Patent ID: 7764645

Claim:
A network providing a broadcast or multicast service, the network comprising: a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer configured to receive data of the broadcast or multicast service from an upper layer; a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer configured to add a header to the data of the broadcast or multicast service received from the RLC layer; and a physical (PHY) layer configured to receive the header added data from the MAC layer to transmit the header added data of the broadcast or multicast service to a plurality of terminals via a first downlink physical channel, wherein a second downlink physical channel is provided to transmit control information to the plurality of terminals, wherein the control information is transmitted via the second downlink physical channel such that at least one terminal is able to receive the header added data of the broadcast or multicast service transmitted via the first downlink physical channel, wherein forward access channel (FACH)-related service data, different from the header added data of the broadcast or multicast service transmitted via the first downlink physical channel, is transmitted via the second downlink physical channel, wherein the FACH-related service data is different from the control information transmitted via the second downlink physical channel, wherein the second downlink physical channel comprises a Transport Format Combination Indicator (TFCI) field and a Pilot field to transmit the control information, wherein the MAC layer comprises a first MAC sub-layer handling a dedicated transport channel and a second MAC sub-layer handling a common or shared transport channel, and the received data of the broadcast or multicast service is transferred directly from the RLC layer to the second MAC sub-layer, wherein the second MAC sub-layer is capable to support the broadcast or multicast service, and wherein the RLC layer operates in a non-responsive mode.