System for efficient mobile subscriber station paging in cellular mobile telecommunication networks

• US 6,731,943 B1
• Filed: 04/10/2000
• Issued: 05/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Shelhamer, Kenneth Wayne, McCormick, Mark Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): LELE, TANMAY S
• Application Number:
  US09/546,248
• Time in Patent Office: 1,485 Days
• Field of Search: 455/411, 455/432, 455/435, 455/515, 455/458, 455/434, 455/456, 455/461, 455/410, 455/425, 455/560, 455/553, 455/552, 455/551, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/414--41, 455/415, 455/432--43, 455/433, 455/435--43, 455/456--45, 455/457, 455/460, 455/466, 455/550.1, 455/552.1
• US Class Current: 455/458
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

The Mobile Subscriber Station paging system makes use of a Standalone Home Location Register SHLR, where the mobile subscriber station records are removed from the present Mobile Switching Center and placed on a processor that manages only the subscriber'"'"'s records and does not process call service requests. The ANSI-41 standard is then adapted to add a new parameter (CALLTIMEFEATURE) which includes the information required to apply Short MIN paging to a mobile subscriber station when certain conditions are met. These conditions are: the mobile subscriber station is capable of responding to a Short MIN page (the last 24 bits that represent the last 7 digits of the mobile subscriber station number), and the System ID that is immutably entered into the mobile subscriber station is the same as the System ID that is being broadcast by the cell on the overhead message train. When these conditions are met, the paging message can be reduced in length by using a sub-address paging scheme to thereby diminish the control channel overhead.

Claims

1. A mobile subscriber station paging system located in a cellular mobile telecommunication network for providing a reduced length paging message on the control channel of the radio link that interconnects a mobile wireless station set with said cellular mobile telecommunication network, comprising:

means, responsive to a subscriber at said mobile wireless station set requesting registration with said cellular mobile telecommunication network, for transmitting an authentication request message to a visitor location register of a mobile switching center of said cellular mobile telecommunication network that serves said mobile wireless station set to authenticate said mobile subscriber station;

means for forwarding said authentication request to a home location register of said mobile subscriber station; and

means, located in said home location register for adding a parameter to a service profile of said mobile subscriber station, for indicating that said mobile subscriber station is located in said serving mobile switching center to enable short MIN paging of said mobile wireless station set in said serving mobile switching center.

2. The mobile subscriber station paging system of claim 1 wherein said means for indicating comprises:

means for transmitting a registration notification message from said mobile switching center to said visitor location register; and

means for transmitting a registration notification message from said visitor location register to said home location register to identify a present location of said mobile subscriber station.

3. The mobile subscriber station paging system of claim 2 wherein said means for indicating further comprises:

means for updating the location entry corresponding to said mobile subscriber station in said home location register.

4. The mobile subscriber station paging system of claim 2 wherein said means for indicating further comprises:

means for transmitting a service profile of said mobile subscriber station to said visitor location register.

5. The mobile subscriber station paging system of claim 1 further comprising:

means, responsive to receipt of an incoming call at said mobile switching center, for transmitting a request to said home location register to locate said mobile subscriber station.

6. The mobile subscriber station paging system of claim 1 further comprising:

means for determining a location of said mobile subscriber station.

7. The mobile subscriber station paging system of claim 1 further comprising:

means for returning mobile subscriber location Information to said mobile switching center.

8. The mobile subscriber station paging system of claim 1 further comprising:

means for executing a sub-address paging process to locate said mobile subscriber station.

9. A method of paging a mobile subscriber station served by a cellular mobile telecommunication network for providing a reduced length paging message on the control channel of the radio link that interconnects a mobile wireless station set with said cellular mobile telecommunication network, comprising the steps of:

transmitting, in response to a subscriber at said mobile wireless station set requesting registration with said cellular mobile telecommunication network, an authentication request message to a visitor location register of a mobile switching center of said cellular mobile telecommunication network that serves said mobile wireless station set to authenticate said mobile subscriber station;

forwarding said authentication request to a home location register of said mobile subscriber station; and

adding a parameter to a service profile of said mobile subscriber station, for indicating that said mobile subscriber station is located in said serving mobile switching center to enable short MIN paging of said mobile wireless station set in said serving mobile switching center.

10. The method of paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 9 wherein said step of indicating comprises:

transmitting a registration notification message from said mobile switching center to said visitor location register; and

transmitting a registration notification message from said visitor location register to said home location register to identify a present location of said mobile subscriber station.

11. The method of paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 10 wherein said step of indicating further comprises:

updating the location entry corresponding to said mobile subscriber station in said home location register.

12. The method of paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 10 wherein said step of indicating further comprises the step of:

transmitting a service profile of said mobile subscriber station to said visitor location register.

13. The method of paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

transmitting, in response to receipt of an incoming call at said mobile switching center, a request to said home location register to locate said mobile subscriber station.

14. The method of paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

determining a location of said mobile subscriber station.

15. The method of paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

returning mobile subscriber location information to said mobile switching center.

16. The method of paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

executing a sub-address paging process to locate said mobile subscriber station.

17. A system for paging a mobile subscriber station served by a cellular mobile telecommunication network by providing a reduced length paging message on the control channel of the radio link that interconnects a mobile wireless station set with said cellular mobile telecommunication network, comprising:

authentication request message transmitting means, responsive to a subscriber at said mobile wireless station set requesting registration with said cellular mobile telecommunication network, for transmitting an authentication request message to a visitor location register of a mobile switching center of said cellular mobile telecommunication network that serves said mobile wireless station set to authenticate said mobile subscriber station;

message forwarding means for forwarding said authentication request to a home location register of said mobile subscriber station; and

mobile subscriber station location identification means for adding a parameter to a service profile of said mobile subscriber station, for indicating that said mobile subscriber station is located in said serving mobile switching center to enable short MIN paging of said mobile wireless station set in said serving mobile switching center.

18. The system for paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 17 wherein said mobile subscriber station location identification means comprises:

visitor location register notification means for transmitting a registration notification message from said mobile switching center to said visitor location register; and

home location register notification means for transmitting a registration notification message from said visitor location register to said home location register to identify a present location of said mobile subscriber station.

19. The system for paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 18 wherein said mobile subscriber station location identification means further comprises:

home location register update means for updating the location entry corresponding to said mobile subscriber station in said home location register.

20. The system for paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 18 wherein said mobile subscriber station location identification means further comprises the step of:

visitor location register update means for transmitting a service profile of said mobile subscriber station to said visitor location register.

21. The system for paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 17 further comprising:

subscriber locating means for transmitting, in response to receipt of an incoming call at said mobile switching center, a request to said home location register to locate said mobile subscriber station.

22. The system for paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 17 further comprising:

mobile subscriber station location determining means for determining a location of said mobile subscriber station.

23. The system for paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 17 further comprising:

mobile subscriber station location means for returning mobile subscriber station location information to said mobile switching center.

24. The system for paging a mobile subscriber station of claim 17 further comprising:

Paging means for executing a sub-address paging process to locate said mobile subscriber station.