Patent ID: 7787893

Claim:
A method for performing a frequency selection when a User Equipment (UE) intends to receive at least one service through at least one preferred frequency in a system for providing a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) service, the method comprising the steps of: inserting, by a Radio Network Controller (RNC), information regarding a preferred frequency of a service into a dedicated message indicating a start of the service which the UE has joined, and transmitting the dedicated message to the UE; receiving, by the RNC from the UE, a response message in response to the transmitted dedicated message, the response message including information regarding whether the UE selects the service for reception or not, or at least one different service that the UE selects for reception; and determining, by the RNC, if the UE is to perform a hard handover to the preferred frequency of the service according to the information included in the response message.