Patent ID: 8254932

Claim:
A method of handling mobility in multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) for a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: when the UE proceeds with an MBMS service and performs handover from a source cell to a target cell, checking whether a target MBSFN area which the target cell belongs to is the same as a source MBSFN area which the source cell belongs to; when the target MBSFN area is different from the source MBSFN area, receiving a multicast control channel (MCCH) corresponding to the target MBSFN area; checking whether the MBMS service is provided in the target MBSFN area; and when the MBMS service is provided in the target MBSFN area, sending a service join request to a target network of the wireless communication system, for continuing to receive the MBMS service.