APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING A PAGE MESSAGE USED TO PAGE AN ACCESS TERMINAL IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Apparatus, and an associated method, for paging an access terminal in a radio communication system. Dynamic configuration and reconfiguration of a quick page message is provided. Its configuration is dependent upon paging load in the system. Hash values are selected and used pursuant to the configuration, and use, of the message. A first hash value is selected within a first range. And, a second hash value is selected within a second range. The second range from which the second hash value is selected does not include the first hash value.
1 . A method of forming a paging channel message of a fixed length, said method comprising the operations of:
allocating a portion of the fixed length based upon a communication activity indicia; and
using the portion for access-terminal paging.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the portion allocated during said operation of allocating is of a length of a selected one of: a first-portion length and at least a second-portion length.
3 . The method of claim 2 wherein the first-portion length comprises a 32-bit length.
4 . The method of claim 2 wherein the first-portion length comprises a 33-bit length.
5 . The method of claim 2 wherein the first-portion length comprises a 34-bit length.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein said operation of using comprises populating the portion with paging indicators.
7 . The method of claim 6 further comprising the operation of allocating the paging indicators on a per page basis.
8 . The method of claim 6 further comprising the operation of allocating the paging indicators on a paging load basis.
9 . The method of claim 6 wherein a remaining part of the paging channel message subsequent to allocation during said operation of allocating is populated with a number that identifies allocation of page indicators per page of the portion selected during said operation of selecting.
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the paging channel comprises a Quick Paging Channel, QPCH, and wherein the portion selected during said operation of selecting comprises part of a QPCH message.
11 . The method of claim 1 further comprising the operation of generating a signaling message that includes indication of configuration of the paging channel message.
12 . An apparatus for forming a paging channel message of a fixed length used pursuant to access-terminal paging, said apparatus comprising:
an allocator configured to allocate a portion of the fixed length based upon a communication activity indicia.
13 . In an access network entity that sends information, an improvement of apparatus for forming a paging channel message of a fixed length pursuant to access terminal paging, said apparatus comprising:
a message generator configured to form the paging channel message with a selected portion length, selected from amongst a plurality of possible portion lengths, to be used pursuant to the access-terminal paging, and of which the selected portion length is populated with paging indicators useable pursuant to the access-terminal paging.
14 . The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the fixed length of the paging channel message comprises a 35-bit length and wherein the plurality of possible portion-lengths comprises a 34-bit length.
15 . The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the fixed length of the paging channel message comprises a 35-bit length and wherein the plurality of possible portion-lengths comprises a 33-bit length.
16 . The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the fixed length of the paging channel message comprises a 35-bit length and wherein the plurality of possible portion-lengths comprises a 32-bit length.
17 . The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said message generator is configured to form a Quick Paging Channel, QPCH, message.
18 . The apparatus of claim 13 wherein selection by said message generator of the selected portion-length is made responsive, at least in part, to a paging load level.
19 . The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the paging indicators populating the selected portion-length of the paging channel message are allocated on a per page basis.
20 . Apparatus for an access terminal, said apparatus comprising:
a first detector configured to detect at least two types of fixed length paging messages; and
a determiner configured to determine, based upon either of the two types of fixed length paging messages, if the access terminal is paged.
21 . The apparatus of claim 20 further comprising a second detector configured to detect a signaling message that includes configuration of the fixed length paging messages.
22 . A method for facilitating paging of an access terminal, said method comprising the operations of:
detecting delivery of any of at least two types of fixed length paging messages; and
determining therefrom if the access terminal is paged.