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Apparatus and method of transmitting/receiving MBMS

  • US 20060209870A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2005
  • Published: 09/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a point-to-multipoint service to at least one mobile communication terminal in a mobile communications system, the method comprising:

  • the at least one mobile communications terminal storing a terminal identity and at least one point-to-multipoint service identity, the at least one point-to-multipoint service identity related to a service the terminal is to receive;

    a network transmitting a frame of control information to the at least one mobile communications terminal via a downlink shared control channel, the control information comprising at least one of a mobile terminal identifier and a point-to-multipoint service identifier, the point-to-multipoint service identifier related to a service being provided;

    the network transmitting a frame of data to the at least one mobile communications terminal via a downlink shared data channel, the frame of the data corresponding to the frame of control information;

    the mobile terminal receiving the frame of control information and comparing the stored terminal identity and the stored point-to-multipoint service identity to the at least one of a mobile terminal identifier and a point-to-multipoint service identifier in the control information; and

    the at least one mobile communications terminal receiving the frame of data if at least one of the stored terminal identity matches the terminal identifier in the control information and the stored point-to-multipoint service identity matches the point-to-multipoint service identifier in the control information.

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