Emergency information in system information broadcast

1. A method of providing an emergency signal to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

receiving scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information is for receiving emergency system information messages in segmented and non-segmented earthquake and tsunami warning service (ETWS)-system information blocks (ETWS-SIBS), wherein the segmented ETWS-SIBS are segmented based on the size of the ETWS-SIB, wherein the segmented and non-segmented ETWS-SIBS and the non-emergency system SIBS are interleaved, and wherein the segmented and non-segmented ETWS-SIBS and the non-emergency system SIBS are not received simultaneously;

receiving the ETWS-SIBs using the scheduling information, and

processing the ETSW-SIBs to acquire the emergency system information messages.

2. The method as in claim 1 further comprising receiving emergency system information messages within periodically occurring time domain windows using dynamic scheduling.

3. The method as in claim 1 wherein the segmented ETWS-SIBs are distributed over an emergency system information transmit period.

4. The method as in claim 1 wherein a paging message is used to indicate a change in system information including the scheduling information.

5. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) configured to receive an emergency signal, the WTRU comprising:

a receiver configured to receive scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information is for receiving emergency system information messages in segmented and non-segmented earthquake and tsunami warning service (ETWS) system information blocks (ETWS-SIBS), wherein the segmented ETWS-SIBS are segmented based on the size of the ETWS-SIB, wherein the segmented and non-segmented ETWS-SIBS and the non-emergency system SIBS are interleaved, and wherein the segmented and non-segmented ETWS-SIBS and the non-emergency system SIBS are not received simultaneously;

the receiver further configured to receive the ETWS-SIBS using the scheduling information, and

a processor configured to process the ETSW-SIBS to acquire the emergency system information messages.

6. The WTRU as in claim 5 wherein the receiver is further configured to receive emergency system information messages within periodically occurring time domain windows using dynamic scheduling.

7. The WTRU as in claim 5 wherein the ETWS-SIBs are distributed over an emergency system information transmit period.

8. The WTRU as in claim 5 wherein a paging message is used to indicate a change in system information including the scheduling information.

9. A base station (BS) configured to transmit an emergency signal, the BS comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information is for receiving emergency system information messages, at a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), in segmented and non-segmented earthquake and tsunami warning service (ETWS)-system information blocks (ETWS-SIBs), wherein the segmented ETWS-SIBs are segmented based on the size of the ETWS-SIB and wherein the segmented and non-segmented ETWS-SIBs and non-emergency SIBs are interleaved; and

the transmitter is further configured to transmit the segmented and non-segmented ETWS-SIBs and non-emergency SIBs according to the scheduling information, wherein the segmented and non-segmented ETWS-SIBs and non-emergency SIBs are not transmitted simultaneously.

10. The BS as in claim 9 further comprising transmitting emergency system information messages within periodically occurring time domain windows using dynamic scheduling.

11. The BS as in claim 9 wherein the segmented ETWS-SIBs are distributed over an emergency system information transmit period.

12. The BS as in claim 9 wherein a paging message is used to indicate a change in system information including the scheduling information.