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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2011
Ville Vartiainen, Oulu, FI;
Tero Henttonen, Espoo, FI;
Samuli Turtinen, Ii, FI;
Timo Koskela, Oulu, FI;
Sami-jukka Hakola, Kempele, FI;
Ville Vartiainen, Oulu, FI;
Tero Henttonen, Espoo, FI;
Samuli Turtinen, Ii, FI;
Timo Koskela, Oulu, FI;
Sami-Jukka Hakola, Kempele, FI;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for reliably paging a mobile terminal in the idle mode, even in an instance in which the mobile terminal is subjected to interference from a CSG cell. In this regard, a method is provided that includes causing an indication of an inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) paging period to be provided to the mobile terminal. The indication of the ICIC paging period includes an ICIC paging period Tand a number Nof consecutive almost blank subframes (ABS) subframes in which a paging message is to be expected. The method also determines, for a respective ICIC paging period, the Nnearest ABS subframes of the CSG cell relative to a paging occasion (PO) subframe of the mobile terminal. A paging message is also provided to the mobile terminal in one of the Nnearest ABS subframes of the CSG cell.