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Method for determining whether to wake up a mobile station

  • US 6,505,058 B1
  • Filed: 02/26/1999
  • Issued: 01/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for determining whether to wake up a mobile station to receive configuration information relating to a base station, the method comprising the steps of:

  • monitoring, at the mobile station and after an idle handoff, a quick paging channel comprising paging indicators and a configuration change indicator;

    receiving, by the mobile station, the configuration change indicator;

    determining, by the mobile station, whether there has been a configuration change based at least in part upon the configuration change indicator;

    when the mobile station determines that there has been a configuration change, waking up the mobile station to receive updated configuration information; and

    when the mobile station determines that there has not been a configuration change, ceasing monitoring of a succeeding configuration change indicator without updating stored configuration information.

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