Method for transmitting data relating to a service in a radio communication system and base station
Messages relating to a multimedia broadcast/multicast service are transmitted in a radio communication system, where subscriber stations are informed by a service-dedicated paging display channel prior to the transmission of useful information as a service which is provided for several subscribers.
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15 . A method for transmission of data in a radio communication system having subscriber stations, comprising:
informing the subscriber stations of a service which is provided for several subscribers, prior to the transmission of useful information, by providing, via a multimedia broadcast/multicast service-dedicated paging indicator channel, a paging indicator for service control information on a service control channel.
16 . A method in accordance with claim 15 , wherein said informing comprises transmitting several discontinuous reception cycles of paging indicators in the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel.
17 . A method in accordance with claim 16 , wherein the several discontinuous reception cycles of paging indicators with at least one of identical and different repetition rates are transmitted in the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel.
18 . A method in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the several discontinuous reception cycles of paging indicators are allocated service-specific or service-class specific on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel.
19 . A method in accordance with claim 18 , wherein at least one paging indicator on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel contains service identification information for at least one of various services and various types of service.
20 . A method in accordance with claim 19 , wherein said informing further comprises receiving paging indicator information on a cell paging indicator channel at the subscriber station to acquire the paging indicator using the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel.
21 . A method in accordance with claim 20 , wherein the paging indicator information on the cell paging indicator channel contains several bits for indicating service information on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel.
22 . A method in accordance with claim 21 , wherein the paging indicator information on the cell paging indicator channel includes an indication of at least one of a service class and a paging-specific sequence number.
23 . A method in accordance with claim 19 , wherein said informing further comprises periodically receiving paging indicators of discontinuous cycles on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel.
24 . A base station for transmission of data in a radio communication system, comprising:
means for informing subscriber stations prior to transmission of useful information as a service that is provided for several subscribers, and
means for creating and transmitting, to subscriber stations, paging indicators for service control information on a service control channel, using a multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel.
25 . A base station in accordance with claim 24 , further comprising means for transmitting several discontinuous reception cycles of the paging indicators on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel.
26 . A base station in accordance with claim 25 , wherein said means for transmitting several discontinuous reception cycles of the paging indicators on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel uses at least one of identical and different repetition rates.
27 . A base station in accordance with claim 26 , further comprising means for allocating several discontinuous reception cycles of paging indicators on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel to at least one of specific services and specific service classes.
28 . A subscriber station for performing a method for transmission of data, comprising:
means for receiving paging indicators at said subscriber station using a multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel, with either paging indicators of discontinuous reception cycles on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel being periodically received or paging indicator information being received on a cell paging indicator channel to acquire a paging indicator on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel, and with the paging indicators provided for service control information on a service control channel.
29 . A radio communication system for transmission of data, comprising:
at least one base station including
means for informing subscriber stations prior to transmission of useful information as a service that is provided for several subscribers, and
means for creating and transmitting, to subscriber stations, paging indicators for service control information on a service control channel, using a multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel; and
at least one subscriber station including means for receiving paging indicators at said subscriber station using the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel, with either paging indicators of discontinuous reception cycles on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel being periodically received or paging indicator information being received on a cell paging indicator channel to acquire a paging indicator on the multimedia broadcast/multicast service dedicated paging indicator channel.