摘要 |
<p>In a paging system (100) that comprises a system controller (102), an active repeater (103, 105, 107), and a backup repeater (104, 106, 108), data integrity during a repeater transition (208) is assured in the following manner. As each repeater (103-108) receives a stream (200, 300) of paging information from the system controller (102), the repeaters (103-108) store it. When the repeater transition (208) occurs, the backup repeater (104, 106, 108) determines the paging messages (202-206 or 302) that were not transmitted during the repeater transition (208) based on the most recently stored stream (200, 300) of paging information. Subsequently, the backup repeater (104, 106, 108) transmits (402) a paging failure message to the system controller (102) indicating the paging messages (202-206 or 302) that were not transmitted. Upon receiving this, the system controller (102) commands (403) the backup repeater (104, 106, 108) to retransmit the paging messages (202-206 or 302) that were not transmitted during the repeater transition (208).</p> |