Methods for monitoring paging messages with reduced power consumption and communications apparatuses utilizing the same
A method for monitoring paging messages in a mobile station with a subscriber identity card camping on a cell is provided. A paging channel is monitored at every end of predetermined time interval subsequent to the last monitored time. It is detected whether the same identity information is repeatedly broadcasted in the paging channel at different ends of predetermined time interval. A new time interval is determined when detecting that the same identity information is repeatedly broadcasted. The paging channel is monitored at every end of new time interval subsequent to the last monitored time so as to receive subsequent paging messages from the cell, wherein the new time interval is longer than the predetermined time interval.
1. A method for monitoring paging messages in a mobile station with a subscriber identity card camping on a cell, comprising:
monitoring a paging channel from the cell at every end of a first time interval subsequent to the last monitored time;
detecting whether a same identity information is repeatedly broadcasted in the paging channel at different ends of the first time interval;
determining a total number of periodically repeated paging messages containing the same identity information;
determining a second time interval by multiplying a time period between two successive repeated paging messages with the total number of periodically repeated paging messages, wherein the time period equals to a multiple of the first time interval;
performing a smart monitoring procedure to monitor a paging channel at every end of second time interval subsequent to the last monitored time so as to receive a paging message; and
stopping performing the smart monitoring procedure when a specific condition is satisfied, so as to monitor the paging channel at every end of first time interval subsequent to the last monitored time to receive subsequent messages, wherein the second time interval is longer than the first time interval.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step of performing the smart monitoring procedure further comprises:
determining whether the received paging message comprises identity information corresponding to the subscriber identity card of the mobile station in the monitored paging channel.
3. A communication apparatus for monitoring paging messages, comprising:
a transceiver;
a processing module monitoring a paging channel from a cell at every end of a first time interval subsequent to the last monitored time; detecting whether a same identity information is repeatedly broadcasted in the paging channel at different ends of the first time interval; determining a total number of periodically repeated paging messages containing the same identity information; determining a second time interval by multiplying a time period between two successive repeated paging messages with the total number of periodically repeated paging messages, wherein the time period equals to a multiple of the first time interval; and monitoring the paging channel at every end of the second time interval subsequent to the last monitored time so as to receive subsequent paging messages from the cell.
4. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the processing module further determines whether the paging message comprises identity information corresponding to the subscriber identity card of the mobile station in the monitored paging channel.
5. A method for monitoring paging messages in a mobile station with a subscriber identity card camping on a cell, comprising:
monitoring a paging channel from the cell at every end of a first time interval subsequent to the last monitored time;
detecting whether a same identity information is repeatedly broadcasted in the paging channel at different ends of the first time interval;
determining a total number of periodically repeated paging messages containing the same identity information;
determining a second time interval by multiplying a time period between two successive repeated paging messages with the total number of periodically repeated paging messages, wherein the time period equals to a multiple of the first time interval; and
monitoring the paging channel at every end of the second time interval subsequent to the last monitored time so as to receive subsequent paging messages from the cell.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:
stopping monitoring the paging channel at every end of the second time interval when a specific condition is satisfied, so as to monitor the paging channel at every end of first time interval subsequent to the last monitored time to receive subsequent messages.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the specific condition is determined according to an air interface condition between the mobile station and the cell.
8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein when the received message is not a paging message or a normal paging, or when a cell reselection procedure is performed, the specific condition is satisfied.
9. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second time interval is a multiple of the first time interval.