Patent ID: 8718059

Claim:
A method for processing a multimedia broadcast and multicast service, comprising: a plurality of user equipments (UEs) receiving a multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) service issued by a network side, and each UE actively or passively reporting MBMS receiving state information to the network side with the following manner: the UE reporting to the network side first information indicating that each of the UEs is receiving or interested in receiving the MBMS service; and/or the UE reporting to the network side second information indicating that the UE stops receiving the MBMS service after having stopped receiving the MBMS issued by the network side; the network side controlling the issuing of all the MBMS services according to the receiving state information reported by the UEs with the following manner: determining whether to start or stop issuing the MBMS service according to situation of the first information about the MBMS service reported by the UEs, or, enlarging sending area of the MBMS service with receiving rate of being greater than a preset value, or reducing sending area of the MBMS service with receiving rate being less than a preset value; wherein, when coverage of multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) areas being overlapped is configured, the receiving state information comprises information indicating the MBMS service and information indicating the MBSFN area to which the MBMS service belongs.