System and method for reducing short message service delay

摘要

A method of messaging in a wireless cellular system comprising predicting a location of the mobile station ( 122, 124 ), wherein the location corresponds to a first sector within the wireless cellular system; sending a first message to the mobile station via the first sector within the wireless cellular system; and sending a second message corresponding to and having a reduced size as compared to the first message to the mobile station via a second sector at approximately the same time as the first message is sent via the first sector.