Controlling wireless paging parameters based on device type prevalence
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1. A method comprising:
- determining, by a radio access network (RAN) device of a RAN, that a region of the RAN is serving more than a threshold extent of wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices, wherein the region of the RAN includes a set of one or more wireless coverage areas, and each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas includes at least a primary paging channel and a secondary paging channel, and wherein the set of one or more wireless coverage areas also serves non-M2M wireless communication devices; and
in response to determining that the region of the RAN is serving more than a threshold extent of wireless M2M communication devices, modifying paging channel parameters of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas to increase a rate at which the RAN successfully pages the wireless M2M communication devices via the set of wireless coverage areas, wherein modifying the paging channel parameters of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas comprises disabling the secondary paging channel of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas.
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Abstract
A determination may be made that a region of the RAN is serving more than a threshold extent of WCDs configured for machine-to-machine communication. The region of the RAN may include a set of one or more wireless coverage areas, and each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas may include at least one paging channel. The paging channel parameters of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas may be modified to increase a rate at which the RAN successfully pages WCDs via the set of wireless coverage areas.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, by a radio access network (RAN) device of a RAN, that a region of the RAN is serving more than a threshold extent of wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices, wherein the region of the RAN includes a set of one or more wireless coverage areas, and each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas includes at least a primary paging channel and a secondary paging channel, and wherein the set of one or more wireless coverage areas also serves non-M2M wireless communication devices; and in response to determining that the region of the RAN is serving more than a threshold extent of wireless M2M communication devices, modifying paging channel parameters of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas to increase a rate at which the RAN successfully pages the wireless M2M communication devices via the set of wireless coverage areas, wherein modifying the paging channel parameters of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas comprises disabling the secondary paging channel of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a radio access network (RAN) radiating to define a plurality of wireless coverage areas; and a RAN device, within the RAN, configured to; determine that a region of the RAN is serving more than a threshold extent of wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices, wherein the region of the RAN includes a set of one or more of the wireless coverage areas, and each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas includes at least a primary paging channel and a secondary paging channel, and wherein the set of one or more wireless coverage areas also serves non-M2M wireless communication devices; and modify, in response to determining that the region of the RAN is serving more than the threshold extent of wireless M2M communication devices, paging channel parameters of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas to increase a rate at which the RAN successfully pages the wireless M2M communication devices via the set of wireless coverage areas, wherein modifying the paging channel parameters of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas comprises disabling the secondary paging channel of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing device in a radio access network (RAN), cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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determining that a region of the RAN is serving more than a threshold extent of wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices, wherein the region of the RAN includes a set of one or more wireless coverage areas, and each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas includes at least a primary paging channel and a secondary paging channel, and wherein the set of one or more wireless coverage areas also serves non-M2M wireless communication devices; and in response to determining that the region of the RAN is serving more than the threshold extent of wireless M2M communication devices, modifying the paging channel parameters of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas to increase a rate at which the RAN successfully pages the wireless M2M communication devices via the set of wireless coverage areas, wherein modifying the paging channel parameters of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas comprises disabling the secondary paging channel of each wireless coverage area in the set of wireless coverage areas. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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