Patent ID: 8396020

Claim:
A method for receiving a point-to-multipoint service at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: selecting, by the UE, between the point-to-multipoint service is to be received in a single cell and the point-to-multipoint service is to be received in a plurality of cells; selecting, by the UE, a point-to-multipoint control channel among a plurality of point-to-multipoint control channels according to the selection between the point-to-multipoint service is to be received in the single cell and the point-to-multipoint service is to be received in the plurality of cells, wherein an L1/L2 control channel is selected if the point-to-multipoint service is to be received in the single cell is selected, and wherein a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) control channel (MCCH) is selected if the point-to-multipoint service is to be received in the plurality of cells is selected; receiving, by the UE, scheduling information for the point-to-multipoint service through the selected point-to-multipoint control channel, wherein the scheduling information, provided by an eNode B, is received via the L1/L2 control channel if the point-to-multipoint service is to be received in the single cell, and wherein the scheduling information, provided by an access gateway (AG), is received via the MCCH if the point-to-multipoint service is to be received in the plurality of cells; and receiving, by the UE, the point-to-multipoint service according to the scheduling information, wherein the point-to-multipoint service is an MBMS service, wherein the MBMS service, provided by the eNode B, is received via an MBMS traffic channel (MTCH) from the single cell if the MBMS service is to be received in the single cell, and wherein the MBMS service, provided by the AG, is received via the MTCH from the plurality of cells if the MBMS is to be received in the plurality of cells.