Method and system for supporting multiple paging areas

摘要

A wireless communication network comprising a plurality of paging controllers capable of communication with a plurality of base stations within a coverage area of the network is provided. At least one of the plurality of paging controllers is configured to assign one or more paging identifications (PG IDs) to a subscriber station within a paging area when the subscriber station requests to enter idle mode, wherein each of the one or more PG IDs is associated with a paging offset, and transmit the one or more PG IDs to a base station in communication with the subscriber station. The subscriber station only monitors the PG ID having a shortest paging offset among the one or more PG IDs.

主权项

1. A method of paging a subscriber station, the method comprising:
when the subscriber station is in a first primary paging group, paging the subscriber station only in the first primary paging group, while refraining from paging the subscriber station in other primary paging groups; paging the subscriber station in a first secondary paging group which has a shortest paging offset, while refraining from paging the subscriber station in primary paging groups, when the subscriber station is in the first secondary paging group; and paging the subscriber station in a second secondary paging group which has a second shortest paging offset when the subscriber station fails to respond to the paging in the first secondary paging group, wherein the primary paging groups and secondary paging groups are assigned by a paging controller and each primary paging group is associated with a different geographical area associated with a user of the subscriber station.