A.1 Introduction

29.1163GPPRelease 18Representational state transfer over xMB reference point between content provider and BM-SCTS

The xMB-C procedures are used to create and control MBMS User Services from external sources. An MBMS User Service spans from the BM-SC to the UE and can contain one or more MBMS delivery methods. The provisioning procedure offer functions to create one or more delivery sessions (such as a MBMS Download Delivery session) and allows association of the delivery sessions to MBMS Bearer Services. As part of the xMB-C procedures for MBMS User Services, content ingestion for the user-plane data (i.e. xMB-U) are negotiated. As a result of the xMB-C procedures, the BM-SC can start service announcement and activates MBMS bearer services.

The Content Provider can query its entitlements, for instance the list of broadcast areas it is authorized to use.

The Content Provider can query the status of delivery sessions.

The Content Provider can request reception statistics.