Patent ID: 7263384

Claim:
A radio network controller for transmitting broadcast information via a common channel to at least two mobile communication networks which comprise at least one prescheduled mobile communication network and at least one unscheduled mobile communication network, the radio network controller comprising: at least one information preparation section configured to prepare broadcast information for the at least two mobile communication networks; a memory which stores at least one predetermined schedule for the at least one prescheduled mobile communication network, wherein the predetermined schedule identifies time slots of the common channel assigned for transmissions of the broadcast information to the at least one prescheduled mobile communication networks; a scheduler configured to make at least one new schedule for the at least one unscheduled mobile communication network, wherein the scheduler, given the at least one predetermined schedule, determines available time slots of the common channel to assign transmissions of the broadcast information to the at least one unscheduled mobile communication network; and a transmission preparation section configured to form, according to the at least one predetermined schedule and the at least one new schedule, a stream of information from the broadcast information to be transmitted via the common channel to the at least two mobile communication networks, wherein the stream of information contains time pointer information at intervals in the stream which notifies a transmission schedule of the broadcast information to the at least one unscheduled mobile communication network.