Patent ID: 8824350

Claim:
A channel synchronization method in a Multi Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN), comprising: a network device in the MBSFN acquiring Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS) service information including an MBMS point-to-multipoint Control Channel (MCCH) message from the MBMS service information, the network device adding the MCCH message, information on time at which the MCCH message is transmitted by base stations in the MBSFN to user equipments, and MCCH configuration information to one of a MBSFN MCCH Information message and a MBSFN Multicast Channel (MCH) Information message, wherein the MBMS service information is carried in the MCCH message, and the MCCH configuration information comprises an MCCH scheduling repetition interval and/or information on an MCCH message modulation pattern; the network device transmitting the one of the MBSFN MCCH Information message and the MBSFN MCH Information message to the base stations in the MBSFN via an interface; and the base stations in the MBSFN transmitting one of the MCCH message carried in the MBSFN MCCH Information message and the MBSFN MCH Information message to the user equipments over a MCCH according to the information on time and the MCCH configuration information.