Patent ID: 8811253

Claim:
A method of supporting multimedia broadcast/multicast services (MBMS), comprising: determining resources used to send a multicast control channel (MCCH); generating a system information block (SIB) comprising information indicative of the resources used to send the MCCH; sending the SIB in a broadcast control channel (BCCH), wherein the SIB is a system information block type x (SIBx), where x is a value greater than 2; determining at least one multicast channel (MCH) subframe allocation pattern (MSAP) for at least one MCH carrying data for MBMS services, each MSAP indicating subframes used for a corresponding MCH, wherein the subframes indicated by each MSAP comprise a subset of subframes available to send the MBMS services; and sending the at least one MSAP in the MCCH.