The paging channel in cdma2000

cdma2000 has been proposed as the standard in the USA for the next-generation mobile telephones. This document describes the proposed paging channel of the cdma2000. It provides both the physical layer details of operation, and the signaling and network issues required to support these new channels. The new paging channel significantly improves the standby times of the telephones for the 3G systems. This paper looks at a way to put this common channel in soft handoff, thereby improving the reliability of call setup, and leading to a better standby time for the cdma2000 telephones. It is shown that the method does not affect the call setup time, and causes no significant impact on the power budget of the base stations. Furthermore, it is completely backward-compatible.