Time based paging for mobile telephone units
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1. In a cellular wireless telephone communications system, a method of paging a terminating target MTU (Mobile Telephone Unit), comprising the steps of:
- recording an identity of a cell in which said target MTU was most recently located;
recording a time of day when said identity was recorded;
responsive to subsequent request to page said target MTU, prior to performing a paging action, determining whether the elapsed interval of time between the time of day when said identity was recorded and the time of day of the receipt of said subsequent request to page said target MTU, exceeds a first threshold; and
if said determination finds that said first threshold was not exceeded, initially paging only over the identified cells and the cells neighboring to that cell;
if said determination finds that said first threshold was exceeded, paging over a larger group of cells than if said first threshold was not exceeded;
wherein an area served by said cellular wireless telecommunications system comprises a plurality of location areas, and each location area comprises a plurality of cells;
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 elapsed time since the most recent registration of an MTU is small, then an initial page covering only the cell of the most recent cell 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 telephone communications 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 cell in which said target MTU was most recently located; recording a time of day when said identity was recorded; responsive to subsequent request to page said target MTU, prior to performing a paging action, determining whether the elapsed interval of time between the time of day when said identity was recorded and the time of day of the receipt of said subsequent request to page said target MTU, exceeds a first threshold; and if said determination finds that said first threshold was not exceeded, initially paging only over the identified cells and the cells neighboring to that cell; if said determination finds that said first threshold was exceeded, paging over a larger group of cells than if said first threshold was not exceeded; wherein an area served by said cellular wireless telecommunications system comprises a plurality of location areas, and each location area comprises a plurality of cells; wherein said cells neighboring to that cell need not be in a common location area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a cellular wireless telecommunications 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;said processor means operative under the control of a program 4; recording an identity of a cell in which said target MTU was most recently located, and a time of day at which said target MTU was located; responsive to receipt of a subsequent paging request, prior to performing a paging action, determining if an elapsed interval of time between the time of day when said identity was recorded, and the time of day of the receipt of said subsequent request to page said target MTU, exceeds the first threshold; and if said elapsed interval of time does not exceed said first threshold, initially sending page request messages per page performed only by the identified cell and neighbors of said identified cell; if said elapsed interval exceeds said first threshold, initially sending page request messages for page performed by a larger group of cells than the group to which page request messages are sent if said elapsed interval does not exceed said first threshold; wherein an area served by said cellular wireless telecommunications system, comprises a plurality of location areas, and each location area comprises a plurality of cells; wherein said cells neighboring to that cell need not be in a common location. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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