US6594493B1
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Paging arrangement for wireless communications
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 2000-02-09
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Granted: 2003-07-15
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Expires: 2020-02-09
Abstract
Abstract Paging areas aligned with wireless terminals are dynamically created. A first base station passes to the wireless terminal a list of all the base stations that it knows and are within a prescribed number of handoffs of the first base station. The wireless terminal uses this list to define its own “personal” paging area. Each time the wireless terminal emerges from a sleep state, it listens for the base station having the best signal and compares its identification against the list of base stations in its personal paging area. If the best signal base station is on the list, any paging messages for the wireless terminal are automatically broadcast by that base station. Otherwise, the wireless terminal must conduct a handoff to that base station to obtain a new personal paging area centered on that base station with that base station as paging agent. Messages originating elsewhere in the network are forwarded to the paging agent for delivery to the wireless terminal. The paging agent then instructs all known base stations within prescribed number of handoffs of it to page the wireless terminal. The wireless terminal, on hearing the page, will form a connection with the base station having the best signal for communicating. The base station having the best signal for communicating notifies the paging agent that it has established a connection with the wireless terminal, which leaves paging mode and becomes active.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen William Davies
- 👤 Michaela C Vanderveen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 17:31
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W68/00; H04W68/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A method for developing a paging area for a wireless base station, comprising the steps of: receiving, in said base station, information from at least one wireless terminal regarding at least one base station that is a neighbor to said base station; receiving, in said base station, information from said at least one other wireless base station information indicating base stations that are neighbors to said other base station; and determining which base stations are within a prescribed number of handoffs from said base station, as a function of said information received from said at least one wireless terminal and from said at least one other wireless base station.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
109 words
A method for developing a paging area for a wireless base station, comprising the steps of: receiving, in said base station, information from at least one wireless terminal regarding at least one base station that is a neighbor to said base station; receiving, in said base station, information from said at least one other wireless base station information indicating base stations that are neighbors to said other base station; and determining which base stations are within a prescribed number of handoffs from said base station, as a function of said information received from said at least one wireless terminal and from said at least one other wireless base station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention as defined in claim 1 further comprising the step of transmitting an indication of said determined base stations that are within a prescribed number of handoffs from said base station to a wireless terminal for use as a paging area.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
The invention as defined in claim 1 further comprising the step of transmitting from said base station an indication of said determined base stations that are within a prescribed number of handoffs from said base station to a wireless terminal for use as a paging area.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The invention as defined in claim 1 further comprising the step of transmitting a list of said determined base stations to a wireless terminal for use as a paging area.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
161 words
A method for use in connection with a wireless terminal in a wireless network having a plurality of wireless base stations, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an indication of a first paging area from a first base station when said wireless terminal is served by a first base station as paging agent; receiving an indication of a second paging area when said wireless terminal is later served by a second base station as paging agent; and receiving an indication of a third paging area from said first base station when said wireless terminal is yet later served by said first base station as paging agent; wherein said first and third paging areas are different because there is a different number of base stations that are within a prescribed number of handoffs from said first base station at the time of said assigning of said first paging area than there is at said time of assigning said third paging area.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
161 words
A method for use in connection with a wireless terminal in a wireless network having a plurality of wireless base stations, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an indication of a first paging area from a first base station when said wireless terminal is served by a first base station as paging agent; receiving an indication of a second paging area when said wireless terminal is later served by a second base station as paging agent; and receiving an indication of a third paging area from said first base station when said wireless terminal is yet later served by said first base station as paging agent; wherein said first and third paging areas are different because there is a different number of base stations that are within a prescribed number of handoffs from said first base station at the time of said assigning of said first paging area than there is at said time of assigning said third paging area.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
143 words
A method for use in connection with a wireless terminal in a wireless network having a plurality of wireless base stations, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an indication of a first paging area from a first base station when said wireless terminal is served by a first base station as paging agent; receiving an indication of a second paging area when said wireless terminal is later served by a second base station as paging agent; and receiving an indication of a third paging area from said first base station when said wireless terminal is yet later served by said first base station as paging agent; wherein said first and third paging areas are different because said first base station was relocated between the time of said assigning of said first paging area and the time of assigning said third paging area.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
143 words
A method for use in connection with a wireless terminal in a wireless network having a plurality of wireless base stations, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an indication of a first paging area from a first base station when said wireless terminal is served by a first base station as paging agent; receiving an indication of a second paging area when said wireless terminal is later served by a second base station as paging agent; and receiving an indication of a third paging area from said first base station when said wireless terminal is yet later served by said first base station as paging agent; wherein said first and third paging areas are different because said first base station was relocated between the time of said assigning of said first paging area and the time of assigning said third paging area.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention as defined in claim 5 wherein said wireless terminal was in sleep mode for at least a portion of time between the time of said assigning of said first paging area and the time of assigning said second paging area.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention as defined in claim 5 wherein said wireless terminal was in sleep mode for at least a portion of time between the time of said assigning of said second paging area and the time of assigning said third paging area.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention as defined in claim 6 wherein said wireless terminal was in sleep mode for at least a portion of time between the time of said assigning of said first paging area and the time of assigning said second paging area.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention as defined in claim 6 wherein said wireless terminal was in sleep mode for at least a portion of time between the time of said assigning of said second paging area and the time of assigning said third paging area.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2010-07-14 | 2011-01-13 | 2011-07-15 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2014-07-14 | 2015-01-13 | 2015-07-15 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |