A file repair method for Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) and
a UMTS network are disclosed. According to the method, a data structure
is established according to a repair request message sent from a user
equipment. Each repair block is multicast to the user equipment that
requested it by using the original MBMS Bearer Service for file
downloading according to the data structure. The present invention does
not need any extra traffic and additional control signaling to allow each
user equipment to receive required repair blocks.