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AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsJasinder P. Singh, Sachin R. Vargantwar, Bhagwan Khanka, Maulik K. Shah
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Disclosed is a method and system to manage paging channels in a wireless communication network. When the network encounters a situation where the network is to transmit an access response message in a coverage area to a mobile station, the network will determine whether the mobile station is in an access handoff state. If not, the network will transmit the message to the mobile station on a paging channel selected based on the mobile station's identifier. Otherwise, the network will transmit the message to the mobile station on both that paging channel and a default paging channel (e.g., primary channel) selected without consideration of the mobile station's identifier. This process can help avoid an access handoff failure. Further, a radio access network may opt to use the default paging channel in response to the wireless coverage area having a different number of paging channels than an adjacent coverage area.
In a radio access network (RAN) that radiates to define a first wireless coverage area and a second wireless coverage area neighboring the first wireless coverage area, wherein the RAN defines a first number of paging channels in the first wireless coverage area and the RAN defines a second number of paging channels in the second wireless coverage area, at least the second number being greater than one, a method comprising:
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