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Method of signaling-free idle mode mobility for an integrated 3GPP and 3GPP2 network

  • US 7,974,228 B2
  • Filed: 01/07/2008
  • Issued: 07/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a paging controller in a wireless communication system including a first network that operates according to a first radio access technology and a second network that operates according to a second radio access technology, the first network including a first control plane entity and the second network including a second control plane entity, comprising:

  • providing, to at least one first base station in the first network, a request to transmit a page to a first tracking area associated with a mobile unit, the first tracking area being defined in the first network;

    providing, via an interface between the first control plane entity and the second control plane entity, a request to transmit the page to a second tracking area associated with the mobile unit, the second tracking area being defined in the second networked; and

    providing, to the mobile unit, information indicating the relationships between the tracking areas and routing areas over the first and the second networks.

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