Patent ID: 8706146
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for out-of-band paging in a femto deployment, the method comprising: communicating, according to a multicasting scheme, a directed proximity request message over an out-of-band (OOB) communications channel from a femtocell to a plurality of access terminals included in an access control list associated with the femtocell, wherein the multicasting scheme comprises directly addressing each of the plurality of access terminals using a group identifier derived from a group device address associated with the plurality of access terminals, the directed proximity request message requesting an indication that one or more access terminals of the plurality of access terminals are in proximity; and receiving a response message from the one or more access terminals over the communications channel, the response message indicating that the one or more access terminals are in proximity to the femtocell and including a device address uniquely associated with a particular access terminal of the one or more access terminals.