Patent ID: 7149535
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A radio access network comprising: at least one antenna structure for sending and receiving signals over at least one radio frequency air interface in communication with mobile stations operating in a coverage area of a base station; paging logic for sending page messages to mobile stations via the antenna structure, wherein, for a given mobile station, the paging logic is arranged (i) to send a page message to the given mobile station on a paging charnel slot that the given mobile station is set to monitor, (ii) to wait up to a time interval for a response from the given mobile station and, (iii) absent receipt of a response from the given mobile station by expiration of the time interval, to re-page the given mobile station on a next paging channel time slot that the given mobile station is set to monitor; and interval-selection logic for selecting the time interval based on a paging slot cycle index of the given mobile station.