Patent ID: 6505042
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A communication system including a plurality of base station transceiver subsystems for transmitting a paging message indicative of an incoming message, the communication system comprising:a first of the plurality of base station transceiver subsystems transmitting the paging message; a second of the plurality of base station transceiver subsystems transmitting the paging message; and a user station operatively coupled to receive the paging message from the first and second base station transceiver subsystems and selecting therefrom a primary base station transceiver subsystem and a secondary base station transceiver subsystem according to a relative strength of the respective paging messages received, the user station transmitting a response signal to the primary base station transceiver subsystem for a predetermined period of time and then to the secondary base station transceiver subsystem if the predetermined period of time expires without receiving an acknowledgment message from the primary base station transceiver subsystem.