The present invention relates to a method for referencing a physical channel carrying point- to-multipoint service data in a wireless communication system. The present invention utilizes an identifier to reference specific physical channel configurations previously sent to a mobile terminal from a network. The identifier may reference an entry in a list of physical channel configurations in a specific message. Alternatively, a physical channel configuration in a first message is first allocated a specific identity. Then, a specific identifier referencing the specific identity is used in a second message to identify the physical channel configuration in the first message. |