A communication system that includes a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast
Service (MBMS) service provides re-broadcasts of an event to subscribers
to the MBMS service. An infrastructure included in the communication
system and comprising a server coupled to a RAN controller via a support
node receives a first set of MBMS data from an MBMS content provider and
conveys the first set of MBMS data along with an associated first Session
Description to a subscribed mobile station. The infrastructure then
receives a second set of MBMS data from the MBMS content provider,
wherein the second set of MBMS data comprises a re-conveyance of the
first set of MBMS data, and conveys an MBMS notification along with an
associated second Session Description to the mobile station. The mobile
station may then determine whether to receive the re-conveyance based on
the first and second Session Descriptions.