Method and apparatus of operating in idle mode in wireless communication system

• US 8,229,476 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2009
• Issued: 07/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jeongki, Ryu, Ki Sean, Park, Gi Won, Kim, Ronny Yongho
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhattacharya, Sam
• Application Number:
  US12/650,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20100173651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• Field of Search: 455/436, 455/458, 455/522, 370/311, 370/316, 370/349
• US Class Current: 455/458
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel

Abstract

A method and apparatus of operating in an idle mode to receive a paging message is provided. The user equipment wakes during a paging listening interval and receives a first part of the paging message during the paging listening interval from a base station. The paging message comprises an extension flag indicating extension of the paging listening interval. The user equipment receives a second part of the paging message during the extended paging listening interval.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring a paging message in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a mobile station operating in an idle mode comprising a paging listening interval and a paging unavailable interval, the method comprising:

receiving a segment of the paging message during the paging listening interval, the received segment of the paging message comprising an extension flag indicating whether a remaining segment of the paging message exists;

monitoring a subsequent subframe or frame to receive the remaining segment of the paging message while the mobile station remains awake if the extension flag indicates an existence of the remaining segment of the paging message; and

determining whether the mobile station has been paged after receiving all segments of the paging message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

not monitoring a subsequent subframe or frame if the extension flag indicates non-existence of the remaining segment of the paging message.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

returning to the paging unavailable interval if the mobile station is not paged.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the segments of the paging message are transmitted in different subframes of a predetermined frame.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a request message indicating a request for initiation of the idle mode; and

receiving a response message in response to the request message.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the response message comprises information on a paging cycle and a paging offset, and wherein the paging offset is used to indicate a start point of the paging listening interval within the paging cycle.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the paging cycle comprises the paging listening interval and the paging unavailable interval.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a length of the paging listening interval is one superframe per paging cycle.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

starting a timer when the request message is transmitted; and

retransmitting the request message if the response message is not received by the time the timer expires.

10. An apparatus for monitoring a paging message in a wireless communication system in an idle mode comprising a paging listening interval and a paging unavailable interval, the apparatus comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor operatively coupled with the RF unit and configured to;

receive a segment of the paging message during the paging listening interval, the received segment of the paging message comprising an extension flag indicating whether a remaining segment of the paging message exists;

monitor a subsequent subframe or frame to receive the remaining segment of the paging message while the processor remains awake if the extension flag indicates an existence of the remaining segment of the paging message; and

determine whether the mobile station has been paged after receiving all segments of the paging message.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

not monitor a subsequent subframe or frame if the extension flag indicates non-existence of the remaining segment of the paging message.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

return to the paging unavailable interval if the processor is not paged.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the segments of the paging message are transmitted in different subframes of a predetermined frame.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit a request message indicating a request for initiation of the idle mode; and

receive a response message in response to the request message.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the response message comprises information on a paging cycle and a paging offset, and the paging offset is used to indicate a start point of the paging listening interval within the paging cycle.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the paging cycle comprises the paging listening interval and the paging unavailable interval.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein a length of the paging listening interval is one superframe per paging cycle.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

start a timer when the request message is transmitted; and

retransmit the request message if the response message is not received by the time the timer expires.