Patent ID: 8644205

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of transmitting information content to a plurality of mobile equipment, the mobile equipment of said plurality comprising at least a first group of mobile equipment of a first point-to-multipoint (PTM) class and a second group of mobile equipment of a second PTM class, the method comprising: receiving, at a base station controller or radio network controller, said information content from a source; collecting, by the base station controller or radio network controller, information from said plurality of mobile equipment related to a capability of a respective one of the plurality of mobile equipment to receive said information content from a PTM radio bearer, said collecting information comprising: counting a first number of said plurality of mobile equipment that are joined to an MBMS service; comparing said first number with a first predetermined threshold; in case said first number is higher than said first predetermined threshold, sending to said plurality of mobile equipment a default configuration of a PTM transmission, and requesting to said plurality of mobile equipment a feedback related to a support of said default configuration of PTM transmission; in case said first number is lower than or equal to said first predetermined threshold, sending an inquiry to each of said plurality of mobile equipment, the inquiry requesting parameters of a supported PTM radio transmission; selecting, by the base station controller or radio network controller, configuration parameters of at least one radio bearer configuration for the transmission of said information content to both said first and said second groups of mobile equipment based on the collected information; and transmitting, by the base station controller or radio network controller, said information content to both said first and said second groups of mobile equipment via at least one radio bearer configured according to said radio bearer configuration.