Method, system and apparatus for paging access terminals
First Claim
1. A method for paging access terminals, comprising:
- receiving, by a target access network, AN, a paging message from a network entity, wherein the paging message carries information required for calculating the time when an access terminal, AT, wakes to monitor the paging message, and the information includes an absolute time determined according to the time when the AT previously shifts from the connected state to the idle state; and
determining, by the target AN, the time to send paging message to the AT according to the information carried in the paging message.
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Abstract
A method for paging access terminals. The method includes: a network entity sends a paging message to a target AN. The paging message carries the information required for calculating the time when the AT wakes to monitor the paging message. The information includes the absolute time that is determined according to the time when the AT previously shifts from the connected state to the idle state. Upon receipt of the paging message, the target AN determines when to send the paging message to the AT according to the information carried in the paging message. The present embodiments also disclose a system and apparatus for paging access terminals. The apparatus is a network entity that sends the paging message. The method, system and apparatus can be used to determine the time when the AT wakes to monitor the paging message, thus ensuring that the AT paging is not missed.
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1. A method for paging access terminals, comprising:
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receiving, by a target access network, AN, a paging message from a network entity, wherein the paging message carries information required for calculating the time when an access terminal, AT, wakes to monitor the paging message, and the information includes an absolute time determined according to the time when the AT previously shifts from the connected state to the idle state; and determining, by the target AN, the time to send paging message to the AT according to the information carried in the paging message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for paging access terminals, comprising:
- at least a target access network, AN, and a network entity, wherein
the network entity is adapted to send a paging message to the target AN, wherein, the paging message carries an information required for calculating the time when an access terminal, AT, wakes to monitor the paging message, and the information includes an absolute time that is determined according to the time when the AT previously shifts from the connected state to the idle state; and the target AN is adapted to receive the paging message and use the information carried in the paging message to calculate the time when the AT wakes to monitor the paging message and send the paging message to the AT at the calculated time. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
- at least a target access network, AN, and a network entity, wherein
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11. A apparatus for paging access terminal, comprising:
- a time storage unit and a paging message sending unit, wherein
the time storage unit is adapted to store the absolute time that is determined according to the time when the AT previously shifts from the connected state to the idle state; and the paging message sending unit is adapted to carry the absolute time that is stored in the time storage unit with other information used for calculating the time when the AT wakes to monitor the paging message within the paging message and send the paging message to the target AN. - View Dependent Claims (12)
- a time storage unit and a paging message sending unit, wherein
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