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Group-based paging for machine-type-communication (MTC) devices

US8971270B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America · US

Inventors

Jens Bachmann · Langen, DE
Genadi Velev · Darmstadt, DE
Shinkichi Ikeda · Saitama, JP
Takahisa Aoyama · Osaka, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2011
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W68/00
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for paging a group of MTC devices, and for transmitting parameter information to the MTC devices using the paging mechanism. MTC devices are grouped together and a different group ID per group to which the MTC device belongs is assigned to the MTC device. A specific group paging resource indication is determined for each group wherein each MTC device is assigned one of the group paging resource indications. The network pages MTC devices of a group by transmitting a paging message at the corresponding channel resources and including the corresponding group ID. Additionally, the group paging resource indications of several groups of MTC devices can be aligned in such a way with the transmissions and re-transmissions by the network, that the different groups respectively receive the transmission and re-transmissions of the paging message.

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