Apparatus, and an associated method, for paging a mobile station operable in a radio communication system
First Claim
1. In a communication system having a network part and a mobile station selectably operable to communicate with the network part by way of a radio air interface, the mobile station operable in an active state and at least a dormant state, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating initiation of a communication session with the mobile station, the mobile station forming a terminating node, said apparatus comprising:
- a location index for indexing together positional indicia associated with the mobile station forming the terminating node; and
a page message generator embodied at the network part, said page message generator for generating a page message for broadcast upon the radio air interface throughout an area responsive to the positional indicia indexed at said location index to alert the mobile station of an invitation to initiate the communication session with the mobile station, the page message forming a wake-up indicator, the wake-up indicator detectable by the mobile station when in the dormant state.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to page a mobile station to alert the mobile station of a call placed thereto. A location server is provided at which a location index is created and maintained, identifying the location at which the mobile station to which the call is to be terminated is positioned. Page messages are broadcast throughout an area in which the mobile station is indicated to be positioned. The page messages are broadcast in manners that permit the mobile station to detect their transmission even when the mobile station is in a dormant, or other nonactive, state.
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20 Claims
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1. In a communication system having a network part and a mobile station selectably operable to communicate with the network part by way of a radio air interface, the mobile station operable in an active state and at least a dormant state, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating initiation of a communication session with the mobile station, the mobile station forming a terminating node, said apparatus comprising:
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a location index for indexing together positional indicia associated with the mobile station forming the terminating node; and
a page message generator embodied at the network part, said page message generator for generating a page message for broadcast upon the radio air interface throughout an area responsive to the positional indicia indexed at said location index to alert the mobile station of an invitation to initiate the communication session with the mobile station, the page message forming a wake-up indicator, the wake-up indicator detectable by the mobile station when in the dormant state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a method of communicating in a communication system having a network part and a mobile station selectably operable to communicate with the network part by way of a radio air interface, the mobile station operable in an active state and at least a dormant state, an improvement of a method for facilitating initiation of a communication session with the mobile station, the mobile station forming a terminating node, said method comprising:
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detecting a request for initiation of the communication session; and
responsive theretogenerating a page message for broadcast upon the radio air interface to alert the mobile station of an invitation to initiate the communication session with the mobile station, the page message forming a wake-up indicator, the wake-up indicator detectable by the mobile station when in any of the active state and the at least the dormant state. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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