LTE MBMS: How many mbms services can be served through a single MCCH channel ?

Question

I have very limited insight in mutlimedia multicast/broadcast services. An article says one LTE cell can have maximum of 8 MCCH channels and each MCCH configuration corresponds to configuration of one MBSFN area.
If this is correct then it concludes that one LTE cell can be part of max 8 MBSFN areas.

Each MBSFN area can be used to broadcast multiple multicast/broadcast services.
Now I want to how many TV channels (a kind of broadcast/multicast service) can be broadcasted ?
One related query is how an UE come know about the channels such as DD news, ESPN etc are being broadcasted in cell ?

Answer 1

Hi
The MCCH is the logical channel type used to carry control information necessary for reception of a certain MBMS service, including the subframe allocation and modulation-and-coding scheme for each MCH.
There is one MCCH per MBSFN area.