In a mobile communication system, when a connection necessary to provide a
service supporting high-speed data communication referred to as an MBMS
(Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) is configured on an Iu
interface, contention with the other packet communication service is
eliminated. As a logical connection established between an SGSN (Serving
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node) and a Radio Network
Controller in a Core Network 10, a PS (Packet Switching processing)
functional connection for an existing packet communication service and a
connection for a new MBMS service offering high-speed data communication
are provided separately and independently from each other. This
eliminates the contention between different types of services of the PS
service and the MBMS service to thereby enable executing processings of
such different types of services without being conscious of mutual
processings. In addition, release processing of the connection may be
executed independently to each service, thereby eliminating processing
complexity in the SGSN.