Patent ID: 8670364

Claim:
A method for a wireless communication system with multicast and broadcast services (MBS), comprising: transmitting a downlink MAP (DL-MAP) message, the DL-MAP message comprising an MBS-MAP Information Element (IE), wherein the MBS-MAP IE contains first multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) information that identifies an MBS-MAP burst with at least one of a plurality of MIMO capabilities, wherein the plurality of MIMO capabilities comprise at least one of: a vertical spatial multiplexing, a horizontal spatial multiplexing, a space time coding, or a combination thereof; transmitting the MBS-MAP burst using the at least one of the plurality of MIMO capabilities specified by the first MIMO information, wherein the MBS-MAP burst contains second MIMO information that identifies an MBS data burst with at least one of the plurality of MIMO capabilities, wherein at least one of the first MIMO information or the second MIMO information comprises information specifying at least one of: a space time coding scheme, a type of channel matrix, a number of layers in the communication system, or a combination thereof; and transmitting the MBS data burst using the at least one of the plurality of MIMO capabilities specified by the second MIMO information.