Paging scheme settings of switch based on likelihood of roaming
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- a switch in a radio access network (RAN) determining that a wireless communication device (WCD) should be paged, wherein the WCD is operating in a preferred coverage area;
the switch determining a likelihood of roaming for the WCD, wherein the likelihood of roaming indicates the likelihood that the WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to a non-preferred coverage area;
based at least in part on the likelihood of roaming, the switch adjusting at least one paging-scheme setting affecting attempts to page the WCD; and
paging the WCD according to the at least one adjusted paging-scheme setting;
wherein determining the at least one paging-scheme setting of the switch comprises, if the likelihood of roaming is greater than a predetermined threshold, then adjusting the at least one paging-scheme setting in an effort to reduce the likelihood that the WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to the non-preferred coverage area.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for adjusting the paging-scheme settings of a switch in an effort to reduce the likelihood that a wireless device roams from a preferred to a non-preferred coverage area. One exemplary method involves: (i) a switch in a radio access network (RAN) determining that a wireless communication device (WCD) should be paged, wherein the WCD is operating in a preferred coverage area; (ii) the switch determining a likelihood of roaming for the first WCD, wherein the likelihood of roaming indicates the likelihood that the first WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to a non-preferred coverage area; (iii) based at least in part on the likelihood of roaming, the switch adjusting at least one paging-scheme setting affecting attempts to page the WCD; and (iv) paging the WCD according to the at least one adjusted paging-scheme setting.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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a switch in a radio access network (RAN) determining that a wireless communication device (WCD) should be paged, wherein the WCD is operating in a preferred coverage area; the switch determining a likelihood of roaming for the WCD, wherein the likelihood of roaming indicates the likelihood that the WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to a non-preferred coverage area; based at least in part on the likelihood of roaming, the switch adjusting at least one paging-scheme setting affecting attempts to page the WCD; and paging the WCD according to the at least one adjusted paging-scheme setting; wherein determining the at least one paging-scheme setting of the switch comprises, if the likelihood of roaming is greater than a predetermined threshold, then adjusting the at least one paging-scheme setting in an effort to reduce the likelihood that the WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to the non-preferred coverage area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium; program instructions stored in the computer-readable medium that are executable by at least one processor to; (a) determine that a switch in a radio access network (RAN) should page a wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the WCD is operating in a preferred coverage area of the RAN; (b) determine a likelihood of roaming for the WCD, wherein the likelihood of roaming indicates the likelihood that the WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to a non-preferred coverage area; (c) if the likelihood of roaming is greater than a predetermined threshold, then adjust the at least one paging-scheme setting is set in an effort to reduce the likelihood that the WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to the non-preferred coverage area, and, if the likelihood of roaming is less than the predetermined threshold, then use standard settings to page the WCD; and (d) cause the switch to page the WCD according to the at least one adjusted paging-scheme setting. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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a switch in a radio access network (RAN) determining that a wireless communication device (WCD) should be paged, wherein the WCD is operating in a preferred coverage area; the switch determining a likelihood of roaming for the WCD, wherein the likelihood of roaming indicates the likelihood that the WCD will be handed off from the preferred coverage area to a non-preferred coverage area, wherein the likelihood of roaming is a percentage representing how often the WCD has been handed off from the preferred wireless coverage area operated by a first service provider to a non-preferred wireless coverage area operated by another server provider; based at least in part on the likelihood of roaming, the switch adjusting at least one paging-scheme setting affecting attempts to page the WCD; and paging the WCD according to the at least one adjusted paging-scheme setting.
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