Patent ID: 7969932

Claim:
A method for establishing a connection between a user equipment (UE) and an associated network, the method comprising: receiving, at the UE, a notification indicating either a start of a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) broadcast service or an availability of the MBMS broadcast service, wherein the notification comprises an MBMS broadcast service identifier which identifies the MBMS broadcast service and a version of MBMS broadcast service information; transmitting, by the UE, a point-to-point radio bearer request message to the network, wherein the request message comprises a short transmission identifier or an identifier derived from a temporary mobile group identifier (TMGI) that identifies the MBMS broadcast service and further comprises version information associated with the version of the MBMS broadcast service information; receiving, at the UE, a setup message that comprises the MBMS broadcast service identifier which is used to identify a radio bearer that carries the MBMS broadcast service; and establishing, at the UE, a point-to-point radio bearer between the UE and the associated network by using the setup message.