Patent ID: 8489102
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a wireless network including a plurality of femto cells, the method comprising: defining, by a network element, a first sub-paging zone based on a location of ones of a subset of the plurality of femto cells within a femto cell system; associating, by the network element, a same first trigger code with each of the femto cells in the first sub-paging zone within the femto cell system, a first trigger code being a code that triggers registration of a mobile station with one of the plurality of femto cells in the first sub-paging zone; adding a femto cell to the first sub-paging zone; splitting the first sub-paging zone into at least two sub-paging zones based on a location and spatial distribution of the femto cells in the first sub-paging zone; associating the same first trigger code with each of the femto cells in a first one of the at least two sub-paging zones; and associating a same second trigger code with each of the femto cells in a second one of the at least two sub-paging zones.