Patent ID: 7164926

Claim:
A wireless network providing global paging of a mobile station serviced by the wireless network comprising: a pool of mobile switching centers (MSC), for servicing mobile stations within a specified service area of said wireless network; means for paging a mobile station that is registered in a cell with the network a Home Location Register (HLR) for storing administrative information associated with the mobile station; and a radio configuration database (RCDB) comprising a plurality of defined global paging areas within said specified service area, each of the global paging areas having a hierarchical structure and being dynamically adjustable to include additional location areas according to a history of the movement of the mobile station, each of the plurality of global paging areas utilizing a separate base station controller/radio network controller (BSC/RNC) for each global paging area, wherein a global paging area comprises a predetermined set of location areas in which every MSC in the pool of MSCs can communicate and transmit paging requests to each BSC/RNC in each of the plurality of global paging areas and means for instructing the MSC that handled the registration of the mobile station to attempt to page the registered mobile station in the location area containing the cell and if the mobile station does not respond, paging the mobile station in the global paging area to which the cell belongs, and if still no response, paging the mobile station in other RCDB defined global paging areas prior to paging the mobile station in the entire service area.