Abstract: A system and method for controlling base stations for multimedia broadcast communications. In one embodiment, a base station includes a reporting subsystem configured to broadcast at least one of a counting report request and a channel quality indictor report request to user equipment in a service area thereof. The reporting subsystem is also configured to process at least one of a counting report and a channel quality indicator report received from the user equipment and provide an activity status report therefrom. The base station also includes a dynamic single frequency network subsystem configured to determine to provide multimedia broadcast and multicast services in the service area thereof as a function of an activity status report from another base station.

Abstract: A core network (MME or RNC for example) receives in an uplink message a first list of closed subscriber group (CSG) identities for cells which are neighbors to a network access node. The core network creates a third list by checking the first list received in the uplink message against a second list which is a user equipment's list of allowed CSG identities; and then sends the third list downlink to at least the network access node which provided the first list. In different embodiments the neighbors of the first list include only cells which are direct neighbor CSG cells; or alternatively is also has cells which are adjacent to the direct neighbor CSG cells.

Abstract: A method for a mobile communications network where a cell is identifiable by a global identifier unique in the mobile communications network and/or a short identifier re-usable in another cell of the mobile communications network. A registry associates information representing a location within the coverage area of the mobile communications network to a defined group of short identifiers. When an access point sends a request for registration to provide services of a cell in a mobile communications network, the request includes information indicating a location of the access point. The registry is used to select a short identifier to be applied in a cell of an access point before registering the access point to provide services of a cell in the mobile communications network.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling base stations for multimedia broadcast communications. In one embodiment, a base station 730 includes a reporting subsystem 740 configured to broadcast at least one of a counting report request and a channel quality indictor report request to user equipment 780 in a service area thereof. The reporting subsystem 740 is also configured to process at least one of a counting report and a channel quality indicator report received from the user equipment 780 and provide an activity status report therefrom. The base station 730 also includes a dynamic single frequency network subsystem 745 configured to determine to provide multimedia broadcast and multicast services in the service area thereof as a function of an activity status report from another base station 760.