Method and apparatus for quick paging in a wireless communication system

• US 7,424,301 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2004
• Issued: 09/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Jou, Yu-Cheun, Wang, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): GELIN, JEAN ALLAND
• Application Number:
  US10/993,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20050090270A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• Field of Search: 455/458, 455/442, 455/515, 455/434, 455/436, 455/437, 455/438, 455/439, 455/453, 370/311, 370/331, 370/332, 370/333, 370/335, 370/252, 370/442, 370/459, 370/514, 370/320
• 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

Method and apparatus for pseudo-synchronized paging to a mobile station in a wireless communication system. A number of paging repetitions is assigned, wherein a quick page message is repeatedly sent to a target mobile station for the number of paging repetitions. The number of paging repetitions is part of a paging instruction from a base station controller to a base station. The pseudo-synchronized method is used when the target mobile station is soft handoff.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a paging instruction at a base station, the paging instruction specifying a number of quick paging repetitions for a target recipient;

determining a loading condition of the base station; and

transmitting a quick paging message to the target recipient of the paging instruction within the number of quick paging repetitions, wherein the target recipient being in soft handoff.

2. An apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving a paging instruction at a base station, the paging instruction specifying a number of quick paging repetitions for a target recipient;

means for determining a loading condition of the base station; and

means for transmitting a quick paging message to the target recipient of the paging instruction within the number of quick paging repetition, wherein the target recipient being in soft handoff.

3. A method for a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving at a base station a paging instruction specifying a number of quick paging repetitions for a target recipient in communication with the base station;

determining a loading condition of the base station;

transmitting a quick paging message to the target recipient during a first and successive time slots until the number of quick paging repetitions are exhausted and the loading condition of the base station is below a loading condition threshold.

4. An apparatus for a wireless communication system, comprising:

means for receiving at a base station a paging instruction specifying a number of quick paging repetitions for a target recipient in communication with the base station;

means for determining a loading condition of the base station;

means for transmitting a quick paging message to the target recipient during a first and successive time slots until the number of quick paging repetitions are exhausted and the loading condition of the base station is below a loading condition threshold.