| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for providing combined cellular and paging service through a mobile station in a cellular system. In the method and apparatus of this information, the mobile station serves a dual function as a pager or cellular phone. Selection between the dual functions is controlled by the user of the mobile station, who may chose to operate the mobile station in either the cellular mode or the pager mode. When in the cellular mode the mobile station can roam, make calls to the system , and receive calls from the system. When in pager mode the mobile station does not receive calls from the system, but instead receives only paging messages. The same system and radio interface is used in both the pager and cellular mode, and the method and apparatus may be implemented to make use of functional system blocks and features that are common to mobile station operation both as a pager, and as a cellular phone. <IMAGE></p> |
