Patent ID: 8902814
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus of controlling a multimedia broadcast and multicast service based on a user location, the apparatus comprising: a receiving unit to receive multicast control channel (MCCH) information; a list updating unit to periodically update a service list of a mobile terminal using the received MCCH information, the service list listing services that are providable; a pending list registration unit to register a service in a pending list when the service is not included in the updated service list and is requested to be provided; and a service providing unit to automatically provide the service registered in the pending list when the mobile terminal reaches a location where the mobile terminal is capable of providing the service registered in the pending list, wherein the service providing unit determines whether at least one of the services registered in the pending list is providable or not at a current location of the mobile terminal, wherein, when a physical multicast channel (PMCH) mapped to the service that is requested is incapable of being used for reception, the pending list registration unit registers the service that is requested in the pending list.