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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Umamaheswar Kakinada, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Vishnu O V Ram, Bangalore, IN;
Joseph Thaliath, Bangalore, IN;
Dipu Karuthedathu, Bangalore, IN;
Sagar Kiritkumar Parmar, Naranpura, IN;
Gayatri Ve, Bangalore, IN;
Rahul Ramachandran, Bangalore, IN;
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method includes receiving from a core network entity a paging message including a permanent user identity of a user for a specific user equipment, and determining, using the permanent user identity, a set of small cells to which the paging message should be sent based on a small cell last visited by the specific user equipment and small cells that are neighbors to the last-visited small cell. The paging message, without the permanent user identity, is sent to the determined set of small cells. Another method includes, responsive to determining a paging message for a specific user equipment is to be communicated toward the specific user equipment, determining whether a gateway can receive paging messages comprising a permanent user identity and a temporary user identity, and responsive thereto, sending the paging message for the specific user equipment to the gateway. Apparatus and computer program products are also disclosed.