Patent ID: 6829485
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
An efficient system for determining if a primary paging channel should be received and processed via a wireless communications device based on a quick paging channel in a wireless communications system comprising:first means for receiving an electromagnetic signal having pilot signal and quick paging signal components; second means for ascertaining if a second symbol of said quick paging channel signal should be immediately analyzed based on a first quality parameter, a second quality parameter, and a first decision metric associated with a first symbol of said quick paging signal and providing a first indication in response thereto, said first quality parameter and said second quality parameter indicative of a quality of a signal environment in which said electromagnetic signal is propagating, said first decision metric representative of a value of said first symbol; and third means for determining, via said second symbol, if said primary paging channel should be immediately processed based on a third quality parameter associated with said second symbol and indicative of a quality of a signal environment in which said electromagnetic signal is propagating and a second decision metric incorporating said second symbol and providing a second indication in response thereto when said first indication indicates that said second symbol should be immediately analyzed.