Methods and apparatus for optimizing paging mechanisms and publication of dynamic paging mechanisms
First Claim
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
- a transceiver configured to establish a connected state with a cellular network; and
a baseband processor connected to the transceiver configured to;
receive timing data, wherein the timing data indicates a plurality of paging transmissions to be transmitted on at least one carrier of a plurality of aggregated carriers corresponding to the cellular network; and
when in the connected state, monitor only a first carrier of the plurality of aggregated carriers for a first paging transmission of the plurality of paging transmissions based on the timing data, wherein the cellular network allocates resources for the plurality of paging transmission based at least in part on a ratio of enhanced devices to legacy devices on the cellular network.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus enabling a wireless network to dynamically change or implement paging mode operation, such as optimization based on one or more network parameters. In one embodiment, the wireless network is a cellular network (e.g., 3G UMTS or LTE), and both base stations and cellular user devices dynamically configure the paging mode operation based on various desired operational attributes relating to the network parameters. Such flexible paging mechanisms may be published to the network users via several methods, and users with appropriately enabled user devices may improve their power and applications performance. Base stations may also advantageously reclaim freed-up cellular resources to support other services. Legacy subscribers are also not affected.
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20 Claims
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1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
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a transceiver configured to establish a connected state with a cellular network; and a baseband processor connected to the transceiver configured to; receive timing data, wherein the timing data indicates a plurality of paging transmissions to be transmitted on at least one carrier of a plurality of aggregated carriers corresponding to the cellular network; and when in the connected state, monitor only a first carrier of the plurality of aggregated carriers for a first paging transmission of the plurality of paging transmissions based on the timing data, wherein the cellular network allocates resources for the plurality of paging transmission based at least in part on a ratio of enhanced devices to legacy devices on the cellular network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A baseband processor, configured to perform operations comprising:
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receiving timing data, wherein the timing data indicates a plurality of paging transmissions to be transmitted on at least one carrier of a plurality of aggregated carriers corresponding to a cellular network; and when in a connected state, monitoring only a first carrier of the plurality of aggregated carriers for a first paging transmission of the plurality of paging transmissions based on the timing data, wherein the cellular network allocates resources for the plurality of paging transmission based at least in part on a ratio of enhanced devices to legacy devices on the cellular network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
at a user equipment (UE); establishing a connected state with a cellular network; receive timing data, wherein the timing data indicates a plurality of paging transmissions to be transmitted on at least one carrier of a plurality of aggregated carriers corresponding to the cellular network; and when in the connected state, monitor only a first carrier of the plurality of carriers for a first paging transmission of the plurality of paging transmissions based on the timing data, wherein the cellular network allocates resources for the plurality of paging transmission based at least in part on a ratio of enhanced devices to legacy devices on the cellular network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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