Method and apparatus for multimedia broadcast multicast service transmission

A method for determining combined signal quality data, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a network entity, a representation of signal quality measurement data associated with a plurality of non-Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, non-MBMS, user equipments, UEs, each UE being served by at least one of a plurality network nodes;
• and
• determining a combined signal quality data based at least in part on the received representation of signal quality measurement data associated with the plurality of non-MBMS UEs.

The method of 37, wherein the determination of the reserved cell sites is based on the number radio resources muted in the reserved cell sites.

A network entity in communication with a plurality of network nodes within a geographical area, the network entity comprising:

• a communication module configured to receive a representation of signal quality measurement data associated with a plurality of non-Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, non-MBMS, user equipments, UEs, each UE being served by at least one of the plurality network nodes;
• and
• a processor module communicatively coupled to the communication interface, the processor module configured to determine a combined signal quality data of a plurality of MBMS UEs based at least in part on the received representation of signal quality measurement data associated with the plurality of non-MBMS UEs.