Patent ID: 8774075
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) to a User Equipment (UE) in a radio access network in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a first message including information about a scheduling period and an offset indicating a start point of the scheduling period to the UE; repeatedly transmitting a second message including information about ongoing MBMSs to the UE in every scheduling period, according to the information about the scheduling period and the offset; and transmitting data of at least one of the ongoing MBMSs to the UE via an MBMS Radio Bearer (RB) established for the at least one of the ongoing MBMSs, wherein the information about the ongoing MBMSs includes service IDentifications (IDs) of the ongoing MBMSs.