Patent ID: 8543139

Claim:
A method performed by a first access point, comprising: prior to receiving a page message: establishing a first security agreement for secure communication between the first access point and one or more second access points; establishing a second security agreement for secure communication between the first access point and a source access point; and establishing, through the first access point by the first security agreement and the second security agreement, one or more secure communication channels between the source access point and the one or more second access points, wherein establishment of the one or more secure communication channels prior to receipt of the page message decreases a latency associated with paging the mobile station relative to a latency associated with paging the mobile station independent of prior establishment of the one or more secure communication channels; receiving, from the source access point over the one or more secure communication channels, the page message for a mobile station in a service area of the one or more second access points; and transmitting, by the first access point over the one or more secure communication channels established between the source access point and the one or more second access points, the page message, received from the source access point, to the one or more second access points for paging the mobile station.