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Dual event slotted paging

  • US 8,068,859 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2007
  • Issued: 11/29/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for paging a wireless terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising:

  • transmitting a quick page message via a first channel, said quick page message notifying the wireless terminal to begin monitoring a second channel for a full page message;

    transmitting said full page message via said second channel;

    wherein said second channel includes more processing than said first channel, wherein said more processing includes encoding through an encoder, interleaving through an interleaver, and adding cyclic redundancy check through a cyclic redundancy check circuit to said full page message;

    wherein said wireless terminal is a particular wireless terminal included within a set of wireless terminals in said wireless communication system;

    wherein said quick page message is for directing said set of wireless terminals to monitor said second channel for said full page message;

    wherein said quick page message contains less data than said full page message;

    wherein said full page message identifies said particular wireless terminal among said set of wireless terminals;

    wherein said transmitting said quick page message occurs during a first time slot assigned to the set of wireless terminals;

    wherein said transmitting said full page message occurs during a second time slot assigned to the set of wireless terminals;

    wherein different sets of wireless terminals are assigned to different first paging slots, andwherein said first time slot is part of a group of first time slots, said group of said first time slots corresponding to said second time slot, said group of said first time slots forming a quick page period beginning a fixed time before the beginning of the second time slot.

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