Patent ID: 7443813

Claim:
A method for transmitting, by a radio access network, a notification channel in mobile communication system for providing a broadcast service, the mobile communication system including a user equipment, the radio access network, and a core network, wherein control information for the broadcasting service requested by the user equipment is notified through the notification channel, the radio access network provides the broadcasting service to the user equipments according to services, and the core network is connected to the radio access network for providing the broadcasting service, the method comprising: transmitting, by the core network, a response message to the user equipment, the response message including position information of at least one notification indicator that indicates if the notification channel for the broadcasting service requested by the user equipment and other broadcasting services exist; determining, by the radio access network, a number of notification indicators for the broadcasting service by combining a total number of the least one notification indicator and an available number of the at least one notification indicator of a notification indicator channel that indicates if the control information for the broadcasting service and said other broadcasting services exist; transmitting the determined number of the at least one notification indicator to the user equipment through a broadcasting channel; and transmitting a notification indicator channel, which includes notification indicators having been set to have positive values according to the broadcasting service in the determined position information of the notification indicator, to the user equipment; wherein a number of groups of the broadcasting service transmitted through the notification indicator channel is expressed by: Number of Notification Group= a C b , wherein a=N NI , b=N NIs , wherein N NI represents a total number of notification indicators existing in a notification indicator channel, and N NIs represents a number of notification indicators for transmitting the control information for the broadcasting service.