Method for paging a device in a wireless network
View Patent ↗A method for access control in a wireless network having a base station and a plurality of remote hosts includes the optional abilities of making dynamic adjustments of the uplink/downlink transmission ratio, making dynamic adjustments of the total number of reservation minislots, and assigning access priorities by message content type within a single user message stream. The method of the invention further provides for remote wireless host paging and for delayed release of active channels by certain high priority users in order to provide low latency of real-time packets by avoiding the need for repeated channel setup signaling messages. In the preferred embodiment, there are N minislots available for contention in the next uplink frame organized into a plurality of access priority classes. The base station allows m access priority classes. Each remote host of access priority class i randomly picks one contention minislot and transmits an access request, the contention minislot picked being in a range from 1 to N i where N (i+1) <N i and N 1 =N. In an alternate embodiment of a method for access control according to the present invention, each remote host of access priority class i and with a stack level that equals 0, then transmits an access request with a probability P i where P (i+1) <P i and P 1 =1.
1. A method for paging a remote wireless device from an initiating device, a wireless network including the wireless device, a base station, and a home registration server, the initiating device connected to a location server, comprising:
sending a call initiate message from the initiating device to the location server identifying a home registrations server;
forwarding the call initiating message from the location server to home registration server; receiving a call accept message at the location server from the home registration server; forwarding the call accept message from the location server to the initiating device;
receiving the call accept message at the initiating device from the location server,
wherein the call initiate message is a request to establish communication between the initiating device and the remote wireless device, and
wherein the call accept message is an affirmative response from the remote wireless device to the call initiate message.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a wired network coupled to the location server includes the initiating device and the location server.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein another wireless network includes the initiating device and the location server.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless network further includes the initiating device and the location server.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location server comprises a PPP server.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the home registration server comprises an inter-working function.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location server manages communication between the initiating device and the home registration server.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the home registration server manages communication between the location server and the wireless device.
9. A method for paging a remote wireless device from an initiating device, a wireless network including the wireless device, a base station, and a home registration server, the initiating device connected to a location server, comprising:
receiving a call initiate message at the location server from an initiating device identifying a home registration server;
forwarding the call initiate message from the location register to the home registration server;
receiving a call accept message at the location server from the home registration server;
forwarding the call accept message from the location server to the initiating device,
wherein the call initiate message is a request to establish communication between the initiating device and the remote wireless device, and
wherein the call accept message is an affirmative response from the remote wireless device to the call initiate message.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a wired network includes the initiating device and the location server.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein another wireless network includes the initiating device and the location server.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the wireless network further includes the initiating device and the location server.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the location server comprises a PPP server.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the home registration server comprises an inter-working function.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the location server manages communication between the initiating device and the home registration server.
16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the home registration server manages communication between the location server and the wireless device.
17. A method for paging a remote wireless device from an initiating device, a wireless network including the remote wireless device, a base station, and a home registration server, the initiating device connected to a location server, comprising:
receiving a call initiate message at the home registration server from the initiating device via the location server;
forwarding the call initiate message from the home registration server to an access point;
receiving a call accept message at the home registration server from the access point;
forwarding the call accept message from the home registration server to the location server for delivery to the initiating device;
receiving a connect request message at the home registration server from a wireless modem via an interworking function coupled to the access point;
sending a connect reply message from the home registration server to the remote wireless device,
wherein the call initiate message is a request to establish communication between the initiating device and the remote wireless device, and
wherein the call accept message is an affirmative response from the remote wireless device to the call initiate message.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the receiving of the call accept message is from the remote wireless device.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the forwarding of the call accept message is to the initiating device.
20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the receiving of a connect request message is from the remote wireless device.
21. The method of claim 17 , wherein the sending of a connect reply message is to the remote wireless device.
22. The method of claim 17 , wherein a wired network includes the initiating device and the location server.
23. The method of claim 17 , wherein another wireless network includes the initiating device and the location server.
24. The method of claim 17 , wherein the wireless network further includes the initiating device and the location server.
25. The method of claim 17 , wherein the location server comprises a PPP server.
26. The method of claim 17 , wherein the home registration server comprises an inter-working function.
27. The method of claim 17 , wherein the location server manages communication between the initiating device and the home registration server.
28. The method of claim 17 , wherein the home registration server manages communication between the location server and the wireless device.
29. A method for paging a remote wireless device from an initiating device, a wireless network including the remote wireless device, a base station, and a home registration server, the initiating device connected to a location server, comprising:
receiving a call initiate message at the remote wireless device from the home registration server via a wireless modem;
sending a call accept message from the remote wireless device to the wireless modem;
sending a connect request message from the remote wireless device to the home registration server via the wireless modem simultaneously with the call accept message;
receiving a connect reply message at the remote wireless device from the home registration server via an access point,
wherein the call initiate message is a request to establish communication between the initiating device and the remote wireless device, and
wherein the call accept message is an affirmative response from the remote wireless device to the call initiate message.
30. The method of claim 29 , wherein a wired network coupled to the wireless modem includes the remote wireless device.
31. The method of claim 29 , wherein another wireless network includes the initiating device and the location server.
32. The method of claim 29 , wherein the wireless network further includes the initiating device and the location server.
33. The method of claim 29 , wherein the location server comprises a PPP server.
34. The method of claim 29 , wherein the home registration server comprises an inter-working function.
35. The method of claim 29 , wherein the location server manages communication between the initiating device and the home registration server.
36. The method of claim 29 , wherein the home registration server manages communication between the location server and the remote wireless device.