Patent ID: 7436764

Claim:
A method for receiving a point-to-multipoint service in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: discontinuously receiving a first channel for receiving the point-to-multipoint service; receiving first notification information for receiving a control information message during an ongoing session of the point-to-multipoint service when a mobile terminal receives the first channel; receiving a second channel for receiving second notification information when the mobile terminal does not receive the first channel while maintaining the ongoing session of the point-to-multipoint service; determining to receive a control channel for receiving the control information message according to the second notification information; and receiving the control information message if the mobile terminal determines to receive the control channel, wherein the first channel is an Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) traffic channel (MTCH), the second channel is an Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) indicator channel (MICH) and the control channel is an Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) control channel (MCCH).