Patent ID: 9439171
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented in a base station of a mobile communication network for supporting a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, for a terminal, the method comprising: the base station receiving, from the terminal, an information element informing the base station of a combination of bands, which the terminal supports for carrier aggregation, wherein the terminal supports MBMS reception on any carrier configurable as a serving cell for the terminal according to the combination of bands in the information element; the base station deriving, from the received information element, MBMS reception capabilities of the terminal; and the base station determining, from the MBMS reception capabilities of the terminal derived from the information element, one or more carriers configurable by the base station as serving cell of the terminal, such that the terminal is enabled to receive at least one MBMS.