Multi-sector broadcast paging channel

A method of providing pages to subscriber stations over a wireless network using a multi-sector broadcast channel, comprising:

• receiving data related to a list of all pages to be transmitted to subscriber stations in a paging region that has a plurality of sectors;
• generating a substantially identical waveform at a base station in each of the plurality of sectors;
• prepending a cyclic prefix to at least one instance of the substantially identical waveform;
• determining a guard time within which at least two instances of the substantially identical waveform can arrive at a common boundary of respective sectors from which the at least two instances of the identical waveform are simultaneously transmitted;
• and
• transmitting the substantially identical waveform concurrently from a subset of the sectors in the region to page subscriber stations identified in the list of pages to be transmitted.

A system that facilitates simultaneously transmitting pages to all subscriber stations of a wireless network and improving paging signal spectral efficiency within a transmission region and near sector boundaries, comprising:

• a plurality of transmitters, each of which is located in one of a plurality of sectors of the paging region;
• and
• a waveform generation component associated with each transmitter, each of the waveform generation components being configured to receive information related to a list of all incoming pages for the paging region and to generate a waveform comprising all pages for the region;
• wherein the waveform generation components generate substantially identical waveforms and each of the transmitters concurrently transmits the substantially identical waveforms to permit signal aggregation of wave forms over the air;
• wherein each waveform generation component comprises an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing component that modulates one of the substantially identical waveforms;
• and
• further comprising a synchronization component that defines time slots during which the plurality of transmitters simultaneously transmit the substantially identical waveforms from each sector in the region.

An apparatus that facilitates providing improved paging spectral efficiency within a transmission region and near sector boundaries in paging all intended subscriber stations in a wireless network region using simultaneous multi-sector broadcast transmissions, comprising:

• means for receiving a complete list of pages to be transmitted to subscriber stations in a region;
• means for transmitting an instruction to a plurality of base stations in respective sectors in the region;
• means for generating an identical waveform based on the instruction at each of the plurality of transmission base stations, the identical waveform comprising all pages to be transmitted in the region;
• and
• means for transmitting the identical waveform simultaneously from all base stations in the region, signal energy of at least two identical waveforms aggregated over the air and near sector perimeters.

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions in a non-transitory storage medium for improving paging signal spectral efficiency to subscriber stations, comprising:

• receiving a list of devices to be paged in a region of a wireless network;
• generating a waveform comprising paging signals for each device identified in the list;
• transmitting the waveform simultaneously over a multi-sector broadcast channel with at least one other identical waveform to permit signal aggregation of waveforms over the air;
• and
• further comprising providing time slots synchronized across all sectors in the paging region during which individuals sectors in the region simultaneously transmit the substantially identical waveform.