Patent ID: 6275477
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A campus area pager system, comprising:a local area network (LAN) having a system backbone;at least one base station coupled to the system backbone, each of the at least one base station including a wireless communication section; andat least one paging device for receiving page information from the system backbone via the wireless communication section;wherein prior to the at least one paging device receiving the page information, the at least one paging device and the at least one base station are configured to establish registration with one another by way of the at least one paging device transmitting a find base station request to file at least one base station and the at least one base station transmitting an identification message to the paging device in response to the find base station request, the paging device selecting to register with one of the at least one base station transmitting the identification message based on a predetermined criteria and sending a registration request to the selected one of the at least one base station and the selected one of the at least one base station transmitting an acknowledgment to the at least one paging device in response to receiving the registration request.