Patent ID: 8150365

Claim:
A base station (BS) for transmitting emergency information, wherein the BS is adapted for use in a wireless network and is adapted to be used in conjunction with a backhaul network and a subordinate station (SS) that is in a power-saving state, and the backhaul network is configured to generate the emergency information, the BS comprising: a communication interface, being configured to receive the emergency information; and a processor, being electrically connected to the communication interface and configured to, in response to reception of the emergency information, generate an emergency alert indicator that indicates existence of the emergency information and allocate that the emergency information and the emergency alert indicator are to be transmitted via a broadcast/multicast channel; wherein the communication interface is further configured to transmit the emergency information and the emergency alert indicator via the broadcast/multicast channel so that the SS in the power-saving state can obtain the emergency information according to the emergency alert indicator, and the SS is further configured to perform corresponding actions in response to the emergency information.