Subscriber paging control in a mobile communication system
AssigneeNokia Telecommunications Oy
InventorJuhani Murto
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Abstract
A mobile communication system and a method controls subscriber paging messages in a mobile communication system. The base stations of a mobile communication system are arranged according to their traffic load into paging groups with different priorities, so that base stations with a traffic load level lower than a predetermined threshold value have a higher priority in the selection of base stations for transmitting a paging message than base stations with a traffic load level higher than the threshold value. A paging message for a mobile station is first transmitted via the lightly loaded base stations of the location area of the mobile station.
Claims11
A method for controlling subscriber paging messages in a mobile communication system comprising mobile stations, base stations, a mobile services switching center and a subscriber database maintaining information about the location of mobile stations, the method comprising:
- grouping the base stations of a location area according to their traffic load, and
- transmitting a paging message for a mobile station first via lightly loaded base stations of the location area of the mobile station.
A mobile communication system comprising mobile stations, base stations, a mobile services switching center and a subscriber database maintaining information about the location of mobile stations, wherein the base stations of the system are arranged according to their traffic load into paging groups with different priorities, so that base stations with a traffic load level lower than a predetermined threshold value have a higher priority in the selection of base stations for transmitting a paging message than base stations with a traffic load level higher than said threshold value.
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