Patent ID: 7801480

Claim:
A method providing a multicast or broadcast service to the user of a mobile terminal via a radio access network of a mobile communication system, wherein the multicast or broadcast service is associated to a plurality of bearers for providing the multicast or broadcast service, the method comprising the following steps executed by the mobile terminal: receiving a service description information for the multicast or broadcast service, wherein the service description information indicates the plurality of bearers associated to the multicast or broadcast service and wherein the service description information further indicates predetermined bearer combinations among the plurality of bearers, each predetermined bearer combination comprising at least one of said plurality of bearers and each predetermined bearer combination providing the multicast or broadcast service at predetermined quality of service parameters, activating the plurality of bearers associated to the multicast or broadcast service, receiving service notification information in response to the activation of the plurality of bearers, wherein the service notification information indicates at least one bearer of said plurality of bearers being multicast or broadcast via the air interface of radio access network, determining whether the at least one bearer indicated in the received service notification information corresponds to one of said predetermined bearer combinations, and if so, receiving content data of the multicast or broadcast service via said at least one bearer indicated in the service notification information and providing the content data to the user of the mobile terminal.