Patent ID: 8014376
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing channel configuration information in a wireless communication system having a network and a mobile terminal that support a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), the method comprising: receiving, in the mobile terminal, a physical channel configuration of a current cell the mobile terminal is located in to receive the MBMS service from the network; and receiving, in the mobile terminal, the MBMS service from the network using the received physical channel configuration, wherein the physical channel configuration comprises current cell configuration information of at least one transport channel on which no radio bearer is currently mapped and the at least one transport channel is capable of mapping to at least one radio bearer, wherein the current cell configuration information is related to current cell point-to-multipoint radio bearer information, wherein the physical channel configuration further comprises a list of transport channels that are mapped to a physical channel, wherein the physical channel configuration relates to a point-to-multipoint radio bearer configuration used in the current cell in case one or more MBMS services are provided using one or more point-to-multipoint radio bearers, and wherein each of the transport channels in the list is related to a list of radio bearers.