Patent ID: 8504012
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method by which a terminal receives a broadcast service in a broadband wireless access system which performs communications using a plurality of carrier frequencies, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, system information needed for communication between the terminal and the base station using a primary carrier component, wherein a carrier of a signal whose intensity is maximum among intensities of signals received from the base station when the terminal initially accesses the base station is set to the primary carrier component; and receiving broadcast service data from the base station, using at least one carrier component included in the received system information, wherein the receiving of the broadcast service data from the base station comprises: determining whether the at least one piece of carrier component is identified as the primary carrier component; when the at least one carrier component to be used to provide the broadcast service is not identified as the primary carrier component, selecting at least one carrier component included in the system information as a secondary carrier frequency, and receiving broadcast service data from the base station using the secondary carrier frequency; and when the at least one carrier component to be used to provide the broadcast service is identified as the primary carrier component, selecting at least one carrier component, which received signals from the base station when the terminal initially accesses the base station, as a secondary carrier component and performing communication with the base station using the secondary carrier component.