Patent ID: 6185421
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A telecommunications system for optimizing the use of paging channels within a cellular network, said telecommunications system comprising:at least one location area within said cellular network, said location area being divided into at least two sub-location areas;a mobile terminal in wireless communication with a mobile switching center within said cellular network, said mobile terminal being located within a given one of said sub-location area; anda memory having threshold information and paging and updating information associated with said mobile terminal stored therein, said paging and updating information comprising a ratio of the number of pages attempted by said mobile switching center to said mobile terminal to the number of location updates attempted by said mobile terminal to said mobile switching center;wherein said mobile switching center pages said mobile terminal on said paging channels within said given sub-location area and not on said paging channels within at least one other of said at least two sub-location areas when the value of said ratio is above said threshold information;wherein said mobile switching center pages said mobile terminal on said paging channels within said location area when the value of said ratio is below said threshold information.