Patent ID: 7693112

Claim:
An apparatus for transmitting packet data to transfer a plurality of common service data from a service center to a plurality of cells in a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mobile communication system including the plurality of cells, which represent service areas, and the service center for storing the common service data shared between at least two cells, the apparatus comprising: a controller for performing a control operation to simultaneously transfer the common service data from the service center to radio link controllers corresponding to the at least two cells; a data storage for storing the common service data on a basis of a service type without repeatedly storing at each cell, under the control of the controller; a scheduler for considering frame timings associated with the at least two cells to which the common service data from the data storage is transferred on the basis of the service type under the control of the controller and scheduling the common service data; and a transmission buffer for temporarily storing the scheduled common service data and transferring the temporarily stored scheduled common service data to the radio link controllers under the control of the controller; wherein the common service data is processed in a common MBMC (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Control) layer commonly used in the at least two cells.