Patent ID: 9693372
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method in an evolved NodeB, eNB, for handling configuration information, which configuration information is a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, Single Frequency Network, MBSFN, area configuration information, the method comprising: receiving, from a Mobility Management Entity, MME, a MBMS session start request; based on the received request, computing a first time for a start of the MBMS session, wherein the first time is a first Multicast Control CHannel, MCCH, update time; periodically sending, from the first time, the configuration information to a user equipment; stopping the sending of the configuration information to the user equipment when the MBMS session is a last MBMS session; and sending updated configuration information to the user equipment when the MBMS session is not the last MBMS session, wherein the updated configuration information is updated MBSFN area configuration information.