Patent ID: 8260292

Claim:
A method of communicating between a network and user equipment (UE) using a multi-cast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN), the method performed by the UE and comprising: receiving, on a first frequency, information related to MBSFN transmission frequencies having no associated uplink service, wherein the information is a frequency list that indicates the available MBSFN transmission frequencies; selectively receiving services on the transmission frequencies having no associated uplink service only from MBSFN transmission frequencies indicated in the frequency list, wherein the services are received from an MBSFN that has at least one Single Frequency Network (SFN) area comprising a set of cells that all transmit exactly the same frequency and the same content such that the set of cells appear to be a single cell from the UE perspective; determining to receive service availability information on other frequencies in addition to the service availability information indicated from current listening frequency based on whether there are several additional frequencies providing services for which it is indicated that the available services are not indicated on the frequency on which the UE is currently listening to; wherein the UE is provided with service availability information of each of the SFN set of cells in lower priority frequencies based on hierarchical frequency priority; and wherein the frequencies that are indicated with higher priorities include all available service information regarding frequencies that are indicated with lower priorities.