Patent ID: 8699394
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting payload information using a multimedia broadcast multicast service in a radio communication system having a radio network controller, a base station and subscriber stations, with the base station being connected to the subscriber stations via a radio communication interface, the method comprising: connecting the radio network controller to an access facility of a core network and to the base station; making the payload information available as a service to the subscriber stations, the payload information being made available from the access network, via the radio network controller and the base station; sending a request notification to at least some of the subscriber stations, the request notification announcing that a transmission of the payload information is pending, such that the subscriber stations may be configured for receiving the payload information, the request notification including an information field that indicates whether or not a reply to the request notification should be sent by the subscriber stations before the payload information is transmitted to the subscribers stations, the indication in the information field as to whether or not a reply is needed being independently determined for each radio cell included in the radio communication system; and transmitting, when the reply is requested, the payload information to subscriber stations from which a reply was received or transmitting the payload information to the subscriber stations from which no reply was requested.