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US 8,014,798 B2Granted
High-capacity paging method, and associated apparatus, with further reduced probability of false page match
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorWilliam Daniel Willey
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method for facilitating paging of an access terminal operable in a radio communication system. A paging message is formed that includes partial identities of access terminals that are to be paged. The partial identities are arranged into groups of partial identities. And, the groups are ordered. Ordering of the groups conveys additional information bits.
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A method for facilitating access terminal paging, said method comprising:
- ordering a first group of identities that includes at least a first identity and a second identity, wherein a value of a first additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first identity and the second identity in an access terminal paging message;
- ordering the first group of identities and at least a second group of identities, wherein a value of a second additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first group and the second group in the access terminal paging message;
- structuring the access terminal paging message to include the first group of identities, ordered by said ordering, and the second group of identities, wherein the order of the first group of identities conveys the value of the first additional identity bit and the order of the first group and the second group conveys the value of the second additional identity bit;
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- causing the access terminal paging message to be transmitted by a network infrastructure element of an access network.
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An apparatus for access-terminal paging, said apparatus comprising:
- an orderer configured to order a first group of identities that includes at least a first identity and a second identity, wherein a value of a first additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first identity and the second identity in an access terminal paging message;
- the orderer configured to order the first group of identities and at least a second group of identities, wherein a value of a second additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first group and the second group in an access terminal paging message;
- a structurer configured to structure the access terminal paging message to include the first group of identities and the second group of identities, wherein the order of the first group of identities conveys the value of the first additional identity bit and the order of the first group and the second group conveys the value of the second additional identity bit;
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- processing circuitry configured to cause transmission of the access terminal paging message upon an air interface.
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A method for facilitating paging of an access terminal, said method comprising:
- receiving, at the access terminal, a paging message upon an air interface of an access network, the paging message structured to include an access terminal paging message to include a first group of identities and a second group of identities, the first group including at least a first identity and a second identity in an ordered arrangement, wherein a value of a first additional identity bit can be inferred based upon an order of the first identity and the second identity in the access terminal paging message, and a value of a second additional identity bit can be inferred based upon an order of the first group and the second group in the access terminal paging message;
- identifying the value of the first additional identity bit based upon the order of the first identity and the second identity in the first group of identities;
- identifying the value of the second additional identity bit based upon the order of the first group of identities and the second group of identities;
- deciding whether the access terminal is paged;
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- causing the access terminal to enter either a first state or a second state responsive to whether the access terminal is paged.
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An apparatus for facilitating paging of an access terminal, said apparatus comprising:
- transceiver circuitry configured to receive a page message, the paging message structured to include an access terminal paging message to include a first group of identities and a second group of identities, the first group including at least a first identity and a second identity in an ordered arrangement, wherein a value of a first additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first identity and the second identity in the access terminal paging message, and a value of a second additional identity bit can be determined based upon an order of the first group and the second group in the access terminal paging message;
- a determiner configured to identify the value of the first additional identity bit based upon the order of the first identity and the second identity in the first group of identities;
- the determiner configured to identify the value of the second additional identity bit based upon the order of the first group of identities and the second group of identities;
- a decider configured to decide whether the access terminal is paged;
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- a state controller configured to cause the access terminal to enter either a first state or a second state responsive to whether the access terminal is paged.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.