Patent ID: 7729304

Claim:
A method for combining point-to-multipoint service data in a mobile terminal of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving and processing point-to-multipoint service data of a current cell in a first medium access control entity capable of supporting a point-to-multipoint service and capable of processing a common channel and a shared channel; receiving and processing the same point-to-multipoint service data from a neighboring cell in a second medium access control entity capable of only supporting the point-to-multipoint service, wherein only one second medium access control entity exists for the neighboring cell; providing the processed point-to-multipoint service data of the current cell from the first medium access control entity to a radio link controller; providing the processed point-to-multipoint service data of the neighboring cell from the second medium access control entity to the radio link controller; and combining the processed point-to-multipoint service data of the current cell and the processed point-to-multipoint service data of the neighboring cell in the radio link controller, wherein: the first medium access control entity is operatively connected with a third medium access control entity capable of processing a dedicated channel; the second medium access control entity is not operatively connected with the third medium access control entity; and the first medium access control entity is a MAC-c/sh/m entity, the second medium access control entity is a MAC-m entity, and the third medium access control entity is a MAC-d entity.