METHOD OF PROVIDING ROUTE UPDATE MESSAGES AND PAGING ACCESS TERMINALS

• US 20070249329A1
• Filed: 03/20/2007
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Zou, Jialin
• Granted Patent: US 9,084,220 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/04 multi-step notification using statistical or historical mobility data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for providing route update messages and paging access terminals. One embodiment of the method includes storing information indicative of at least one sector. The sector(s) are determined based on geographic information indicative of a route associated with an access terminal. Another embodiment of the method includes providing information indicative of a route associated with an access terminal. The provided information is used to determine at least one sector associated with the route.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing information indicative of at least one sector, said at least one sector being determined based on geographic information indicative of a route associated with an access terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the information indicative of said at least one sector comprises receiving information indicative of said at least one sector from the access terminal, the access terminal being configured to access the geographic information indicative of the route associated with the access terminal and to determine said at least one sector based on the accessed geographic information.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising providing information indicative of a plurality of sectors to the access terminal such that the access terminal can select said at least one sector from the provided plurality of sectors.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the information indicative of said at least one sector from the access terminal comprises receiving information indicative of at least one sector selected from a pre-provisioned list of sectors stored in the access terminal.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the information indicative of said at least one sector from the access terminal comprises receiving the information indicative of said at least one sector in response to input from a user operating the access terminal.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising determining said at least one sector based on the geographic information indicative of the route associated with the access terminal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining said at least one sector comprises accessing the geographic information indicative of the route associated with the access terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein accessing the geographic information comprises accessing geographic information generated by a navigation system based on input provided by a user operating the access terminal.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein determining said at least one sector comprises selecting at least one cell based on at least one distance between said at least one cell and at least one location indicated by the geographic information indicative of the route associated with the access terminal.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein determining said at least one sector comprises selecting said at least one sector from a plurality of sectors associated with said at least one selected cell based on at least one direction from said at least one cell to said at least one location indicated by the geographic information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the information indicative of said at least one sector comprises storing the information indicative of said at least one sector in at least one of a centralized database and a base station router.

12. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving a route update message including information indicative of a cell of associated with the access terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein receiving the route update message comprises receiving the route update message in response to the access terminal entering a cell that is not associated with said at least one sector or in response to the access terminal entering a cell that exceeds a threshold distance from a previous cell.

14. The method of claim 1, comprising providing at least one paging message to said at least one sector.

15. A method, comprising:

providing information indicative of a route associated with an access terminal, the provided information being used to determine at least one sector associated with the route.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the information indicative of the route comprises determining said at least one sector based on geographic information indicative of the route associated with the access terminal and providing information indicative of said at least one sector to a network entity.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein determining said at least one sector comprises selecting at least one cell based on at least one distance between said at least one cell and at least one location indicated by the geographic information indicative of the route associated with the access terminal.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein determining said at least one sector comprises selecting said at least one sector from a plurality of sectors associated with said at least one selected cell based on at least one direction from said at least one cell to said at least one location indicated by the geographic information.

19. The method of claim 18, comprising receiving information indicative of the plurality of sectors, and wherein determining said at least one sector comprises selecting said at least one sector from the provided plurality of sectors.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein determining said at least one sector comprises selecting said at least one sector from a pre-provisioned list of sectors stored in the access terminal.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein providing the information indicative of said at least one sector to a network entity comprises providing the information indicative of said at least one sector to at least one of a an access network, a centralized database and a base station router.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the information indicative of the route associated with the access terminal comprises providing geographic information indicative of the route associated with the access terminal in response to input from a user operating the access terminal.

23. The method of claim 15, comprising providing a route update message including information indicative of a cell of associated with the access terminal.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein providing the route update message comprises providing the route update message in response to the access terminal entering a cell that is not associated with said at least one sector or in response to the access terminal entering a cell that exceeds a threshold distance from a previous cell where the access terminal sent last route update message.

25. The method of claim 15, comprising receiving at least one paging message while the access terminal is in one of said at least one sectors.

26. A method, comprising:

storing information indicative of at least one travel pattern associated with at least one access terminal at a first base station router, the first base station router being a session control base station router for said at least one access terminal.

27. The method of claim 26, comprising migrating the information indicative of said at least one travel pattern to a second base station router in response to said at least one access terminal selecting the second base station router as a new session control base station router for said at least one access terminal.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein storing the information indicative of said at least one travel pattern comprises storing information indicative of at least one sector, said at least one sector being determined based on geographic information indicative of a route associated with said at least one access terminal.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein storing the information indicative of said at least one sector comprises receiving information indicative of said at least one sector from the access terminal, the access terminal being configured to access the geographic information indicative of the route associated with the access terminal and to determine said at least one sector based on the accessed geographic information.

30. The method of claim 26, comprising receiving a route update message including information indicative of a cell of associated with said at least one access terminal.

31. The method of claim 26, comprising providing at least one paging message to at least one sector indicated in said at least one travel pattern.