Patent ID: 11950207
Assignee: PARALLEL WIRELESS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
assigning a plurality of physical eNodeB tracking area codes to a plurality of base stations at a messaging concentrator gateway, the messaging concentrator gateway situated in a network between the plurality of base stations and a core network, the messaging concentrator virtualizing the plurality of base stations as a single eNodeB towards the core network;
assigning at least one virtual eNodeB tracking area code to the messaging concentrator gateway for the plurality of base stations as the single eNodeB;
storing, at the messaging concentrator gateway, a mapping from the at least one virtual eNodeB tracking area code to the plurality of physical eNodeB tracking area codes or to the plurality of physical base stations;
receiving a paging message from the core network at the messaging concentrator gateway for a UE; and
performing a paging sequence using the mapping to identify a set of base stations to be caused to page the UE,
thereby allowing the at least one tracking area code to be used at the core network identifying the virtualized plurality of base stations as a single base station without increasing signaling traffic between the radio access network and the core network.