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Methods and apparatus for providing a tolerable delay for slotted messages in wireless communication networks

  • US 7,346,019 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2004
  • Issued: 03/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use in providing a tolerable delay for the communication of page messages for establishing calls via a wireless communication network, the method comprising the acts of:

  • receiving, in the wireless network, a plurality of page message requests for a plurality of mobile devices which operate in the wireless network including a mobile communication device associated with a tolerable delay indication;

    identifying one or more paging slots for transmitting a plurality of page messages for establishing calls with the mobile devices in response to the page message requests; and

    deferring a transmission of one of the page messages for establishing a call with the mobile communication device based on identifying the tolerable delay indication for the mobile communication device, the transmission being deferred to one or more subsequent paging slots within a tolerable delay period associated with the tolerable delay indication.

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