Method and apparatus for controlling mobile access to a wireless communication system

In a wireless communication system providing communication services for a communication cell having a plurality of sectors, wherein each sector includes an access channel and a paging channel, an apparatus for controlling mobile access to the communication system via the access channel, the apparatus comprising:

• a mobile access detector adapted to monitor a plurality of mobile access parameters;
• a memory adapted to contain operating instructions;
• a processor coupled to the memory and the mobile access detector, the processor operable on the base station in accordance with the operating instructions to generate control information;
• a transmitting unit coupled to processor;
• and
• wherein the transmitting unit provides control information through the paging channel and wherein the plurality of mobile access parameters are associated with mobile access originated from the plurality of sectors in the communication cell.

In a wireless communication system providing communication services for a communication cell having a plurality of sectors, wherein each sector includes an access channel and a paging channel, and wherein a processor operates in accordance to a computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for controlling mobile access to the communication system via the access channel, the computer program comprising:

• a first routine that directs the processor to monitor a plurality of mobile access parameters;
• a second routine that directs the processor to generate control information based on the plurality of mobile access parameters;
• a third routine that directs the processor to provide control information through the paging channel;
• and
• wherein the plurality of mobile access parameters are associated with mobile access originated within the plurality of sectors in the communication cell.