Patent ID: 6122522
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for minimizing the paging load in a multicell wireless telephone network comprising the steps of:(a) determining a cell C in the cellular telephone network having a maximum paging load W thereon;(b) identifying zones in which cell C is located;(c) of the zones in which cell C is located, determining a zone P that reduces paging load in cell C the most and that increases the paging load in other cells of the network the least;(d) tentatively removing cell C from zone P and storing the identity of removed cell C in conjunction with zone P;(e) determining a maximum paging load W' based upon all previous tentative cell removals included;(f) when W exceeds W', permanently executing all tentative cell removals and repeating steps (a) through (e); and(g) when W does not exceed W', selecting a new cell C with a maximum paging load thereon based upon all previous tentative cell removals and repeating steps (b) through (f).