client of the UE includes the MBSF client and the MBSTF client.
12. The UE of claim 1 , wherein traffic associated with a multimedia streaming service is transferred in association with a multicast-broadcast service associated with the MBSF client, wherein the MBSF client includes an application server function.
13. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
transmit, using a multicast-broadcast service function (MBSF) entity and to a MBSF client of a user equipment (UE), a multicast-broadcast user service announcement,
wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement comprises a user service description bundle,
wherein the user service description bundle includes a set of user services, and
wherein the set of user services includes a set of delivery sessions; and
communicate, using a multicast-broadcast service (MBS) entity, with an MBS transport function (MBSTF) client of the UE, in accordance with information included in the multicast-broadcast user service announcement, wherein the MBS entity is split into a multicast delivery function and a unicast application server.
14. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement is a 5G multicast-broadcast user service announcement.
15. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the MBS entity and the MBSTF client communicate via a multicast-broadcast service-4-multicast (MBS-4-MC) interface for multicast traffic associated with the multicast delivery function and a multicast-broadcast service-4-unicast (MBS-4-UC) interface for unicast traffic associated with the unicast application server.
16. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
establish a multicast-broadcast user service based at least in part on the multicast-broadcast user service announcement.
17. The network entity of claim 16 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service is established based at least in part on an instruction from the MBS entity or the MBSTF client.
18. The network entity of claim 16 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service includes one or more delivery sessions, and
wherein a delivery session, of the one or more delivery sessions, includes one or more traffic flows.
19. The network entity of claim 18 , wherein the delivery session is associated with transfer of traffic associated with an application data session associated with a multicast-broadcast application provider.
20. The network entity of claim 18 , wherein the UE includes a MBS client associated with providing a service to a multicast-broadcast aware application via at least one call to an application programming interface.
21. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein each user service, of the one or more user services, includes one or more multicast-broadcast delivery sessions mapped to one or more multicast broadcast sessions associated with a core network.
22. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement includes an application service information message, wherein the application service information message identifies one or more applications or libraries associated with a service.
23. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein a MBS client of the UE includes the MBSF client and the MBSTF client.
24. The network entity of claim 13 , wherein traffic associated with a multimedia streaming service is transferred in association with a multicast-broadcast service associated with the MBSF client, wherein the MBSF client includes an application server function.
25. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, using a multicast-broadcast service function (MBSF) client, a multicast-broadcast user service announcement from an MBSF entity of a network entity,
wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement comprises a user service description bundle,
wherein the user service description bundle includes a set of user services, and
wherein the set of user services includes a set of delivery sessions; and
communicating, using a multicast-broadcast service (MBS) transport function (MBSTF) client, with an MBS entity of the network entity, in accordance with information included in the multicast-broadcast user service announcement, wherein the MBS entity is split into a multicast delivery function and a unicast application server.
26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement is a 5G multicast-broadcast user service announcement.
27. The method of claim 25 , wherein the MBS entity and the MBSTF client communicate via a multicast-broadcast service-4-multicast (MBS-4-MC) interface for multicast traffic associated with the multicast delivery function and a multicast-broadcast service-4-unicast (MBS-4-UC) interface for unicast traffic associated with the unicast application server.
28. The method of claim 25 , further comprising:
establishing a multicast-broadcast user service based at least in part on the multicast-broadcast user service announcement.
29. A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:
transmitting, using a multicast-broadcast service function (MBSF) entity and to a MBSF client of a user equipment (UE), a multicast-broadcast user service announcement,
wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement comprises a user service description bundle,
wherein the user service description bundle includes a set of user services, and
wherein the set of user services includes a set of delivery sessions; and
communicating, using a multicast-broadcast service (MBS) entity, with an MBS transport function (MBSTF) client of the UE, in accordance with information included in the multicast-broadcast user service announcement, wherein the MBS entity is split into a multicast delivery function and a unicast application server.
30. The method of claim 29 , wherein the multicast-broadcast user service announcement is a 5G multicast-broadcast user service announcement.