Systems and methods for operating a wireless communication system are provided. A network node can determine a number of access nodes transmitting data using a first multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) mode. A number of retransmission requests received at each access node transmitting data using the first MBMS mode can be determined. At least one access node can be reconfigured to transmit data from the first MBMS mode to a second MBMS mode based on the number of retransmission requests received from each access node.