Patent ID: 8665766

Claim:
A method for obtaining multimedia broadcast and multicast service supporting ability of a cell, comprising the following steps: Step 1: Radio Network Controller transmitting an audit request message to Node B; Step 2: Node B returning an audit response message to the Radio Network Controller wherein the audit response message contains the multimedia broadcast and multicast service supporting ability information of the cell, wherein the multimedia broadcast and multicast service supporting ability information indicates whether the cell supports multimedia broadcast and multicast service; wherein when the multimedia broadcast and multicast service supporting ability of the cell of Node B is changed, Node B reports a resource status indication message to the Radio Network Controller wherein the resource status indication message includes information of the changed multimedia broadcast and multicast service supporting ability of the cell, wherein the change of the multimedia broadcast and multicast service supporting ability of the cell of Node B comprises that the MBMS supporting ability of the cell is changed from non-supporting to supporting or from supporting to non-supporting.