Efficient location updates, paging and short bursts

摘要

A mobile terminal in a wireless communication network may be one of several modes of operation. When in an idle mode, the mobile terminal may avoid a lengthy random access procedure normally associated with responding to a page from a base station, if the base station includes in the page an indication of a resource that the mobile terminal may utilize when responding to the page. Additionally, the mobile terminal may transmit an efficient location update MAC header to a base station, whether prompted to by a page from the base station or not. Furthermore, without leaving the idle mode or a sleep mode, the mobile terminal may exchange short data burst messages with a base station.

主权项

1. At a base station in a wireless communication network, a method of alerting a mobile terminal regarding a future downlink short data burst transmission, said method comprising:
transmitting a short data burst forecast information element regarding the future downlink short data burst transmission on a downlink from the base station to the mobile terminal, said information element including:
an indication of an identity of a connection; andan indication of a frame on the downlink for the mobile terminal to monitor during which the future downlink short data burst transmission is to be transmitted.