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Telecommunications apparatus and methods for paging mobile terminals in a wireless communication system

  • US 10,477,512 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2014
  • Issued: 11/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a base station in a wireless telecommunications system comprising a core network, a plurality of base stations and a plurality of terminal devices, the method comprising:

  • identifying one or more terminal devices for which the base station is to have a responsibility for paging based on an indication of the one or more terminal devices, the indication being received by the base station from the core network;

    maintaining a paging database identifying the one or more terminal devices for which the base station is to have a responsibility for paging based on the indication received from the core network;

    receiving, from the core network, a paging request in a separate transmission from the indication, the paging request conveying an identifier for a terminal device being paged in the wireless telecommunications system;

    determining to transmit a paging message for the terminal device being paged when the identifier for the terminal device being paged matches an entry in the paging database; and

    determining to take no further action with respect to the paging message when the identifier for the terminal device being paged does not match an entry in the paging database.

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