Patent ID: 7447175

Claim:
A method for providing a broadcasting service in a communication network, the broadcasting service being provided to a plurality of mobile stations by at least one base station, the method comprising: terminating a communication channel supporting communication in a first direction from a plurality of mobile stations to a base station to increase bandwidth needed to support broadcasting services in a second direction from the base station to the plurality of mobile stations; terminating power control protocols utilized to request a mobile station to adjust transmission power when communicating in the first direction; switching a process for handing off the mobile terminal from one base station to another base station so that instead of a soft hand off an idle hand off process is utilized; requesting assignment of at least one long code associated with a broadcasting service to which a mobile station has subscribed, in response to the mobile station sending a service code designating the broadcasting service a user of the mobile station wishes to receive, wherein the at least one long code is unique to the mobile station receiving the broadcasting service and a plurality of long codes are generated independent of an identification number uniquely assigned to the mobile station, wherein the plurality of long codes designated a plurality of different types of service supported by the broadcasting service; providing at least one Walsh code associated with the broadcasting service to the mobile station to identify a type of broadcasting service being provided to the mobile station; determining a bearer path for either voice or data communication according to the type of broadcasting service identified; and providing the broadcasting service on at least one communication channel identified by the assigned long code and the Walsh code, the at least one communication channel being commonly used by a plurality of mobile stations to receive said broadcasting service.