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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2000
Michael J. Needham, Palatine, IL (US);
Timothy J. Wilson, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Leigh Chinitz, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
In a wireless communication system ( ) having a plurality of communication cells ( ), and a plurality of mobile stations ( ) operating within selected ones of the multiple communication cells ( ), a method and an apparatus for selecting those communication cells ( ). Within each communication cell ( ), a base station ( ) transmits a message directed to the mobile stations ( ), and detects a response indicator in the selected ones of the plurality of communication cells ( ). The message may be a broadcast page message transmitted by the base station ( ). The response indicator may be an impulse radio-frequency energy transmission generated by the plurality of mobile stations ( ) operating within the selected ones of the plurality of communication cells ( ). The base station ( ) may detect the impulse radio-frequency energy transmission on a control channel or during a predetermined time window period ( ) following transmission of the message. The base station ( ) directs call traffic to the plurality of mobile stations ( ) in the selected ones of the plurality of communication cells ( ).