Patent ID: 7158801

Claim:
A mobile communication system comprising at least one mobile communication network; at least one service center for point-to-multipoint services; and one or more network nodes through which a point-to-multipoint service is transmitted to cells within the service area of the network node, wherein the system comprises defining means for defining geographical destination areas of the point-to-multipoint service, each geographical destination area of the point-to-multipoint service being indicated in the system as a predetermined logical name included in a service request of the point-to-multipoint service, wherein a destination area includes cells within the service area of at least two different network nodes, and memory means for mapping each logical name corresponding to a geographical destination area of the point-to-multipoint service to one or more network element addresses of the system, and the at least one service center is arranged to inquire, in response to a received service request, from the memory means the addresses of the network elements corresponding to the logical name in the received service request, and to transmit the point-to-multipoint service via the network elements to cells belonging to the geographical destination area of the point-to-multipoint service.