Adjustment of communication parameters in a coverage area based on prevalence of eCSFB devices in the coverage area

摘要

Disclosed herein are methods and systems that may help to adjust, e.g., CDMA paging and access parameters in a coverage area, based on the prevalence of devices that are configured for enhanced circuit switch fallback (eCSFB) in the coverage area. For example, a base station in a radio access network (RAN) may: determine a measure of circuit switch fallback (CSFB) device prevalence in a coverage area, use the measure of CSFB-device prevalence in the coverage area as a basis for updating one or more paging parameters for communications via a paging channel defined under the first air-interface protocol; and apply the one or more updated paging parameters to communications with devices via the paging channel defined under the first air-interface protocol.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
a radio access network (RAN) determining a measure of circuit switch fallback (CSFB) device prevalence in a coverage area, wherein the RAN is configured to provide service in the coverage area under both a first and a second air-interface protocol, and wherein the RAN is configured to fall back from the second air-interface protocol to the first air-interface protocol according to a CSFB procedure; using the measure of CSFB-device prevalence in the coverage area as a basis for updating one or more paging parameters for communications via a paging channel defined under the first air-interface protocol; and applying the one or more updated paging parameters to communications with devices in the coverage area via the paging channel defined under the first air-interface protocol.