REPETITIVE PAGING FROM A WIRELESS DATA BASE STATION HAVING A SMART ANTENNA SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for receiving a paging signal in a data frame from a base station, the frame defined by a communication protocol as having a group of sequential time slots being data transfer periods within the frame, comprising:
- receiving a paging signal at a mobile user terminal in a sub-period of a data transfer period of a data frame as defined by the communication protocol;
receiving a repetition of the paging signal in a different sub-period of the data frame to provide different spatial signatures between the paging signal and the repetition of the paging signal, wherein the repetition is one of one or more repetitions, where the number of repetitions is based on estimation of proximity of the mobile user terminal to the base station, the estimation based on data sent from the mobile user terminal to the base station in a negotiation sequence; and
processing the paging signal and the repetition of the paging signal to obtain paging data.
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Abstract
A method, system, and machine-readable medium for transmitting a downlink signal in a substantially non directional manner from a communication station to a first remote communication device on a downlink channel. The communication station includes a smart antenna system having an array of antenna elements. The method includes determining a first downlink smart antenna processing strategy for transmitting in a first non-directional manner, transmitting a first downlink message from the communication station in the first non-directional manner using the first downlink smart antenna processing strategy, and repeating transmitting the first downlink message from the communication station in a second non-directional manner. The repeated transmitting is non-identical repetition to facilitate the interference environment being different in the repetition.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for receiving a paging signal in a data frame from a base station, the frame defined by a communication protocol as having a group of sequential time slots being data transfer periods within the frame, comprising:
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receiving a paging signal at a mobile user terminal in a sub-period of a data transfer period of a data frame as defined by the communication protocol; receiving a repetition of the paging signal in a different sub-period of the data frame to provide different spatial signatures between the paging signal and the repetition of the paging signal, wherein the repetition is one of one or more repetitions, where the number of repetitions is based on estimation of proximity of the mobile user terminal to the base station, the estimation based on data sent from the mobile user terminal to the base station in a negotiation sequence; and processing the paging signal and the repetition of the paging signal to obtain paging data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible storage medium having information representing instructions, which when executed, cause a mobile user terminal transceiver system including a processor to perform operations including the user terminal to:
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receive a paging signal in a sub-period of a data transfer period of a data frame as defined by the communication protocol, the data frame defined by a communication protocol as having a group of sequential slots; receive a repetition of the paging signal in a different sub-period of the data frame to provide different spatial signatures between the paging signal and the repetition of the paging signal, wherein the repetition is one of one or more repetitions, where the number of repetitions is based on estimation of proximity of the mobile user terminal to the base station, the estimation based on data sent from the mobile user terminal to the base station in a negotiation sequence; and process the paging signal and the repetition of the paging signal to obtain paging data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A user terminal in a wireless communication system that receives a paging signal in a data frame from a base station, the frame defined by a communication protocol as having a group of sequential slots, the user terminal comprising:
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a transceiver system to receive a paging signal at a mobile user terminal in a sub-period of a data transfer period of a data frame as defined by the communication protocol, and receive a repetition of the paging signal in a different sub-period of the data frame to provide different spatial signatures between the paging signal and the repetition of the paging signal, wherein the number of repetitions is limited and selected based on estimation of proximity of the user terminal to the base station, the estimation based on data sent from the mobile user terminal to the base station in a negotiation sequence; and a processing system in communication with the transceiver system to process the paging signal and the repetition of the paging signal to obtain paging data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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