method and equipment optimizing reception of call / broadcast paging messages by self-powered wireless communication devices

摘要

METHOD AND EQUIPMENT OPTIMIZING RECEIVING CALL / BROADCAST PAGING MESSAGES BY AUTO POWERED WIRELESS DEVICES A wireless communication network (120) replies to every incoming call made to a wireless communication device (134) via transmission. of a call paging message (418) within a corresponding partition of a prescribed format digital radio frame. In response to each occurrence of a broadcast event 404, the network broadcasts 414 a repetitive broadcast paging message announcing the availability of broadcast content from the network. The broascast paging message is transmitted several times within each digital radio frame. Another sequence (500) describes WCD operation in such a network. In response to wake-up (502) from sleep, WCD detects (509) the quality of the received signal. The WCD also receives (510) the scheduled network transmission of a call paging message and a number of cases (p. Minus one) of a network-transmitted repetitive broadcast paging message that occurs several times for each scheduled transmission. of the call paging message. This number varies inversely with the detected signal quality.