Patent ID: 8705429

Claim:
A method for receiving a notification message, comprising: receiving a Radio Resource Control signaling, reading subframe configuration information for a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) notification message included in said Radio Resource Control signaling; and using a subframe selection rule corresponding to said subframe configuration information to receive said MBMS notification message; wherein said subframe selection rule is a fixed subframe selection rule, a default subframe selection rule or a dynamic subframe selection rule; before the step of receiving the Radio Resource Control signaling, and reading the subframe configuration information included in said Radio Resource Control signaling, said method for receiving the notification message further comprises: when said subframe selection rule is said default subframe selection rule, configuring said default subframe selection rule as to use a default subframe to receive said MBMS notification message; when said subframe selection rule is said fixed subframe selection rule, configuring said fixed subframe selection rule as to receive said MBMS notification message in a fixed subframe corresponding to said subframe configuration information; when said subframe selection rule is said dynamic subframe selection rule, configuring said dynamic subframe selection rule as to receive said MBMS notification message in a subframe included in said subframe configuration information.