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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Kosol Jintaseranee, Millbrae, CA (US);
Sara Gatmir-Motahari, Millbrae, CA (US);
Mark Evans, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mark J. Bonn, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and software for identifying dormant wireless communication devices in wireless communication systems are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes providing wireless access to communication services to wireless communication devices, where the wireless communication devices are associated with at least a first paging zone. The method also includes instructing the wireless communication devices associated with the first paging zone to associate with a temporary paging zone identifier and responsively receiving indications of the temporary paging zone identifier transferred by at least a portion of the wireless communication devices. The method also includes identifying dormant ones of the wireless communication devices based on which of the ones of the wireless communication devices transfer the indications, and instructing the wireless communication devices associated with the temporary paging zone identifier to resume association with the first paging zone.