Allison K Roberts

US Patent:

58754008, Feb 23, 1999

Filed:

Apr 18, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/423739

Inventors:

Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy - Richardson TX
Kalyan Basu - Plano TX
Allison V. Roberts - Dallas TX
Michael John McCarthy - Dallas TX
Russell David Balcom - Rowlett TX
Lance Miquel LaBauve - Plano TX

Assignee:

Northern Telecom Limited - Montreal

International Classification:

H04Q 738

US Classification:

455458

Abstract:

In a cellular mobile access communications system each mobile terminal registers its location at intervals. From the registration history of each mobile, a probable group of cells within which a mobile terminal may be located is predicted. When a mobile is to be paged, the paging message is transmitted to the predicted cell group. If no response is received from the terminal, the page message is then broadcast to further system cells. This reduces the overall paging load on the system.