Paging channel configuration for efficient wake-up period utilization
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsYi-Pin Eric Wang, Torgny Palenius, Paul Dent
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Abstract
Methods and systems for optimizing standby mode power performance in radiocommunication systems are described. Techniques are providing which permit a mobile station to read synchronization symbols, e.g., long code masked symbols, in transmitted in differently numbered timeslots while minimizing wake-up time in idle mode.
Claims26
A method for transmitting information to a remote device in a radiocommunication system comprising the steps of:
- transmitting information on a control channel in control channel timeslots, each of said control channel timeslots being repeatedly transmitted in consecutive superframes, each superframe including a first number of control channel timeslots;
- and
- transmitting paging information on a paging channel in paging timeslots, each of said paging timeslots being repeatedly transmitted in consecutive superframes, each superframe having a second number of paging timeslots, wherein said first number of control channel timeslots is different than said second number of paging timeslots.
A radiocommunication system comprising:
- means for transmitting information on a control channel in control channel timeslots, each of said control channel timeslots being repeatedly transmitted in consecutive superftames, each superframe including a first number of control channel timeslots;
- and
- means for transmitting paging information on a paging channel in paging timeslots, each of said paging timeslots being repeatedly transmitted in consecutive superframes, each superframe having a second number of paging timeslots, wherein said first number of control channel timeslots is different than said second number of paging timeslots.
A method for receiving information in a spread spectrum radiocommunication system while in standby mode comprising the steps of:
- receiving information on both a control channel and a paging channel during an assigned paging timeslot in a first superframe;
- changing said assigned paging timeslot after said first superframe;
- and
- receiving information on both said control channel and said paging channel during said changed assigned paging timeslot in a second superframe.
A mobile station comprising:
- means for receiving information on both a control channel and a paging channel during an assigned paging timeslot in a first superframe;
- means for changing said assigned paging timeslot after said first superframe;
- and
- means for receiving information on both said control channel and said paging channel during said changed assigned paging timeslot in a second superframe.
A method for transmitting information to a remote device in a radiocommunication system comprising the steps of:
- transmitting overhead information on a broadcast control channel in consecutively numbered timeslots, said consecutively numbered timeslots being repeatedly transmitted in consecutive frames;
- transmitting paging information on a paging channel in consecutively numbered timeslots, said consecutively numbered timeslots being repeatedly transmitted in consecutive superframes;
- assigning said remote device to at least one of said consecutively numbered timeslots associated with said paging channel;
- and
- reading, by said remote device in each of a plurality of superframes, information transmitted by said system in said assigned timeslot of said paging channel and information transmitted by said system in a concurrently transmitted one of said consecutively numbered timeslots of said broadcast control channel, wherein said concurrently transmitted one of said consecutively numbered timeslots of said broadcast control channel is different from superframe to superframe.
A method for transmitting information in a spread spectrum radiocommunication system comprising the steps of:
- transmitting information to a plurality of mobile stations on a control channel and to at least one particular mobile station on a paging channel during an assigned paging timeslot in a first superframe;
- changing said assigned paging timeslot after said first superframe;
- and
- transmitting information to said at least one particular mobile station on said paging channel during said changed assigned paging timeslot in a second superframe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.