MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST/MULTICAST SERVICE APPARATUS AND PAGING METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

In an apparatus and paging method for broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) in a mobile communication system, a network transmits a terminal paging indication channel (PICH) frame and an MBMS paging indication channel (MICH) frame such that the MICH frame is transmitted after a certain time from the transmission of the PICH frame. A mobile terminal receives the PICH frame during a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and only when MICH indication information is included in the PICH frame does the mobile terminal receive the MICH frame. Thus, power consumption of the mobile terminal is considerably reduced.