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Paging system employing delivery schedule combining and method of operation thereof

US5905443A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1997
Grant dateMay 18, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D30/70
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A satellite-based, world-wide cellular messaging system (5) transmits paging messages to pagers (2) via multiple beams. A pager (2) monitors multiple beams, recording the schedules for each beam, and by combining the schedules for multiple beams, ultimately determines which frames in the message groups to monitor for messages. Pager (2), which conserves battery resources by entering into a sleep mode, synchronizes quickly to its message block when it awakes.

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