Patent ID: 8509146

Claim:
A method for delivery of a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) comprising: receiving MBMS user information; routing the MBMS user information to a radio access network; determining, by the radio access network, one or more of whether the MBMS user information comprises low rate data, whether the MBMS user information comprises high rate data, and whether a high data rate connection can be established with a user equipment (UE); in response to determining the MBMS user information comprises low rate data or a high data rate connection cannot be established with UE, conveying, by the radio access network, the MBMS user information to the UE over an air interface of the radio access network and in a cellular format; and in response to determining that the MBMS user information comprises high rate data and a wireless high data rate connection can be established with the UE, conveying, by the radio access network, the MBMS user information to the UE over the air interface of the radio access network and the high data rate connection and in a Digital Video Broadcast format.