Patent ID: 8073469
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of paging for wireless networks comprising: synchronizing a paging window clock of a wireless terminal to a paging window clock of a server; deriving a paging window and a dormant window for communicating between the server and the wireless terminal based at least in part on the paging window clock of the server or the paging window clock of the wireless terminal, wherein the paging window and the dormant window are separate from a paging interval used between a base station and the wireless terminal, wherein a duration of the paging window is greater than a duration of the paging interval used between the base station and the wireless terminal, and wherein a duration of the dormant window is greater than the duration of the paging interval used between the base station and the wireless terminal; during the paging window: during the dormant window: wherein the paging window has a duration at least as long as a duration from a start of a first paging slot to an end of a second paging slot between the wireless terminal and the server such that the paging window overlaps at least one paging slot between the wireless terminal and the base station.