Multi-sector broadcast paging channel
First Claim
1. A method of providing pages to subscriber stations over a wireless network using a multi-sector broadcast channel, comprising:
- receiving data related to a list of all pages to be transmitted to subscriber stations in a paging region that has a plurality of sectors;
generating a substantially identical waveform at a base station in each of the plurality of sectors; and
transmitting the substantially identical waveform concurrently from a subset of the sectors in the region to page subscriber stations identified in the list of pages to be transmitted.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described that facilitate improving paging signal strength at or near sector perimeters in a wireless network region by transmitted identical paging waveforms simultaneously from all sectors in the region and permitting over-the-air signal aggregation to combine signal energy near sector perimeters. Waveforms can be modulated using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technique and can be simultaneously transmitted according to predefined transmission resources over a multi-sector broadcast paging channel reserved for such identical waveforms. Cyclic prefix can be added to the identical waveforms to mitigate problems associated with delay spread and/or time-of-arrival differences at or near sector perimeters.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of providing pages to subscriber stations over a wireless network using a multi-sector broadcast channel, comprising:
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receiving data related to a list of all pages to be transmitted to subscriber stations in a paging region that has a plurality of sectors;
generating a substantially identical waveform at a base station in each of the plurality of sectors; and
transmitting the substantially identical waveform concurrently from a subset of the sectors in the region to page subscriber stations identified in the list of pages to be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system that facilitates simultaneously transmitting pages to all subscriber stations in a paging region of a wireless network, comprising:
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a plurality of transmitters, each of which is located in one of a plurality of sectors of the paging region; and
a waveform generation component associated with each transmitter, which receives information related to a list of all incoming pages for the paging region and generates a waveform comprising all pages for the region;
wherein the waveform generation components in each sector generate substantially identical waveforms. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus that facilitates providing a multi-sector broadcast channel for transmission of pages in a wireless network region, comprising:
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a controller that receives a list of pages to be transmitted to access terminals in the wireless network region and generates and transmits an instruction related to the list of pages; and
a waveform generation component that receives the instruction and generates a waveform comprising all pages to be transmitted to access terminals in the region. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus that facilitates paging all intended subscriber stations in a wireless network region using simultaneous multi-sector broadcast transmissions, comprising:
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means for receiving a complete list of pages to be transmitted to subscriber stations in a region;
means for transmitting an instruction to a plurality of base stations in respective sectors in the region means for generating an identical waveform based on the instruction at each of the plurality of transmission base stations, the identical waveform comprising all pages to be transmitted in the region; and
means for transmitting the identical waveform simultaneously from all base stations in the region, signal energy of at least two identical waveforms is aggregated near sector perimeters. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising means for assigning time slots for simultaneous transmission of identical waveforms from all sectors in the region over a multi-sector broadcast channel.
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30. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for:
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receiving a list of devices to be paged in a region of a wireless network;
generating a waveform comprising paging signals for each device identified in the list; and
transmitting the waveform simultaneously over a multi-sector broadcast channel with at least one other identical waveform to permit signal aggregation of waveforms over the air. - View Dependent Claims (29, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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