Mobile communication system using a downlink shared channel

Abstract

A system for mobile communication includes a base station and a mobile station. The base station includes a first transmitting unit operable to transmit to a mobile station, identifying information for multicast data to be to the mobile station, and a second transmitting unit operable to transmit the data on a shared channel to the mobile station, wherein the data is identified by the information transmitted. The mobile station includes a first receiving unit operable to receive from the base station identifying information for the multicast data, and a second receiving unit operable to receive the data on the shared channel from the base station, by the information received.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.