Method and base station for managing calls in wireless communication networks

1. A method for managing a plurality of call origination requests, the method comprising:

receiving the plurality of call origination requests from a plurality of communication devices;

queuing the plurality of call origination requests based on a predefined policy when a base station is operating in a congestion mode; and

processing each call origination request of the plurality of call origination requests based on the queued plurality of call origination requests, wherein processing each call origination request comprises converting a call origination request into a call termination request when the base station is operating in the congestion mode, further wherein converting the call origination request to the call termination request comprises:

adjusting a paging indicator power level on a quick paging channel based on a parameter; and

sending the call termination request to a communication device corresponding to the call origination request at the adjusted paging indicator power level via the quick paging channel.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein queuing the plurality of call origination requests comprises determining whether the base station is operating in the congestion mode.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the predefined policy is a first-in, first-out policy.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising sending a congestion indicator to the plurality of communication devices when the base station is operating in the congestion mode.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising selecting one or more communication devices from the plurality of communication devices using the adjusted paging indicator power level, wherein the one or more communication devices are in a predefined coverage area.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the parameter controlling the paging indicator power level comprises at least one of a level of congestion at the base station and a service option of the call origination request.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising rejecting a re-sent call origination request from one or more communication devices of the plurality of communication devices when a previous call origination request corresponding to the one or more communication devices has been queued.

8. A base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to:

receive a plurality of call origination requests from a plurality of communication devices; and

send a call termination request to a communication device of the plurality of communication devices; and

a processing unit configured to:

determine whether the base station is operating in a congestion mode;

queue the plurality of call origination requests based on a predefined policy when the base station is operating in the congestion mode;

process each call origination request of the plurality of call origination requests based on the queued plurality of call origination requests;

adjust a paging indicator power level on a paging channel based on a parameter when the base station is operating in the congestion mode, wherein the paging channel is utilized for sending a call termination request for establishing a call; and

reject a re-sent call origination request from one or more communication devices from the plurality of communication devices when a previous call origination request corresponding to the one or more communication devices has been queued.

9. The base station as recited in claim 8 , wherein the paging channel is a Quick Paging Channel (QPCH).

10. The base station as recited in claim 8 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to send, via the transceiver, a congestion indicator to the plurality of communication devices when the base station is operating in the congestion mode.

11. The base station as recited in claim 8 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to receive, via the transceiver, a page response from the communication device after the call termination request is accepted by the communication device.

12. The base station as recited in claim 11 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to establish a call session for the communication device after the page response is received.