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Paging method for an MBMS service in a mobile communication system

  • US 7,616,611 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2004
  • Issued: 11/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for paging a User Equipment (UE) by a radio access network in order to provide both a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) and a non-MBMS to the UE in a mobile communication system including at least one UE and the radio access network, the method comprising:

  • transmitting a first channel information about a common paging indication channel and a second channel information about a common control channel to at least one UE in advance;

    transmitting the common paging indication channel in response to an MBMS paging request of the UE;

    transmitting paging information of the MBMS through the common control channel in response to transmission of the common paging indication channel; and

    transmitting separate channel information on the common paging indication channel for identifying existence of paging for the non-MBMS and the common control channel for transmitting paging information of the non-MBMS, respectively,wherein the common paging indication channel identifies existence of a group paging for the MBMS and the common control channel transmits paging information of the identified MBMS.

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