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US 8,526,976 B1Granted
Duplicative transmission of page records in a page message
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsSachin R Vargantwar, Siddharth S Oroskar
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AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsSachin R Vargantwar, Siddharth S Oroskar
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Disclosed herein are methods and systems that may take advantage of unused space in general page messages (GPMs) by including multiple instances of a given page in the same GPM, in an effort to improve the chances that the intended mobile station receives the page. An exemplary paging method involves: (a) before a transmission of a general page message (GPM) that is formatted to include up to a maximum number of page records, making a determination that less than the maximum number of page records are scheduled to be included in the GPM; (b) in response to the determination, selecting, from the page records that are scheduled to be included in the GPM, at least one page record for which to include two or more instances in the GPM; and (c) transmitting the GPM, wherein two or more instances of the at least one selected page record are included in the transmission of the GPM.
A paging method in a radio access network, the method comprising:
A paging system comprising:
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