Patent ID: 7450545

Claim:
A method for soft combining multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) data from a first Node B and a neighboring Node B in a user equipment (UE) of a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system, in which the first Node B provides MBMS data for a MBMS service, the user equipment (UE) receives the MBMS data from the first Node B, and neighboring Node Bs are located adjacent to the first Node B, the method comprising the steps of: collecting MBMS service information including time offset information for a corresponding MBMS service of the neighboring Node Bs from the first Node B; determining whether soft combining is required, by comparing a measurement value of a signal received from the first Node B with a measurement value of a signal received from at least one of the neighboring Node Bs; and if soft combining is required, receiving MBMS data from the neighboring Node Bs where soft combining is required depending on the MBMS service information, and soft combining the MBMS data received from the neighboring Node B with MBMS data from the first Node B.