Transmission of data for multimedia broadcast/multicast sevices
First Claim
1. Method for transmitting data for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) from a radio access network of a cellular communication network via a radio interface to mobile terminals located in a radio cell supplied by said radio access network, said method comprising transmitting paging messages in at least one common control channel defined in a frame structure employed in said radio cell and transmitting said MBMS data in a dedicated channel defined in said frame structure, wherein said dedicated channel is allocated such that said mobile terminals are capable of receiving paging messages and said MBMS data simultaneously.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for transmitting data for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) from a radio access network of a cellular communication network via a radio interface to mobile terminals located in a radio cell supplied by said radio access network. The radio access network transmits paging messages on a common control channel. It is proposed that a dedicated channel is employed for transmitting the MBMS data, which dedicated channel is allocated in a way that the mobile terminals are able to receive simultaneously paging messages and the MBMS data. The invention relates equally to a corresponding network entity, mobile terminal and communication system.
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28 Claims
- 1. Method for transmitting data for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) from a radio access network of a cellular communication network via a radio interface to mobile terminals located in a radio cell supplied by said radio access network, said method comprising transmitting paging messages in at least one common control channel defined in a frame structure employed in said radio cell and transmitting said MBMS data in a dedicated channel defined in said frame structure, wherein said dedicated channel is allocated such that said mobile terminals are capable of receiving paging messages and said MBMS data simultaneously.
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26. Network entity of a cellular communication network comprising means for transmitting via a radio interface paging messages on a common control channel, and for transmitting via said radio interface data for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) on a dedicated channel, wherein said paging messages and said MBMS data are transmitted such that they can be received simultaneously by mobile stations which are capable of receiving MBMS data and which are located in a radio cell supplied by said network entity.
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27. Mobile terminal comprising means for receiving via a radio interface simultaneously paging messages transmitted by said radio access network on a common control channel and data for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) transmitted by a radio access network of a cellular communication network on a dedicated channel.
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28. Communication system comprising
a network entity of a cellular communication network with means for transmitting via a radio interface paging messages on a common control channel, and for transmitting via said radio interface data for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) on a dedicated channel, wherein said paging messages and said MBMS data are transmitted such that they can be received simultaneously by mobile stations which are capable of receiving MBMS data and which are located in a radio cell supplied by said network entity; - and
a mobile terminal with means for receiving via a radio interface simultaneously paging messages transmitted by said radio access network on a common control channel and data for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) transmitted by a radio access network on a dedicated channel.
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