System and Method for Paging in a Communications System
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNathan Edward Tenny, Xiaoyan Duan, Hui Jin, Guorong Li, Guowei Ouyang, Yunsong Yang
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Abstract
A method for paging a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a generic page indication for the UE, the generic page indication including a list of radio access networks (RANs), selecting a subset of the list of RANs, sending a RAN-specific page indication for each RAN in the subset of the list of RANs, receiving a first RAN-specific page response associated with the UE, and sending a generic page response corresponding to the first RAN-specific page response.
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A method for paging a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving, by an adaptation function, a generic page indication for the UE, the generic page indication including a list of radio access networks (RANs);
- selecting, by the adaptation function, a subset of the list of RANs;
- sending, by the adaptation function, a RAN-specific page indication for each RAN in the subset of the list of RANs;
- receiving, by the adaptation function, a first RAN-specific page response associated with the UE;
- and
- sending, by the adaptation function, a generic page response corresponding to the first RAN-specific page response.
A method for operating a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving, by the UE, a first radio access network-(RAN) specific page indication from a first RAN device, the first RAN-specific page indication including information regarding a preferred RAN;
- sending, by the UE, a RAN-specific page response to a second RAN device;
- and
- participating, by the UE, in a RAN change in accordance with the first RAN-specific page indication.
A method for paging a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving, by a first radio access network (RAN) device serving a first RAN, a first RAN-specific page indication for the UE;
- determining, by the first RAN device, that the UE is camped on a second RAN;
- sending, by the first RAN device, a second RAN-specific page indication to a second RAN device serving the second RAN, the second RAN-specific page indication including a RAN-specific paging message;
- and
- receiving, by the first RAN device, a first RAN-specific page response from the UE.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the one or more processors, the programming including instructions to configure the UE to:
- receive a first radio access network-(RAN) specific page indication from a first RAN device, the first RAN-specific page indication including information regarding a preferred RAN,
- send a RAN-specific page response to a second RAN device, and
- participate in a RAN change in accordance with the first RAN-specific page indication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.