Patent ID: 7801525
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. In a wireless telecommunications network comprising a plurality of cells served by a mobile switching center and including a paging channel for paging a mobile station located within the cells and an access channel by which the mobile station registers its location with the network, a method for conserving paging channel and access channel bandwidth, said method comprising: (a) defining a first set of location areas including a plurality of paging location areas, each paging location area including a plurality of cells; and, (b) defining a second set of location areas including a plurality of registration location areas, each registration location area including a plurality of the plurality of paging location areas; wherein the mobile station registers via the access channel when entering one registration location area from another registration location area and does not register via the access channel when entering one paging location area from another paging location area within the same registration location area.