PAGING ACCESS TERMINALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of paging an access terminal within a wireless communications system, comprising:
- selecting less than all timeslots from a set of timeslots in one or more control channel cycles of a downlink control channel;
configuring a page message to convey the selected less than all timeslots to a given access terminal;
transmitting the configured page message to the given access terminal within a given timeslot on the downlink control channel; and
transmitting information to the given access terminal within at least one of the selected less than all timeslots on the downlink control channel.
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Abstract
An embodiment is directed to an access network that configures set of paging indicator (PI) bits within a quick paging channel (QPCH) cycle to page a group of access terminals. An access terminal within the group receives the QPCH cycle, and evaluates the PI bits to determine whether a unicast page and/or group page is present. Another embodiment is directed to selecting less than all timeslots in one or more control channel cycles of a downlink control channel, and configuring a page message to convey the selected timeslots to an access terminal. The access terminal receives the configured page message and decodes information only within the selected timeslots. Another embodiment is directed to generating a transport-layer message for transmission to at least one access terminal, and configuring the transport-layer message by modifying an application-layer portion of the transport-layer message. An access terminal receives the message and extracts the application-layer portion.
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1. A method of paging an access terminal within a wireless communications system, comprising:
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selecting less than all timeslots from a set of timeslots in one or more control channel cycles of a downlink control channel; configuring a page message to convey the selected less than all timeslots to a given access terminal; transmitting the configured page message to the given access terminal within a given timeslot on the downlink control channel; and transmitting information to the given access terminal within at least one of the selected less than all timeslots on the downlink control channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of decoding information within a wireless communications system, comprising:
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receiving a page message at a given access terminal within a given timeslot of a downlink control channel; determining that the received page message is configured to indicate less than all timeslots from a set of timeslots in one or more control channel cycles of the downlink control channel; decoding the less than all timeslots on the downlink control channel; and refraining from decoding timeslots within the set of timeslots that are omitted from the less than all timeslots. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of transmitting a message within a wireless communications system, comprising:
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generating, at an access network, a transport-layer message for transmission to at least one access terminal; configuring, at the access network, the transport-layer message by modifying an application-layer portion of the transport-layer message; and transmitting the configured transport-layer message from the access network to the at least one access terminal over a downlink control channel. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of receiving a message within a wireless communications system, comprising:
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receiving, at an access terminal over a downlink control channel, a transport-layer message including an application-layer portion that has been modified at an access network; and extracting the application-layer portion from the transport layer message at the access terminal. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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