Methods And Apparatus For Providing A Tolerable Delay For Slotted Messages In Wireless Communication Networks
First Claim
1. A method for use in providing a tolerable delay for the communication of page messages for establishing calls for a mobile communication device via a wireless communication network, the method comprising the acts of:
- identifying a tolerable delay indication associated with the mobile communication device;
identifying a page message for establishing a call for the mobile communication device for transmission in a paging slot of the wireless network; and
deferring a transmission of the page message for establishing the call with the mobile communication device based on identifying the tolerable delay indication for the mobile communication device, the transmission being deferred to one or more subsequent paging slots within a tolerable delay period associated with the tolerable delay indication.
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Abstract
In one illustrative example, a plurality of page message requests for a plurality of mobile devices which operate in a wireless communication network are received. One or more paging slots assigned to the mobile devices are identified for transmitting a plurality of page messages in response to these requests. However, the wireless network refrains from causing a page message for the mobile device associated with a tolerable delay indication to be transmitted within the one or more paging slots when a paging capacity limit of the one or more paging slots is reached. This allows higher priority page messages to be transmitted within the one or more paging slots. The wireless network subsequently causes a page message for the mobile device having the tolerable delay indication to be transmitted within one or more subsequent paging slots within a tolerable delay period corresponding to the tolerable delay indication. The mobile device may transmit the tolerable delay indication to the wireless network in response to identifying a predetermined condition, for example, identifying use of a high capacity power source.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for use in providing a tolerable delay for the communication of page messages for establishing calls for a mobile communication device via a wireless communication network, the method comprising the acts of:
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identifying a tolerable delay indication associated with the mobile communication device; identifying a page message for establishing a call for the mobile communication device for transmission in a paging slot of the wireless network; and deferring a transmission of the page message for establishing the call with the mobile communication device based on identifying the tolerable delay indication for the mobile communication device, the transmission being deferred to one or more subsequent paging slots within a tolerable delay period associated with the tolerable delay indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A network processing component for use within a wireless communication network, the network processing component comprising:
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one or more processors; memory coupled to the one or more processors; computer instructions stored in the memory; the computer instructions being executable by the one or more processors for providing a tolerable delay for the communication of page messages for establishing calls for a mobile communication device by; identifying a tolerable delay indication associated with the mobile communication device; identifying a page message for establishing a call for the mobile communication device for transmission in a paging slot of the wireless network; and deferring a transmission of the page message for establishing the call with the mobile communication device based on identifying the tolerable delay indication for the mobile communication device, the transmission being deferred to one or more subsequent paging slots within a tolerable delay period associated with the tolerable delay indication. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of receiving page messages at a mobile communication device in a wireless communication network, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring for page messages for the mobile communication device within one or more paging slots assigned to the mobile communication device, the paging slots being separated in time by a fixed time period; causing a tolerable delay indication to be sent to the wireless network, the tolerable delay indication being indicative of a finite tolerable delay period greater than or equal to two or more of the fixed time periods by which page messages for the mobile device can be deferred; and receiving, based on the tolerable delay indication sent, a deferred page message, the deferred page message having been deferred by the finite tolerable delay period indicated by the tolerable delay indication. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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a wireless transceiver operative for radio communications with a wireless communication network; an antenna coupled to the wireless transceiver; one or more processors coupled to the wireless transceiver; the one or more processors being operative to; monitor for page messages for the mobile communication device within one or more paging slots assigned to the mobile communication device, the paging slots being separated in time by a fixed time period; cause a tolerable delay indication to be sent to the wireless network, the tolerable delay indication being indicative of a finite tolerable delay period greater than or equal to two or more of the fixed time periods by which page messages for the mobile device can be deferred; and receive, based on the tolerable delay indication sent, a deferred page message, the deferred page message having been deferred by the finite tolerable delay period indicated by the tolerable delay indication. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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