Patent ID: 8144655

Claim:
A method for scheduling broadcast messages including system information comprising: classifying a plurality of system information into one or more groups, in which each system information includes at least one of control information for a network entry and initialization of a mobile station (MS) or a burst profile; and allocating different numbers of transmission times to the individual groups within a Downlink Channel Descriptor (DCD) or Uplink Channel Descriptor (UCD); and determining transmission start times of system information of the individual groups according to the allocated transmission times, wherein the determining the transmission start times includes performing a scheduling process, which allows system information classified into a specific group having the highest number of transmission times to have a transmission start time denoted by a specific frame interval, and allows system information classified into another group having the lowest number of transmission times to have the DCD or UCD transmission interval, and wherein the system information classified into another group is broadcasted using resource which is occupied to broadcast the system information classified into the specific group.