Patent ID: 8761813

Claim:
A method of communicating signaling messages in a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, at a plurality of eNodeBs in an area, a multicast packet from a mobility management entity via multicast transmission, the multicast packet including signaling messages collected and packaged into the multicast packet at the mobility management entity, and the signaling messages being intended for a plurality of UEs in the area; and transmitting, by the plurality of eNodeBs to a user equipment (UE) via a multicast channel, the multicast packet including the collected signaling messages; wherein the area is a tracking area of the wireless network, the multicast channel is configured to provide multimedia content to the plurality of UEs within the area, the signaling messages include at least paging information for locating the UE within the area, and the signaling messages are transmitted by the plurality of eNodeBs synchronously such that the UE interprets the synchronous transmissions from each of the plurality of eNodeBs equipments as a single transmission.