CAPABILITY EXTENSIONS FOR MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICES

摘要

The present invention relates to a method in a base station (901) of a mobile communication network for supporting continuity of a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, for a terminal (1001), is provided. The method comprising the steps: the base station (901) receiving (S701), from the terminal (1001), an information element informing the base station (901) of a combination of bands, which the terminal (1001) supports for carrier aggregation, wherein the terminal supports MBMS reception on any carrier configurable as a serving cell for the terminal (1001) according to the information element; the base station (901) deriving (5703), from the received information element, MBMS reception capabilities of the terminal (1001); and the base station (901) determining (S704) a number of carriers, which are configurable by the base station (901) as serving cell of the terminal (1001), such that the terminal (1001) is enabled to receive at least one MBMS.