Reducing paging delays using location analytics in communications networks

One or more non-transitory tangible media that includes code for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to perform operations comprising:

• querying by a network device of a first communications network a database maintained by a second communications network for historical location data comprising multiple points along a path typically traversed by a mobile device;
• using the location data to identify network elements of the first communications network located proximate the path;
• and
• sending a page request for the mobile device only to the identified network elements;
• wherein the first communications network is a cellular communications network and the network elements comprise Home Node Bs (“HNBs”);
• and
• wherein the second communications network is a Wireless Local Area Network (“WLAN”).

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory element configured to store data;
• a processor operable to execute instructions associated with the data;
• and
• a mapping and paging module disposed in a first communications network configured to:
• query by a first communications network a database maintained by a second communications network for historical location data comprising multiple points along a path typically traversed by a mobile device;
• use the location data to identify network elements of the first communications network located proximate the path;
• and
• send a page request for the mobile device only to the identified network elements;
• wherein the first communications network is a cellular communications network and the network elements comprise Home Node Bs (“HNBs”);
• and
• wherein the second communications network is a Wireless Local Area Network (“WLAN”).