Patent ID: 9026152
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of paging a mobile station comprising: exchanging mobile station information between a plurality of distributed mobility agents, the exchange being initiated by a mobility agent of a last known network access point that has communicated with the mobile station; paging the mobile station from at least one network access point associated with a second mobility agent of the plurality of distributed mobility agents using an available air interface technology to interface with the mobile station and using the mobile station information; receiving a page response from the mobile station at a second network access point associated with the second mobility agent; upon receiving the page response from the mobile station, exchanging information between the second mobility agent associated with the second network access point and the mobility agent of the last known access point; and sending incoming data to the mobile station via the mobility agent of the last known network access point; and determining an identity of the mobility agent of the last known network access point that has communicated with the mobile station by the second mobility agent by sending a multicast query from the second mobility agent to a plurality of network access points.