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The Broadcast/Multicast control (BMC) is a sublayer of layer 2 protocol of Radio Interface Protocol Architecture as per BMC-STD. It exists in the user plane only. It is located above the Radio Link Control (RLC), a layer 2 responsible for mapping logical channels. It is similar to 802.11's LLC layer which supports multimode operations and it works in three different modes:
a) Transparent b) Unacknowledged data transfer c) Acknowledged data transfer. Its main function is to deliver "Cell Broadcast" messages to its upper layer such as NAS.
Other functions specified in are:
- Storage of Cell Broadcast Messages.
- Traffic volume monitoring and radio resource request for CBS.
- Scheduling of BMC messages.
- Transmission of BMC messages to UE.
- Delivery of Cell Broadcast messages to upper layer (NAS).
Except for broadcast/multicast it operates in transparent mode as per . On the uplink BMC it requires Unacknowledged mode of data transfer from RLC.
References
- 3GPP TS 25.324 V8.0.0 (2007–12); 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Broadcast/Multicast Control BMC;
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