Patent ID: 8472387

Claim:
A method for establishing a connection between a user equipment (UE) and an associated network, the method comprising: transmitting to 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 identifier which identifies the MBMS broadcast service and a version of MBMS broadcast service information; receiving a point-to-point radio bearer request message, 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; and transmitting to the UE a setup message which establishes a point-to-point radio bearer between the UE and the network, wherein the setup message comprises the MBMS broadcast identifier which is used to identify the radio bearer that carries the MBMS broadcast service.