Patent ID: 8705428

Claim:
A method for multimedia broadcast and multicast service, MBMS, notification indicator detection from multiple MBMS notification-indication channel, MICH, frames in a User Equipment operating in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access system, the method comprising: determining a desired number of MICH frames; upon connection with a NodeB, receiving an available number of MICH frames within a modification period; decoding notification indications of the received MICH frames; determining a majority value being the number of notification indications having a most frequent value of the decoded notification indications; and if a ratio between the majority value and the desired number of MICH frames is above a threshold value, determining the correct notification indicator to be the most frequent value; or if the ratio between the majority value and the desired number of MICH frames is less than the threshold value, connecting to the NodeB; receiving further MICH frames; and decoding notification indications of the received MICH frames such that the correct notification indicator is achieved with a desired degree of certainty.