Communicating program rejection information in broadcast-multicast mobile communication system

A method for communicating program rejection information in a broadcast-multicast mobile communication system, the method comprising:

• receiving a request for one or more specific broadcast-multicast services from a mobile terminal;
• determining whether to reject at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested by the mobile terminal;
• setting a value of a broadcast-multicast service format indicator field of 1 bit length for indicating whether the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services is represented by one kind of service identifier or a combination of two different kinds of service identifiers,
• checking whether a reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is identical to a reason for rejecting a previous broadcast-multicast service in broadcast reject message if the at least one of the one or more broadcast-multicast services is determined to be rejected;
• setting a value of a same reject reason indicator field in a broadcast reject message for indicating whether the reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is identical to the reason for rejecting the previous broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message;
• and
• transmitting the broadcast reject message to the mobile terminal,
• wherein the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services is represented by the one kind of service identifier if a value stored in the broadcast-multicast service format indicator field is 0,
• wherein the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services is represented by the combination of two different kinds of service identifiers if the value stored in the broadcast-multicast service format indicator field is 1,
• wherein the reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is not identical to the reason for rejecting the previous broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message if the value stored in the same reject reason indicator field is 0,
• wherein the reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is identical to the reason for rejecting the previous broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message if the value stored in the same reject reason indicator field is 1.

A method for communicating program rejection information in a broadcast-multicast mobile communication system, the method comprising:

• receiving a request for one or more specific broadcast-multicast services from a mobile terminal;
• determining whether to reject at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested by the mobile terminal;
• setting a value of a same reject reason indicator field in a broadcast reject message for indicating whether a reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is identical to a reason for rejecting a previous broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message, wherein the value is set to 0 for a first broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message if the at least one of the one or more broadcast-multicast services is determined to be rejected;
• checking, for at least one non-first broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message, whether the reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is identical to the reason for rejecting a previous broadcast-multicast service in broadcast reject message if the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services is determined to be rejected;
• setting the value of the same reject reason indicator field in the broadcast reject message for indicating whether the reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is identical to the reason for rejecting a previous broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message for the at least one non-first broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message;
• and
• transmitting the broadcast reject message to the mobile terminal;
• wherein the reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is not identical to the reason for rejecting the previous broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message if the value stored in the same reject reason indicator field is 0 for the at least one non-first broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message,
• wherein the reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is identical to the reason for rejecting the previous broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message if the value stored in the same reject reason indicator field is 1 for the at least one non-first broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message,
• wherein the broadcast reject message comprises a broadcast-multicast service format indicator field of 1 bit length for indicating whether the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services is represented by one kind of service identifier or a combination of two different kinds of service identifiers,
• wherein the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services is represented by the one kind of service identifier if a value stored in the broadcast-multicast service format indicator field is 0, and
• wherein the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services is represented by the combination of two different kinds of service identifiers if the value stored in the broadcast-multicast service format indicator field is 1.