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Paging extension for enhanced coverage global system for mobile (EC-GSM)

  • US 10,123,303 B2
  • Filed: 05/09/2018
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile station configured to interact with a radio access network (RAN) node, the mobile station comprising:

  • a processor; and

    ,a memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor interfaces with the memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby the mobile station upon waking up to read its nominal paging group per its Extended Discontinuous Receive Cycle (eDRX) cycle is operable to;

    receive, from the RAN node, an Extended Coverage (EC) Paging Request message which comprises at least the following;

    (i) a page mode field which includes information indicating one or more coverage classes for which one or more EC Paging Request messages were available for transmission by the RAN node during a time interval but were not transmitted; and

    (ii) a used_downlink_coverage_class field which includes information indicating a coverage class associated with one or more mobile stations addressed in the received EC Paging Request message.

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