Device and method for performing page scan on a communication channel

• US 20050117552A1
• Filed: 12/02/2004
• Published: 06/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Mikkelsen, Soeren
• Application Number:
  US11/004,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20050117552A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A device and method for performing page scan on a first communication channel by listening to the first communication channel, which includes set-up parts for performing a page scan on the first communication channel, a first timer for defining a first time interval between successive page scans, a second timer for defining a second time interval between successive page scans, where the second interval is shorter than the first interval, wherein the set-up parts are responsive to second channel communication parts and are adapted to use the second timer when a connection on the second channel is being initiated in the device, and to use the first timer when the connection on the second communication channel has been initiated.

Claims

1. A device for performing page scan on a first communication channel by listening to the first communication channel, comprising:

set-up parts for performing a page scan on the first communication channel;

a first timer for defining a first time interval between successive page scans; and

a second timer for defining a second time interval between successive page scans, where the second time interval is shorter than the first time interval;

wherein;

the set-up parts are responsive to second channel communication parts and are adapted to use the second timer when a connection on a second channel is being initiated in the device, and to use the first timer when the connection on the second communication channel has been initiated.

2. A device for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication channel is a local communication channel, and the second communication channel is a cellular radio communication channel.

3. A device for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 2, wherein the local communication channel is a Bluetooth communication channel.

4. A device for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first time interval is approximately 2.56 seconds.

5. A device for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

the second time interval is approximately 100 milliseconds.

6. A device for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the set-up parts are further adapted to one of perform the page scan only when an entry showing that an accessory device is present has been previously defined, and inhibit performing the page scan when an entry showing that an accessory device is present has not been previously defined.

7. A device for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 6, wherein the device is a subscriber terminal of a cellular network and the accessory device is a wireless headset.

8. A method for performing page scan on a first communication channel by listening to the first communication channel, the method comprising:

defining, via a first timer of a device, a first time interval between successive page scans when a connection on a second communication channel is being initiated; and

defining, via a second timer of the device, a second time interval, which is longer than the first time interval, between successive page scans after the connection on the second communication channel has been initiated.

9. A method for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 8, wherein of claim 8, wherein the first communication channel is a local communication channel and the second communication channel is a cellular radio communication channel.

10. A method for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 9, wherein the local communication channel is a Bluetooth communication channel.

11. A method for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first time interval is approximately 100 milliseconds.

12. A method for performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second time interval is approximately 2.56 seconds.

13. A method fir performing page scan on a first communication channel as claimed in claim 8, wherein the page scan on the first communication channel is performed responsively to a second communication channel only if an entry showing that an accessory device is present has been previously defined.