Patent ID: 6631259
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for receiving notification at a dual transfer mode mobile station, operating in circuit-switched voice interchange activity, of a packet-switched paging message, comprising:engaging said mobile station in circuit-switched voice interchange activity, wherein said mobile station having dual transfer mode capability is a Class A mobile station which supports simultaneous attachment, monitoring, activation invocation and traffic flow on both circuit-switched voice and packet-switched data services, and wherein said mobile station having dual transfer mode capability is a Class B mobile station which supports simultaneous attachment, monitoring and activation on both circuit-switched voice and packet-switched data services, with invocation and traffic flow possible on either service on a mutually exclusive basis, and wherein said mobile station not having dual transfer capability is a Class C mobile station supporting only non-simultaneous attach on either circuit-switched voice or packet-switched data services; receiving a packet-switched paging notification message over said dedicated control channel, while said mobile station is engaged in circuit-switched voice interchange activity, if said mobile station is operating in dual transfer mode; and receiving the packet-switched paging notification message over a paging channel, while said mobile station is engaged in circuit-switched voice interchange activity, if said mobile station is not operating in dual transfer mode.