METHODS AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR ENABLING RECEPTION OF MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICES (MBMS)

Methods performed by a User Equipment (UE) are provided for enabling Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) reception, the methods include creating, by at least one processor, a unified service guide including a list of at least one MBMS service available over at least one communication path based on information about the at least one MBMS service; selecting, by the at least one processor, a first communication path among the at least one communication path for a selected MBMS service among the list of the at least one MBMS service based on at least one of a signal condition of Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) cell, signal conditions of a serving cell, service availability or a packet switched (PS) enabled stack; and providing, by the at least one processor, the selected MBMS service over the selected communication path.