Patent ID: 8675591

Claim:
A method for mobile reception of a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) by a user equipment (UE), comprising: when the UE moves from a source cell to a target cell, the UE determining whether the UE will move out of or has already moved out of one or more multimedia broadcast multicast single frequency network (MBSFN) areas; wherein the UE determines whether the UE will move out of or has already moved out of the one or more MBSFN areas by the following steps of: determining whether a SystemInformationBlockType13 of the target cell is scheduled to send, when the SystemInformationBlockType13 is not scheduled to send, determining that the UE will move out of or has already moved out of the MBSFN area; when the SystemInformationBlockType13 of the target cell is scheduled to send, further acquiring one or more parameters in the MBSFN area information carried in the SystemInformationBlockType13, and determining whether the UE will move out of or has already moved out of the MBSFN area according to the one or more parameters; or directly acquiring one or more parameters in the MBSFN area information carried in the SystemInformationBlockType13 of the target cell and determining whether the UE will move out of or has already moved out of the MBSFN area according to the one or more parameters.