Patent ID: 8359030
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for searching for a base station using a paging procedure in a mobile communication network having a paging agent that performs the paging procedure, the method comprising: receiving, at the paging agent, subscriber information including information of a service, to which a mobile node subscribed, from a home location register while performing a location registration procedure in response to a location registration request from the mobile node; setting an available scan time based on the time required to perform the paging procedure; generating a paging request message including the available scan time and the subscriber information to send the paging request message to a base station required for paging; and generating base station information based on the subscriber information to input into the paging request message to transmit it with the available scan time to the mobile node, wherein the mobile node selects a base station by using the base station information within a range of the available scan time, wherein said setting an available scan time sets the available scan time based on a type of a packet received from a counterpart node of the mobile node, an overall delay time for controlling call drop probability to be less than a preset value, and the time required for the paging procedure.