Patent ID: 8774078

Claim:
A method for receiving multicast control channel notification message, comprising: when a user equipment acquires that a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS service) that the user equipment is interested in is corresponding to a certain multicast control channel (MCCH), the user equipment receiving the MCCH notification message for one or more times within a time interval of a modification period (MP) of the MCCH indicated by a broadcast control channel (BCCH); and when the user equipment cannot acquire that the multimedia broadcast service (MBMS service) that the user equipment is interested in is corresponding to a certain multicast control channel (MCCH), the user equipment receiving the MCCH notification message for one or more times within the time interval of a shortest MP of MCCH MPs indicated by the broadcast control channel (BCCH); wherein the user equipment determining whether the multimedia broadcast multicast service that the user equipment expects is configured on the MCCH; and the user equipment receiving the MCCH notification message for one or more times within the time interval of the MCCH MP when the determination result is yes; otherwise, the user equipment receiving the MCCH notification message for one or more times within the time interval of the shortest MCCH MP of the MPs indicated by the BCCH.