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Method and system of paging a mobile station

US8204517B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 2009
Grant dateJun 19, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W68/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An access network may identify paging areas based on a reference location (e.g., a mobile station's last known location), where each paging area includes at least one coverage area. The access network may then determine paging-channel occupancies for coverage areas in at least identified paging area. In turn, the access network may adjust a given identified paging area based on the determined paging-channel occupancies, resulting in an adjusted paging area. For example, the access network may add coverage areas to the given identified paging area and/or remove coverage areas from the given identified paging area based on the paging-channel occupancies for those coverage areas. Thereafter, the access network may page a mobile station associated with the reference location in the adjusted paging area.

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