METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELIABLY TRANSMITTING GROUP MULTICAST USING A CELL BROADCASTING TECHNIQUE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting information to a terminal of a specific group using multicast transmission equipment in a mobile communication system. The method of the present invention comprises: an information receiving step of receiving, from an information provider, information to be transmitted to the terminal; a selection step of selecting either a cell broadcasting service multicast transmission scheme or a multimedia broadcast multicast service multicast transmission scheme in accordance with the size of the received information; and a multicast transmission step of multicast transmitting the information to the terminal of the specific group in accordance with the selected transmission scheme.