Patent ID: 8582573
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A radio communication base station apparatus, the base station apparatus being used in a system providing a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) with a different plurality of Single Frequency Network (SFN) operation formats per area, the base station apparatus comprising: an MBMS control information creator that creates MBMS control information per plurality of SFN operation formats as control information for the MBMS with the different plurality of SFN operation formats; a transmitter that transmits the created MBMS control information; a notification section that transmits (i) notification information to notify instructions to obtain the MBMS control information via a common Layer 1/Layer 2 (L1/L2) control channel in the plurality of SFN operation formats, and (ii) information on scheduling to obtain the MBMS control information; and an adjustor that adjusts a transmission timing of sending the notification information so that instructions to obtain the MBMS control information and the information on scheduling of the MBMS control information are in a same transmission unit.