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Method And Apparatus For Group Paging In Wireless Communication

a wireless communication and group paging technology, applied in the field of communication, can solve problems such as heavy load on performan

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-04-05
ALCATEL LUCENT SAS
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The patent text describes methods and devices to reduce paging latency in wireless networks. The technical effects of this patent include reducing the time it takes to page through a network and improving the efficiency of paging groups. The wireless network can determine which mobiles need to be paged and use a group-id to page them, which helps to avoid unnecessary paging. The method can be implemented by a single device or multiple devices, and can be used in various wireless network architectures. Overall, the patent aims to improve the speed and efficiency of paging in wireless networks.

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The time taken to do this in sequential fashion (as is done presently) can be on the order of seconds, and this performance degrades heavily under load.

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[0015]To provide a greater degree of detail in making and using various aspects of the present invention, a description of our approach to reducing paging latency and a description of certain, quite specific, embodiments follows for the sake of example. FIG. 1 is referenced in an attempt to illustrate some examples of specific problems that specific embodiments of the present invention may address.

[0016]In cellular networks, there are typically multiple BSs under the control of a single MME. When packets (e.g., data and / or voice) arrive for multiple sleeping users simultaneously, the MME issues a page request for each mobile in sleep mode. Each page is associated with a geographical “area of interest” where the mobile is likely to be found. The MME informs all BSs in the area of interest to page the mobile. If the mobile is not found in a given round of pages, the area of interest is modified to another region not covered in the original page for that mobile. In each paging round, e...

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Various methods and devices are provided to address the need to reduce paging latency. In one method, a wireless network determines (201) a number of mobiles to be paged in a wireless coverage area that are members of a paging group. If (202) the determined number of mobiles to be paged exceeds a group-page-threshold, then the wireless network pages (203) members of the paging group in the wireless coverage area using a group-id.

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REFERENCE(S) TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) [0001]The present application claims priority from a provisional application, Ser. No. 61 / 388,319, entitled “METHOD FOR IMPROVED MOBILE PAGING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION,” filed Sep. 30, 2010, which is commonly owned and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002]The present invention relates generally to communications and, in particular, to paging in wireless communication systems.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003]This section introduces aspects that may help facilitate a better understanding of the inventions. Accordingly, the statements of this section are to be read in this light and are not to be understood as admissions about what is prior art or what is not prior art.[0004]In cellular networks (such as 3G networks, UMTS networks, LTE networks, or network variants thereof), a mobile is in one of three states: active, inactive / detached, or sleep / idle. In active mode, the mobile has a bearer channel that i...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04W68/00H04W4/02
CPCH04W4/02H04W68/02H04W84/08H04W72/04H04W84/027
Inventor BEJERANO, YIGALGUO, KATHERINENANDAGOPAL, THYAGARAJAN
Owner ALCATEL LUCENT SAS