Patent ID: 7366124
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a mobile terminal for receiving a notification indicator for a point-to-multipoint service in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of discontinuous-reception (DRX) cycle lengths from a network; recognizing the longest DRX cycle length from the plurality of DRX cycle lengths; determining a point-to-multipoint DRX cycle length based on the longest DRX cycle length; and determining whether to receive the notification indicator for the point-to-multipoint service, wherein if the notification indicator has been received in a point-to-multipoint DRX cycle having the point-to-multipoint DRX cycle length, the mobile terminal suspends receiving of the notification indicator in the same point-to-multipoint DRX cycle, wherein if the notification indicator has not been received in the point-to-multipoint DRX cycle having the point-to-multipoint DRX cycle length, the mobile terminal receives a subsequent notification indicator in the same point-to-multipoint DRX cycle.