Patent ID: 8489078
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a terminal to provide an emergency service in a broadband wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a first map message including an emergency service indicator which includes first information and second information, the first information indicating whether or not emergency service information is transmitted and the second information indicating whether or not the emergency service information is transmitted in a sub-frame in which the first map message is transmitted; checking whether or not the emergency service information is transmitted in the sub-frame in which the first map message is transmitted based on the second information; determining a location of a frame in which the emergency service information is transmitted based on an emergency service information parameter, if the second information indicates that the emergency service information is not transmitted in the sub-frame in which the first map message is transmitted; and receiving, from the base station, a first message including the emergency service information in the sub-frame in which the first map message is transmitted or in the frame determined based on the emergency service information parameter.