Multicell area paging for cellular telecommunications system
First Claim
1. A radio access network portion of a telecommunications network, the radio access network being connecting to a core network and serving a mobile station, the radio access network portion comprising:
- plural base stations serving respective plural cells;
plural control nodes including a first control node for controlling a first group of the plural base stations and a second control node for controlling a second group of the plural base stations;
wherein a multicell area includes cells served by at least some of the first group of base stations and cells served by at least some of the second group of base stations;
a paging control node which stores information regarding the multicell area whereby, when the mobile station is paged in the multicell area, the paging control node sends a paging message to at least one of the control nodes which controls base stations serving cells in the multicell area.
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Abstract
A radio access network portion of a telecommunications network (18) which serves a mobile station (MS) is connecting to a core network. The radio access network portion has plural base stations (BS) serving respective plural cells (C), as well as plural control nodes (RNCs). The control nodes include a first control node (RNC1) for controlling a first group of the plural base stations and a second control node (RNC2) for controlling a second group of the plural base stations. A multicell area (MCA) includes cells served by at least some of the first group of base stations and cells served by at least some of the second group of base stations. The radio access network portion of a telecommunications network further has a paging control node which stores information regarding the multicell area. To page the mobile station in the multicell area, the paging control node (1) sends paging messages to each of the base stations serving the multicell area controlled by the paging control node: and (2) sends a paging message to any other control nodes which control base stations serving cells in the multicell area. The paging control node determines to which base stations and other control node(s) it should send paging messages by consulting a paging table (100). Preferably the paging control node is one of the control nodes of the radio access network. The paging control node is connected to the other control node(s) by an inter-control node link (32) over which the paging message is sent.
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43 Claims
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1. A radio access network portion of a telecommunications network, the radio access network being connecting to a core network and serving a mobile station, the radio access network portion comprising:
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plural base stations serving respective plural cells;
plural control nodes including a first control node for controlling a first group of the plural base stations and a second control node for controlling a second group of the plural base stations;
wherein a multicell area includes cells served by at least some of the first group of base stations and cells served by at least some of the second group of base stations;
a paging control node which stores information regarding the multicell area whereby, when the mobile station is paged in the multicell area, the paging control node sends a paging message to at least one of the control nodes which controls base stations serving cells in the multicell area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A radio access network portion of a telecommunications network, the radio access network being connecting to a core network and serving a mobile station, the radio access network portion comprising:
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plural base stations serving respective plural cells;
a first radio network control node for controlling a first group of the plural base stations;
a second radio network control node for controlling a second group of the plural base stations;
wherein a multicell area includes cells served by at least some of the first group of base stations and cells served by at least some of the second group of base stations;
wherein, to page the mobile station in the multicell area, the first radio network control node issues a paging message (1) to those base stations in the first group belonging to the multicell area and (2) to the second radio network control node. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A radio access network portion of a telecommunications network, the radio access network being connecting to a core network and serving a mobile station, the radio access network comprising:
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plural base stations serving respective plural cells;
a first radio network control node for controlling a first group of the plural base stations;
a second radio network control node for controlling a second group of the plural base stations;
an inter-radio network control link connecting the first radio network control node and the second radio network control node, and wherein the inter-radio network control link carries at least one of a (1) paging message and (2) a response to a paging message. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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27. A method of operating a telecommunications network which comprises a radio access network being connected to a core network, the radio access network including plural base stations serving respective plural cells and plural control nodes including a first control node for controlling a first group of the plural base stations and a second control node for controlling a second group of the plural base stations;
- the method comprising;
receiving a paging message at a paging control node of the radio access network, the paging message referring to a multicell area. the multicell area including cells served by at least some of a first group of base stations and cells served by at least some of a second group of base stations;
using the paging control node to send a paging message to at least one of the control nodes which controls base stations serving cells in the multicell area.
- the method comprising;
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40. A method of operating a telecommunications network which comprises a radio access network being connected to a core network, the radio access network including plural base stations serving respective plural cells and plural control nodes including a first control node for controlling a first group of the plural base stations and a second control node for controlling a second group of the plural base stations;
- one of the plural control nodes initially handling a connection between the core network and a mobile station engaged in a packet switched service, the method comprising;
receiving a paging message for the mobile station at a paging control node of the radio access network, the paging message referring to a multicell area, the multicell area including cells served by at least some of a first group of base stations and cells served by at least some of a second group of base stations;
using the paging control node to send a paging message to at least one of the control nodes which controls base stations serving cells in the multicell area; and
upon receiving a paging response message from the mobile station, initiating at the paging control node a request to move handling of the connection between the core network and a mobile station to another control node. - View Dependent Claims (41)
- one of the plural control nodes initially handling a connection between the core network and a mobile station engaged in a packet switched service, the method comprising;
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42. A method of operating a radio access network portion of a telecommunications network. the radio access network being connecting to a core network and serving a mobile station. the radio access network portion comprising plural base stations serving respective plural cells and a radio network control node for controlling the plural base stations, the method comprising:
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defining, with respect to the plural cells, a first multicell area and a second multicell area;
associating, at the radio network control node, a first layer parameter with the first multicell area and a second layer parameter with the second multicell area;
sending from the radio network control node a paging message with respect to a paged mobile station, the paging message including both a mobile station identifier and a layer parameter appropriate for the mobile station.
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43. A radio access network portion of a telecommunications network, the radio access network being connecting to a core network and serving a mobile station, the radio access network portion comprising:
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plural base stations serving respective plural cells;
a first radio network control node for controlling a first group of the plural base stations;
a second radio network control node for controlling a second group of the plural base stations;
wherein a first multicell area includes cells served by at least some of the first group of base stations and cells served by at least some of the second group of base stations;
wherein a second multicell area includes cells served by the second group of base stations;
wherein, to page the mobile station in the multicell area, the first radio network control node issues a paging message including a temporary mobile station identifier [TMSI] (1) to those base stations in the first group belonging to the multicell area and (2) to the second radio network control node; and
wherein, the second radio network control node assigns to each of the plural multicell areas a multicell area layer parameter, and wherein the multicell area layer parameter is transmitted with the paging message to the cells on the list.
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