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A message is wirelessly broadcast to wireless terminals by error correction coding the message to produce an error correction coded message block, dividing the error correction coded message block into frames and error correction coding the frames to produce error correction coded frames. The error

A message is wirelessly broadcast to wireless terminals by error correction coding the message to produce an error correction coded message block, dividing the error correction coded message block into frames and error correction coding the frames to produce error correction coded frames. The error correction coding frames are wirelessly broadcast to the wireless terminals. At the wireless terminals, the frames are received and the frames are error correction decoded to produce error correction decoded frames. The error correction decoded frames are combined into a message block, and the message block is error correction decoded to produce the message. By error correction coding the entire message in addition to error correction coding the frames of the message, long messages may be reliably broadcast and received, notwithstanding fading and other problems in the transmission. Accordingly, a broadcast channel that is designed for short message usage also may be used to reliably transmit long messages. The invention may, for example, be applicable to a TDMA system that includes a Digital Control CHannel (DCCH) having a short message Service Broadcast Control CHannel (S-BCCH) logical channel. The error correction coded frames are placed in the S-BCCH logical channel. The S-BCCH logical channel is then wirelessly broadcast to the radiotelephones in a plurality of TDMA time slots.

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1. A method of wirelessly broadcasting a message to a plurality of wireless terminals comprising the steps of:error correction coding the message to produce an error correction coded message block; dividing the error correction coded message block into a plurality of frames; error detection coding t

1. A method of wirelessly broadcasting a message to a plurality of wireless terminals comprising the steps of:error correction coding the message to produce an error correction coded message block; dividing the error correction coded message block into a plurality of frames; error detection coding the frames to produce a plurality of error detection coded frames; error correction coding the error detection coded frames to produce a plurality of error detection and correction coded frames; and wirelessly broadcasting the plurality of error detection and correction coded frames to the plurality of wireless terminals.