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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1996
Sairam Subramanian, Garland, TX (US);
Seshu R Madhavapeddy, Richardson, TX (US);
Alexander J Montoya, Richardson, TX (US);
Hee C Lee, Plano, TX (US);
Steven J Currin, Allen, TX (US);
Falguni Sarkar, Dallas, TX (US);
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A method for reducing the paging load in a cellular communication system is described. The cell C with the largest paging load L is first identified. Since this cell is usually included in more than one paging zone, the paging zones including cell C are identified. Thereafter, cell C is removed tentatively from each identified zone and a ratio R calculated which represents the decrease in loading on cell C due to being removed from zone z divided by the maximum increase in loading on any other cell in the network. The zone for which the ratio R is the largest is the best candidate for removing cell C therefrom. After doing so tentatively, the cell C' with the largest paging load L' thereon is identified. If the loading L is greater than L', cell C is removed permanently from the zone having the highest ratio R therefor and the process is repeated until L' is greater than L at which point the process is stopped without removing cell C from the zone with the highest ratio R.