Specifications

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Each hilltop should be set to a radio zone (1..4). All transmitters in the same zone will be activated
together. Setting a zone to 0 will disable that hilltop.
In acknowledged page mode, the timeout field specifies the maximum time to wait for a response from
each hilltop. Depending on bearers, it should normally be set to 20 seconds, but may need to be
longer if slow bearers are used or if very high paging traffic is expected. When all the pages are
complete for a zone, the wide area agent will go onto the next zone without waiting for the timeout
time. The minimum timeout value is 5 seconds.
In unacknowledged page mode, the zonetime is automatically estimated from the number and length
of pages sent. This field can be used to specify ADDITIONAL time to account for slow bearers or other
traffic on the transmitters. The minimum zonetime is 3 seconds.
Note that each page may be only be sent to a maximum of 63 hilltops in each zone.
6.51 Selective Paging
Normally, all paging requests to a Paging Agent will be sent to every node listed in the Wide Area
table. However, in some situations, it can be beneficial to only use particular hilltops for particular
pager addresses.
To use a hilltop only for certain page addresses, specify the addresses (or more typically, the range of
addresses) in the Selective Paging column in the Wide Area table for that hilltop. Multiple
specifications can be included, each separated by a comma.
Each entry is in one of these forms:
• A specific RIC code, e.g. 1234567
• A RIC code range, e.g. 1000000-1999999
• A wildcard match, e.g. 123* will match any address STARTING with 123 (123,1234,1234567
etc).
• A character wildcard match, e.g. ????123 will match any seven digit address ENDING in 123.
Examples:
1234567
1000000-1000030
????345
103*
1000,2000,3000,4000-4999
6.52 System and User Directories
The System and User Directories provides address translation for <page_officer> calls sent to a
Paging Agent.
Each Paging Agent has its own User and System Directory.
The Non-Volatile table is used for all lookups, allowing 'live' updates of the tables without the need to
reset the system.