Apparatus and method for initiating a broadcast service by a mobile station in a mobile communication system

摘要

An apparatus and method for initiating a broadcast service in a mobile communication system supporting the broadcast service. During a broadcast service from a service base station, a mobile station receives configuration information for neighbor base stations from the service base station. The configuration information indicates whether a handoff from the service base station to the neighbor base stations is possible and whether the neighbor base stations are providing the broadcast service. During a hand off to a new base station, if the new base station is a neighbor base station of the service base station and the new base station is not providing the broadcast service, the mobile station requests the new base station to initiate the broadcast service. If there is a base station not providing the broadcast service among the neighbor base stations, the mobile station requests the service base station to initiate the broadcast service of the neighbor base stations. The service base station then requests the neighbor base stations to initiate the broadcast service. <IMAGE>