Delivery of multicast and broadcast services concurrently with unicast data

An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• one or more processors to decode a system information block (SIB) from an evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN) indicating an identified carrier frequency on which Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) services are available, generate a message to inform the EUTRAN that MBMS services will be received on the identified carrier frequency, and cause the UE to receive MBMS services on the identified carrier frequency indicated in the SIB, wherein the one or more processors are to cause the UE to stop active reception of unicast information from the EUTRAN while receiving MBMS services;
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• a memory to store the SIB.

An apparatus of an evolved Node B (eNB), comprising:

• one or more processors to send a system information block (SIB) to a user equipment (UE) indicating an identified carrier frequency on which Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) services are available, receive a message from the UE that the UE will receive MBMS services on the identified carrier frequency, receive a notification from the UE that the UE is no longer receiving MBMS services on the identified carrier frequency, maintain a unicast connection with the UE while the UE periodically switches to receive MBMS control channel (MCCH) information and Physical Downlink Control Channel Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDDCH) information from a cell providing MBMS services;
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• a memory to store the message from the UE.