The present invention relates to broadcast and/or multicast services in
mobile communication networks. Control (105) and user (107', 107") planes
for services directed to a user (50A-C) in a multicast group (60) are
allowed to be separated from each other. At least two user equipments
(50A-C) (belonging to the same multicast group) receives service data
over a common user plane (107') over an Iu interface (17) In cases where
user equipment (50C) is controlled by a SRNC (22B) different from the
CRNC (22A), a radio network subsystem application protocol is extended by
procedures communicating service information from the SRNC (22B) to the
CRNC (22A). The control plane (105) of such a user equipment (50C) can
thus have a separate path compared with a common user plane (107').
Preferably, the user plane (107') is arranged directly over the Iu
interface (17) between a serving support node (12) and the CRNC (22A),
while control planes (105) may have a path over the Iur interface (14).