Method for signaling based on paging channel loading
First Claim
1. A method for signaling based on paging channel loading comprising:
- determining that an MS needs to be paged;
determining a paging channel loading level for each of a plurality of cells in which the MS may be located;
paging the MS only in those cells of the plurality of cells in which the paging channel loading level is below a paging threshold.
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Abstract
The need to reduce the cost associated with signaling mobiles (120) across multiple cells (101-108) is addressed by embodiments of the present invention. A targeted MS is initially paged only in those cells in which the paging channel loading level is below a particular paging threshold. Similarly for short messaging, the RAN transmits the short messaging to the MS only in those cells in which the paging channel loading level is below a short messaging threshold. Therefore, the MS can be signaled in under-loaded cells first, were the effect on system capacity and performance is negligible. When successful, the MS signaling is achieved at a lower cost to the system than when loaded cells are involved.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for signaling based on paging channel loading comprising:
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determining that an MS needs to be paged;
determining a paging channel loading level for each of a plurality of cells in which the MS may be located;
paging the MS only in those cells of the plurality of cells in which the paging channel loading level is below a paging threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for signaling based on paging channel loading comprising:
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determining that short messaging needs to be sent to an MS;
determining a paging channel loading level for each of a plurality of cells in which the MS may be located;
transmitting the short messaging to the MS only in those cells of the plurality of cells in which the paging channel loading level is below a short messaging threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A radio access network (RAN) comprising:
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wireless transceiver equipment adapted to support signaling transmission and reception for each cell of a plurality of cells;
a communications controller, communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver equipment for each cell of the plurality of cells, adapted to determine that an MS needs to be paged, adapted to determine a paging channel loading level for each of the plurality of cells in which the MS may be located, adapted to page the MS via the wireless transceiver equipment for only those cells of the plurality of cells in which the paging channel loading level is below a paging threshold. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A radio access network (RAN) comprising:
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wireless transceiver equipment adapted to support signaling transmission and reception for each cell of a plurality of cells;
a communications controller, communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver equipment for each cell of the plurality of cells, adapted to determine that short messaging needs to be sent to an MS, adapted to determine a paging channel loading level for each of the plurality of cells in which the MS may be located, adapted to transmit the short messaging to the MS via the wireless transceiver equipment for only those cells of the plurality of cells in which the paging channel loading level is below a short messaging threshold. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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