Patent ID: 7209744

Claim:
In a communication system comprising a licensed wireless communication system and an unlicensed wireless communication system, the unlicensed wireless communication system having an unlicensed region served by an unlicensed wireless network controller, the unlicensed wireless communication system having an unlicensed wireless base station that has an unlicensed wireless link with a mobile station using an unlicensed frequency, a method of registering a mobile station with the unlicensed wireless communication system, the method comprising: a) through the unlicensed wireless link, establishing at the unlicensed network controller a secure link with the mobile station; and b) at the unlicensed network controller, exchanging a set of unlicensed radio resource (RR) registration messages with the mobile station to register the mobile station with unlicensed wireless communication system, wherein the set of RR registration messages includes: a register message received at the unlicensed network controller from the mobile station for enabling the unlicensed network controller to start monitoring for paging requests targeted at the mobile station, said register message sent by the mobile station while located in the unlicensed region served by the unlicensed network controller.