Network controller messaging for paging in an unlicensed wireless communication system
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Abstract
An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. An indoor base station and indoor network controller provide protocol conversion for the unlicensed wireless service into a standard base station controller interface of the licensed wireless service.
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36 Claims
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21. A method of paging a telecommunication device via an unlicensed wireless communication system comprising a service region and an unlicensed network controller communicatively coupled to the service region, the method comprising:
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a) establishing a link via an interface between the unlicensed network controller and a telecommunication network employed by a licensed wireless communication system whose services are accessed by the telecommunication device via the unlicensed network controller; b) receiving a paging message at the unlicensed network controller from the licensed wireless communication system, wherein the paging message identifies the telecommunication device; and c) at the unlicensed network controller, exchanging a set of unlicensed messages with the telecommunication device, wherein the set of unlicensed messages includes; an unlicensed paging request message sent from the unlicensed network controller to the identified telecommunication device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. In a communication system that includes a licensed wireless communication system for communicatively connecting to a telecommunication device using a licensed wireless frequency and an unlicensed wireless communication system for communicatively connecting to the telecommunication device using an unlicensed wireless frequency, a computer readable storage medium of an unlicensed wireless network controller, said computer readable medium storing a computer program for execution by the unlicensed network controller, the computer program comprising sets of instruction for:
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a) receiving a paging message from a telecommunication network employed by a licensed wireless communication system whose services are accessed by the telecommunication devices via the unlicensed network controller, wherein the paging message identifies a telecommunication device; and b) sending a paging request message to the identified telecommunication device. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A network controller of a first communication system for communicatively coupling a plurality of service regions of the first communication system to a licensed wireless second communication system, the network controller comprising:
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a) a first network interface comprising a broadband access network; b) a second network interface for sending messages to and receiving messages from a telecommunication device through a particular service region, the interface including a plurality of layers implemented over the broadband network interface; c) a third network interface, for connecting the network controller to the licensed wireless second communication system; and d) circuits for handling a set of messages transmitted over the second interface to support paging of one or more telecommunication devices via the first wireless communications system. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. In a communication system that includes a licensed wireless communication system for communicatively connecting to a telecommunication device using a licensed wireless frequency and an unlicensed wireless communication system for communicatively connecting to the telecommunication device using an unlicensed wireless frequency, a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for execution by an unlicensed wireless network controller, the computer program comprising sets of instruction for:
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a) establishing a link via an interface with a telecommunication network employed by the licensed wireless communication system whose services are accessed by the telecommunication device via the unlicensed network controller; b) receiving a paging message from the licensed wireless communication system, wherein the paging message identifies the telecommunication device; and c) exchanging a set of messages with the telecommunication device, wherein the set of messages includes a paging request message sent to the identified telecommunication device. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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