Patent ID: 6112055
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
A pager for use with a paging system, the paging system being configured to transmit pages according to a plurality of protocols over a plurality of channels, the paging system being further configured to transmit pages in a plurality of page segments, the plurality of segments each having an address block and a data block separate from the address block, each address block capable of having a plurality of addresses and each data block having a plurality of data portions corresponding to the plurality of addresses in the address block, the paging system being still further configured to transmit a header synchronization (HS) segment and a system information (SI) segment, the segments being part of a frame, the pager comprising:means for receiving an address block of a segment of a frame;means for determining whether an address assigned to the pager is included in the address block after the address block is entirely received;means for receiving a data block corresponding to the received address block when the address of the pager is included in the address block and for not receiving the corresponding data block when the address of the pager is not included in the received address block.