Patent ID: 8504088

Claim:
A method of distance-based paging a terminal in a communication network having a plurality of base stations at a plurality of locations, comprising: at a network facility: distributing location information and paging range for at least one reference sector within communication range of said terminal to said plurality of base stations; at each of said plurality of base stations: determining whether a first sector associated with a first base station is within said paging range of said at least one reference sector; responsive to said determining step, sending a first page directed to said terminal if said first sector is within said paging range for said at least one reference sector; determining whether a second sector associated with a second base station is within said paging range of said at least one reference sector; and responsive to said determining step, sending a second page from said first base station and said second base station directed to said terminal, wherein said first and second sectors are within said paging range for said at least one reference sector, wherein said location information comprises co-ordinates for said at least one reference sector which is serving said terminal, and wherein said paging range comprises a Route Update Radius (RUR) for said at least one reference sector.