Patent ID: 7747213

Claim:
In a cellular communication network comprising a plurality of cells and one or more multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) providers arranged to provide a plurality of multicast/broadcast services over a radio interface to a mobile communication device located in a current cell, a method of providing radio bearer configuration information to enable the mobile communication device to receive a multicast/broadcast service, the method comprising the steps of: providing to a mobile communication device messages containing information associated with the radio bearer configuration, wherein each message is associated with a plurality of multicast/broadcast services that are available to be transmitted to the mobile communication device when in the current cell, and periodically transmitting the messages to the mobile communication device within the current cell, wherein the messages comprise a first message, a second message and a third message, said first message being associated with the plurality of multicast/broadcast services that are available to be transmitted to the mobile communication device from the current cell, said second message being associated with the plurality of multicast/broadcast services that are available to be transmitted to the mobile communication device from a neighbouring cell, and said third message being associated with the plurality of multicast/broadcast services that are available to be transmitted to the mobile communication device from the current cell and from the neighbouring cell.