Performing paging in a wireless peer-to-peer network

US8521194B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Rajiv Laroia · Far Hills, US
• Aleksandar Jovicic · Urbana, US
• Junyi Li · Mount Olive, US
• Thomas Richardson · South Orange, US
• Xinzhou Wu · Monmouth Junction, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W76/11
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate paging within a peer-to-peer communication network. A first wireless terminal monitors the paging channel of a wide area network. When a second wireless terminal intends to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the first wireless terminal, the second wireless terminal generates a paging message and transfers the message to the WAN, which routes the paging message to a base station. The base station uses its paging channel to send a paging message to the target first wireless terminal. The paging message indicates to the target first wireless terminal that the second wireless terminal intends to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the first wireless terminal. The paging message may further include parameters to be used to establish the peer-to-peer connection. Upon reception of the paging message, the second wireless terminal sends a signal directly to the first wireless terminal to start the direct peer-to-peer communication.