Dynamic tracking of mobile stations in wireless networks
US5390234A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W68/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of tracking mobile stations in a cellular network. A mobile station will report to a base station only when the mobile station is turned on and only after having made a minimum number of intercellular movements. When communications with a mobile station is desired, the mobile station is searched for only in the neighborhood of the most recent current cell, which is the last cell from which the mobile station reported to the base station.
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