Patent ID: 8401575

Claim:
A method for communicating between a network and a mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving a message from the network for announcing a service, wherein the message includes an attribute for identifying whether the service is to be received according to a single frequency network (SFN) mode which combines signals from multiple cells; facilitating reception of the service according to the SFN mode if the attribute identifies that the service is to be received according to the SFN mode; determining not to facilitate reception of the service according to the SFN mode if the attribute identifies that the service is to be received according to a mode different from the SFN mode; facilitating reception of the service according to the mode different from the SFN mode if the attribute identifies that the service is to be received according to the mode different from the SFN mode; and facilitating reception of the service according to the SFN mode if the attribute identifies that the service is not to be received according to a mode different from the SFN mode, wherein the SFN mode is a mode in which information is communicated on a frequency having no associated uplink service, wherein the attribute is included in the message according to a session description protocol describing the service, wherein the attribute is a signaling attribute identified at a session level to be applied to all media, and wherein the attribute has a value of ‘mbsfn-mode’ when the attribute identifies that the service is to be received according to the SFN mode.