Patent ID: 8233922
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A paging method in a mobile communication system, wherein a preconfigured frequency range, split into a plurality of frequency subbands, is utilized for communicating within the mobile communication system, and the method comprises the steps of: selecting at least one frequency subband for transmitting paging information, transmitting paging information from a network entity, for initiating paging, utilizing the selected at least one frequency subband, wherein the paging information comprises paging control infoimation and a paging message, and wherein the paging control information is transmitted utilizing a default frequency subband within the preconfigured frequency range, and the step of selecting the at least one frequency subband comprises selecting the at least one frequency subband for transmitting the paging message, wherein a second paging message, being equal to the paging message, is transmitted, and the method further comprises the steps of: selecting at least one frequency subband for transmitting the second paging message, based on a determined load in each frequency subband, and transmitting the second paging message from the network entity, for initiating paging, utilizing the at least one frequency subband, selected for transmitting the second paging message, wherein the second paging message is split into at least one resource block, the at least one resource block being defined by a frequency range and a time range, in which data is transmitted and wherein the step of selecting the at least one frequency subband for transmitting the second paging message, selects for each resource block of the second paging message a frequency subband for transmitting the resource block of the second paging message, based on the determined load in each frequency subband.