Patent ID: 6483818
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A simultaneous paging signal sending system comprising at least one mobile unit, a plurality of base stations for performing communication with said mobile unit, and a base station control apparatus for controlling said base stations,said base station control apparatus comprising: base station information storage means for grouping a plurality of simultaneous paging areas, in which simultaneous broadcasting is performed to said mobile unit, into one simultaneous broadcast area and storing information about each base station in the simultaneous broadcast area to be paired with a broadcast area identifier allocated to each simul taneous broadcast area; and signal copying/distributing means for reading out information about said base stations corresponding to the broadcast area identifier included in a paging signal from said base station information storage means, and copying and distributing the paging signal to said base stations designated by the readout information, wherein a position location area identifier of said mobile unit that is included in a terminating signal, is utilized by said base station control apparatus to determine a broadcast area identifier of one said base stations corresponding to said position location area identifier, the broadcast area identifier being assigned to a group of base stations, and wherein the paging signal is copied and distributed by said signal copying/distributing means to each base station of said group of base stations.