Repetitive paging from a wireless data base station having a smart antenna system
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting paging signals in a frame defined by a communication protocol, the frame being a group of sequential time slots, the time slots being data transfer periods within the frame, comprising:
- transmitting a paging signal in a sub-period of a data transfer period of the frame; and
transmitting a repetition of the paging signal in a different sub-period of the frame, including determining a number of times to re-transmit the paging signal based, at least in part, on an intended recipient'"'"'s proximity to a transmitter, and re-transmitting the paging signal the determined number of times, wherein determining the number of times to re-transmit the paging signal includes estimating a proximity of the intended recipient from data obtained in an initial registration sequence with the intended recipient.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method, 19, and machine-readable medium for transmitting a downlink signal in a substantially non directional manner from a communication station to a first remote communication device on a downlink channel. The communication station includes a smart antenna system having an array of antenna elements. The method includes determining a first downlink smart antenna processing strategy for transmitting in a first non-directional manner, transmitting a first downlink message from the communication station in the first non-directional manner using the first downlink smart antenna processing strategy, and repeating transmitting the first downlink message from the communication station in a second non-directional manner. The repeated transmitting is non-identical repetition to facilitate the interference environment being different in the repetition.
-
Citations
44 Claims
-
1. A method for transmitting paging signals in a frame defined by a communication protocol, the frame being a group of sequential time slots, the time slots being data transfer periods within the frame, comprising:
-
transmitting a paging signal in a sub-period of a data transfer period of the frame; and transmitting a repetition of the paging signal in a different sub-period of the frame, including determining a number of times to re-transmit the paging signal based, at least in part, on an intended recipient'"'"'s proximity to a transmitter, and re-transmitting the paging signal the determined number of times, wherein determining the number of times to re-transmit the paging signal includes estimating a proximity of the intended recipient from data obtained in an initial registration sequence with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A method for transmitting pages with a data frame defined by a communication protocol, the frame being a group of sequential time slots, the time slots being data transfer slots of the frame, comprising:
-
transmitting a page in a half-slot of a downlink data transfer slot of a frame; and transmitting a repetition of the page in a half-slot of a downlink data transfer slot of the frame, including determining a number of times to re-transmit the page based, at least in part, on an intended recipient'"'"'s proximity to a transmitter, and re-transmitting the page the determined number of times, wherein determining a number of times to re-transmit the page includes estimating a proximity of the intended recipient from data obtained in an initial registration sequence with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible medium that includes content that when accessed provides instructions to cause a machine to:
-
transmit a paging signal in a sub-period of a divided data transfer period of a frame; and transmit a repetition of the paging signal in a different sub-period of a divided data transfer period of the frame, including determining a number of times to re-transmit the paging signal based, at least in part, on an intended recipient'"'"'s proximity to a transmitter, and re-transmitting the paging signal the determined number of times, wherein determining the number of times to re-transmit the paging signal includes estimating a proximity of the intended recipient from data obtained in an initial registration sequence with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible medium that includes content that when accessed provides instructions to cause a machine that communicates data with a frame defined by a communication protocol, the frame being a group of sequential time slots, the time slots being data transfer slots of the frame, to:
-
transmit a page in a half-slot of a downlink data transfer slot of the frame; and transmit a repetition of the page in a half-slot of a downlink data transfer slot of the frame, including determining a number of times to re-transmit the page based, at least in part, on an intended recipient'"'"'s proximity to a transmitter, and re-transmitting the page the determined number of times, wherein determining the number of times to re-transmit the page includes estimating a proximity of the intended recipient from data obtained in an initial registration sequence with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
-
-
23. A method for transmitting paging signals in a frame defined by a communication protocol, the frame being a group of sequential time slots, the time slots being data transfer periods within the frame, comprising:
-
transmitting a paging signal in a sub-period of a data transfer period of the frame; and transmitting a repetition of the paging signal in a different sub-period of the frame, including determining a number of times to re-transmit the paging signal based, at least in part, on an intended recipient'"'"'s proximity to a transmitter, and re-transmitting the paging signal the determined number of times, wherein determining the number of times to re-transmit the paging signal includes estimating a proximity of the intended recipient from data obtained in a previous paging sequence with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
-
-
30. A method for transmitting pages with a data frame defined by a communication protocol, the frame being a group of sequential time slots, the time slots being data transfer slots of the frame, comprising:
-
transmitting a page in a half-slot of a downlink data transfer slot of a frame; and transmitting a repetition of the page in a half-slot of a downlink data transfer slot of the frame, including determining a number of times to re-transmit the page based, at least in part, on an intended recipient'"'"'s proximity to a transmitter, and re-transmitting the page the determined number of times, wherein determining the number of times to re-transmit the page includes estimating a proximity of the intended recipient from data obtained in a previous paging sequence with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
-
-
34. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible medium that includes content that when accessed provides instructions to cause a machine to:
-
transmit a paging signal in a sub-period of a divided data transfer period of a frame; and transmit a repetition of the paging signal in a different sub-period of a divided data transfer period of the frame, including determining a number of times to re-transmit the paging signal based, at least in part, on an intended recipient'"'"'s proximity to a transmitter, and re-transmit the paging signal the determined number of times, wherein determining the number of times to re-transmit the paging signal include estimating a proximity of the intended recipient from data obtained in a previous paging sequence with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
-
-
41. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible medium that includes content that when accessed provides instructions to cause a machine that communicates data with a frame defined by a communication protocol, the frame being a group of sequential time slots, the time slots being data transfer slots of the frame, to:
-
transmit a page in a half-slot of a downlink data transfer slot of the frame; and transmit a repetition of the page in a half-slot of a downlink data transfer slot of the frame, including determining a number of times to re-transmit the page based, at least in part, on an intended recipient'"'"'s proximity to a transmitter, and re-transmitting the page the determined number of times, wherein determining the number of times to re-transmit the page includes estimating a proximity of the intended recipient from data obtained in a previous paging sequence with the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
-
Specification