Radio terminal and base station

1. A user equipment supporting MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) transmission using SC-PTM (Single Cell Point-To-Multipoint), comprising:

a controller configured to monitor a MBMS signal periodically transmitted from a base station via SC-MCCH (Single Cell Multicast Control Channel) or SC-MTCH (Single Cell Multicast Traffic Channel); and

a receiver configured to receive from the base station, notification information indicating a future timing at which the user equipment should receive the MBMS signal, the notification information associated with a MBMS service identifier, wherein

the controller is configured to, based on the notification information, specify a monitoring unnecessary period during which monitoring of the MBMS signal can be omitted,

the receiver is configured to receive an MBMS service from the base station via the SC-MTCH,

the receiver is configured to receive, from the base station, MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element) indicating that transmission of the MBMS service via the SC-MTCH is stopped, and

the controller is configured to determine that the transmission of the MBMS service via the SC-MTCH is stopped in response to the reception of the MAC CE, wherein

the monitoring unnecessary period has a time length longer than a transmission period of the MBMS signal.

2. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the MAC CE is applied to a user equipment whose transmission and reception bandwidth is limited.

3. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the MAC CE is applied to a user equipment present in a coverage enhanced by a coverage enhancement function including a repetition.

4. A method, comprising:

monitoring, by a user equipment supporting MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) transmission using SC-PTM (Single Cell Point-To-Multipoint), a MBMS signal periodically transmitted via SC-MCCH (Single Cell Multicast Control Channel) or SC-MTCH (Single Cell Multicast Traffic Channel);

receiving, by the user equipment from a base station, notification information indicating a future timing at which the user equipment should receive the MBMS signal, the notification information associated with a MBMS service identifier;

specifying by the user equipment based on the notification information, a monitoring unnecessary period during which monitoring of the MBMS signal can be omitted;

receiving by the user equipment from the base station, MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element) indicating that transmission of the MBMS service via the SC-MTCH is stopped, and

determining by the user equipment, that the transmission of the MBMS service via the SC-MTCH is stopped in response to the reception of the MAC CE, wherein

the monitoring unnecessary period has a time length longer than a transmission period of the MBMS signal.

5. A method for a user equipment supporting MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) transmission using SC-PTM (Single Cell Point-To-Multipoint), the method comprising:

monitoring a MBMS signal periodically transmitted from a base station via SC-MCCH (Single Cell Multicast Control Channel) or SC-MTCH (Single Cell Multicast Traffic Channel);

receiving from the base station, notification information indicating a future timing at which the user equipment should receive the MBMS signal, the notification information associated with a MBMS service identifier;

based on the notification information, specifying a monitoring unnecessary period during which monitoring of the MBMS signal can be omitted;

receiving an MBMS service from the base station via the SC-MTCH;

receiving from the base station, MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element) indicating that transmission of the MBMS service via the SC-MTCH is stopped; and

determining that the transmission of the MBMS service via the SC-MTCH is stopped in response to the reception of the MAC CE, wherein

the monitoring unnecessary period has a time length longer than a transmission period of the MBMS signal.

6. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein

the notification information includes information indicating the future timing at which a content of the MBMS control information transmitted via the SC-MCCH is modified, and

the monitoring unnecessary period is a period until the future timing at which the content of the SC-MCCH information is modified.

7. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein

the notification information includes information indicating the future timing at which MBMS data transmitted via the SC-MTCH is scheduled, and

the monitoring unnecessary period is a period up to the future timing at which the MBMS data is scheduled.