Location based paging for mobile telephone units
First Claim
1. In a cellular wireless telecommunication system, a method of paging a terminating target MTU (mobile telephone unit) comprising the steps of:
- recording an identity of a new cell in which said target MTU was found in a most recent location process;
recording a time of day when the new cell identity was recorded;
retaining a previous cell identity;
wherein an area served by said cellular wireless telecommunication system comprises a plurality of location areas, and each location area comprises a plurality of cells;
wherein each cell is served by a base station, and each base station emits a different set of communication signals;
responsive to a request to page said target MTU, determining whether an elapsed time since said new cell identity was recorded is less than a pre-defined threshold;
if said elapsed time is less than said pre-defined threshold, determining if the previous cell is within a pre-defined neighborhood of the first cell; and
if said determining finds that said, previous cell is within a pre-defined neighborhood of said new previous cell, paging initially only over the identified new cell and the cells neighboring to that cell;
if said elapsed time is greater than said pre-defined threshold, paging initially over a larger group of cells than if said elapsed time is less than said pre-defined threshold and said previous cell is within said pre-defined neighborhood;
wherein said cells neighboring to that cell need not be in a common location area.
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Abstract
An arrangement for paging mobile telephone units (MTU) in a cellular mobile system that conserves paging resources. If the identity of the most recent cell in which the MTU was located matches the identity of the cell wherein the MTU was location on the previous registration, then an initial page covering only the cell of the most recent call location for the target MTU, and the neighboring cells for that cell, is used. Advantageously, since the likelihood that the MTU is still within that cell or its neighbors is high, so that paging resources are conserved by paging in only a small number of cells.
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1. In a cellular wireless telecommunication system, a method of paging a terminating target MTU (mobile telephone unit) comprising the steps of:
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recording an identity of a new cell in which said target MTU was found in a most recent location process; recording a time of day when the new cell identity was recorded; retaining a previous cell identity; wherein an area served by said cellular wireless telecommunication system comprises a plurality of location areas, and each location area comprises a plurality of cells; wherein each cell is served by a base station, and each base station emits a different set of communication signals; responsive to a request to page said target MTU, determining whether an elapsed time since said new cell identity was recorded is less than a pre-defined threshold; if said elapsed time is less than said pre-defined threshold, determining if the previous cell is within a pre-defined neighborhood of the first cell; and if said determining finds that said, previous cell is within a pre-defined neighborhood of said new previous cell, paging initially only over the identified new cell and the cells neighboring to that cell; if said elapsed time is greater than said pre-defined threshold, paging initially over a larger group of cells than if said elapsed time is less than said pre-defined threshold and said previous cell is within said pre-defined neighborhood; wherein said cells neighboring to that cell need not be in a common location area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a cellular wireless telecommunication system, apparatus for controlling paging of a terminating target MTU (mobile telephone unit), comprising:
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means for communicating with a plurality of base stations; and processor means for controlling transmission of page request messages to selected ones of said plurality of base stations; wherein an area served by said cellular wireless telecommunication system comprises a plurality of location areas, and each location area comprises a plurality of cells; wherein each cell is served by a base station, and each base station emits a different set of communication signal; said processor means operative under the control of a program for; recording identities of a first cell in which said target MTU was found in a most recent location process and a second cell which was located in location process most recently preceding said most recent location process; recording times when said first cell and said second cell were located; responsive to receipt of a paging request, determining whether an elapsed time since said first cell was recorded, is less than a pre-defined threshold; if said elapsed time is less than said pre-defined threshold, determining if said second cell is within a pre-defined neighborhood of said first cell; and if said second cell is within said pre-defined neighborhood, performing an initial page that is more restricted than a zonal page; wherein said cells neighboring to that cell need not be in a common location area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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