Patent ID: 6771958
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for paging a communications device comprising the steps of:determining a first communication channel at a frequency f1 and at a first power level associated with a concentrator, the concentrator being capable of functioning as a base station, over which to transmit a message in a wireless protocol to a communications device; and transmitting the message over the first communication channel at the first frequency f1 and at the first power level to the concentrator the concentrator being further capable of demodulating the message and re-modulating the message over a second communication channel using a frequency f2, a second power level and the same wireless protocol; and receiving a concentrator-base station registration signal over the first communication channel wherein the frequencies f1 and f2 are not the same and the first power level is less than a power level associated with a signal transmitted directly to the communication device from a base station.