In a method for transmitting control signals in a multicast communication system, wherein the multicast communication system broadcasts one or more multicast channels, one or more occurrences of a first control signal are transmitted. The first control signal includes at least control information corresponding to the one or more multicast channels. Additionally, one or more occurrences of a second control signal are transmitted for each of the one or more multicast channels. The second control signal includes at least control information corresponding to the respective multicast channel. At least one transmission of an occurrence of the second control signal is synchronized with at least one transmission of an occurrence of the first control signal.